A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea's eastern region on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said, with no immediate reports of damage

Indian rescue teams are finding it difficult to reach flood-hit areas in the north-eastern state of Sikkim where more than 140 people are missing because the region is still experiencing bouts of heavy rain, officials said on Saturday

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit western Afghanistan on Saturday morning, the United States Geological Survey said, followed by four large aftershocks with epicentres close to the region's largest city

More than 5,000 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Saturday, Hamas' armed wing said, declaring it had started "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood"

Train traffic between North Korea and Russia has spiked dramatically following a recent summit between Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin, indicating a "likely" transfer of arms, according to a new report by Washington-based analysts Beyond Parallel

Former president Donald Trump won a temporary respite Friday in his civil fraud lawsuit when a New York court granted a delay in canceling his licenses to operate his businesses in the state

A bus carrying migrants overturned in southern Mexico on Friday, leaving at least 18 passengers dead and 27 injured, authorities said -- the latest fatal road crash involving US-bound migrants

"I am exceptionally proud of you, and I miss you dearly," said the daughter of imprisoned Iranian women's rights advocate Narges Mohammadi who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday

A Spanish company launched the country's first private rocket on Saturday in a step towards bringing Spain into the exclusive club of space-faring nations

Donald Trump is endorsing Congressman Jim Jordan to replace ousted US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the former president said yesterday, as the chamber’s fractious Republicans try to unify in the aftermath of McCarthy’s historic fall.

Dry conditions, particularly in China, caused a “historic” global drop in hydropower generation in the first half of 2023, a new analysis shows, highlighting the effects of climate change.

Weather disasters fuelled by climate change -- from floods to droughts, storms to wildfires -- sparked 43.1 million child displacements from 2016 to 2021, the UN Children’s Fund warned Thursday, slamming the lack of attention paid to victims.

Iran’s imprisoned women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday in a rebuke to Tehran’s theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters.

Dengue fever will become a major threat in the southern United States, southern Europe and new parts of Africa this decade, the WHO’s chief scientist said, as warmer temperatures create the conditions for the mosquitoes carrying the infection to spread.

Russia unleashed new air strikes on Ukraine early yesterday, killing a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother in the city of Kharkiv and damaging grain and port infrastructure in the Odesa region in the south, Ukrainian officials said.

Spanish coast guards rescued 262 migrants in three boats trying to reach the Canary Islands in the early hours of yesterday amid a surge in crossings, just as European leaders were meeting in Spain to look for ways to avoid a new migration crisis.

"I have almost no prospect of freedom."

Mohammadi was honoured "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all."

Weather disasters fueled by climate change -- from floods to droughts, storms to wildfires -- sparked 43.1 million child displacements from 2016 to 2021, the UN Children's Fund warned Thursday, slamming the lack of attention paid to victims..In a sweeping report on the issue, the United Na

The Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded today could go to women's rights campaigners, climate activists or international courts investigating war crimes, with experts saying the field is wide open