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World
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International
1/23/2024 1:55:10 PM
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a sparsely populated part of China’s western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, killing three people and causing extensive damage in freezing cold weather, officials said. It was the latest in a series of temblors and natural disasters to hit the country's west.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/18/2024 10:32:42 AM
Fighting “human animals.” Making Gaza a “slaughterhouse.” “Erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the earth.”
Such inflammatory rhetoric is a key component of South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide at the UN World Court.
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World
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Region
1/9/2024 7:09:42 PM
Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
1/6/2024 11:08:25 AM
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World
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International
1/6/2024 11:06:40 AM
Rescuers and residents sifted through rubble Saturday as the focus turned to recovering bodies and cleaning up rather than finding survivors, five days after a huge earthquake struck central Japan killing at least 110 people.
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World
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International
1/4/2024 11:50:27 AM
Thousands of Japanese rescuers on Thursday battled rubble and blocked roads as hopes faded for dozens listed as missing three days after a devastating earthquake that killed at least 81.
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World
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International
1/3/2024 4:00:00 PM
Japanese rescue workers and canine units searched urgently through rubble Wednesday ahead of predicted bitter cold and heavy rain in what the prime minister called a race against time after powerful earthquakes killed at least 73 people in western Japan.
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World
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International
1/2/2024 10:36:14 AM
Japanese rescuers battled against the clock and powerful aftershocks Tuesday to find survivors of a major earthquake that struck on New Year's Day, killing at least 30 people and causing widespread destruction.
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World
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International
1/1/2024 12:32:35 PM
Tsunami waves over a metre high hit central Japan on Monday after a series of powerful earthquakes that damaged homes, closed highways and prompted authorities to urge people to run to higher ground.
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World
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International
12/25/2023 11:06:26 PM
The death toll from China’s most powerful earthquake in years has risen to 149, with two people still missing after the tremor hit northwestern parts of the country last week.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/23/2023 12:43:47 PM
The Israeli war in Gaza, experts say, now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in recent history, outpacing Allied bombings of Germany during World War II, and turning "earth to liquid".
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World
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International
12/19/2023 6:53:00 PM
An overnight earthquake killed at least 118 people in a cold and mountainous region in northwestern China, provincial officials said Tuesday, in the nation's deadliest quake in 10 years.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/19/2023 12:23:43 PM
Egypt extended its heartfelt condolences to the friendly state and people of China in the wake of the destructive earthquake that struck the Gansu province in the northwest of the country, resulting in a large number of casualties and injuries, according to a statement by the foreign ministry on Tuesday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/12/2023 3:46:35 PM
Israeli forces attacked and bombed more targets in the devastated Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the UN General Assembly was due to vote on a new demand for a ceasefire.
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World
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International
12/2/2023 7:59:28 PM
A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, as local authorities warned of a "destructive tsunami" and urged people in coastal areas to flee.
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Sports
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World
11/25/2023 8:35:23 PM
After a recent upturn in form, Chelsea came crashing down to earth on Saturday after being routed 4-1 by Newcastle in the Premier League.
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World
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International
11/23/2023 7:23:57 PM
Far-right firebrand Geert Wilders known as the “Dutch Trump,” partly for his swept-back dyed hairstyle that resembles that of the former US president, but also for his rants against immigrants and Muslims, urged his shaken political rivals on Thursday to find common ground to govern the country, after a bombshell election win that reverberated around the Netherlands and Europe.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/11/2023 8:48:00 PM
On the 36th day of Israel's war on Gaza, the U.N. humanitarian agency describes northern Gaza as hell on earth. Doctors report a catastrophic situation in the largest hospital, al-Shifa, as Israel's airstrikes on the facility escalate. Meanwhile, thousands of Palestinians are evacuating southern Gaza as Israel's occupation army pushes deeper into densely populated urban areas. The death toll from Israel's killing has surpassed 11,000.
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World
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International
11/5/2023 10:43:40 AM
Thousands of villagers in the mountains of northwestern Nepal slept outdoors Saturday night in the bitter cold after an earthquake killed at least 157 people, injured 184 and damaged or destroyed most homes.
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Egypt
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Society
10/26/2023 10:33:17 PM
Egypt will witness a partial lunar eclipse next Saturday, during which Earth's shadow will cover approximately 12.2 percent of the moon's surface, a statement by the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) said on Thursday.
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