Beijing has picked as Hong Kong’s new leader a bureaucrat facing a storm of criticism over heavy-handed security imposed for…

MOUNT TAMBORA, Indonesia: Bold farmers in Indonesia routinely ignore orders to evacuate the slopes of live volcanoes, but those living…

GUATEMALA CITY: Four earthquakes struck southern Guatemala on Monday within 2 1/2 hours, shaking buildings in the capital and killing…

GANGTOK, Sikkim: Rescuers battled heavy rains and cleared dozens of landslides while making their way to Sikkim, the ground zero…

A 90-year-old retired farm worker in Brazil has fathered an astonishing 50 children, reports the Daily Mail.

WELLINGTON: A New Zealand court bailed three television comedy stars yesterday after a prank in which one wearing a pilot’s…

The death toll in the powerful earthquake rose to 40 with 23 people being killed in Sikkim, five in West…

MUMBAI: Tremors shook some parts of Maharashtra early on Monday, barely 12 hours after the earthquake that rocked northern and…