Amatrice, voted last year as one of Italy's most beautiful historic towns, was flattened by the 6.2 magnitude quake....

 

 

  The ferry operator said the boat was carrying 116 people when it ran into trouble

 

 

Loosened by heavy rains, tons of dirt and trees flattened dozens of flimsy houses when many residents had gone home for...

Heavy rain hit the region and sent flash floods to many provinces

Three children were washed away by floods, caused by torrential rains since early this week

ASEAN has been tight-fisted about funding its own disaster response team and 22 staff, relying heavily on foreign assistance

 

  Rescuers fought bad weather on Tuesday as they searched for more than 400 people

For the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, resuming nuclear power, which provided about a third of Japan's electricity supply before...

The world's oceans are being swamped by microplastics, causing an environmental ''disaster''

 'We will be able to help better from Vietnam,' a member hits back at criticism