

The government would compile a supplementary budget during this session of parliament, which ends on June 1

The Himalayan nation is remembering the 9,000 victims of the 7.8 magnitude quake on April 25 last year...

President Rafael Correa has estimated damage at $2 billion to $3 billion

Additionally, a one-off tax of 0.9 percent will be imposed on people with wealth of over $1 million

"We're looking at the possibility of issuing bonds on the international market, but other measures have been planned, a tax reform...

Eleven people appear to have died of illnesses related to their prolonged stay in evacuation centers, NHK national television said

Nearly 400 rescue workers flew in from countries in Latin America, along with 83 specialists from Switzerland and Spain

To finance the costs of the emergency, some $600 million in credit from multilateral lenders was immediately activated, the government...

About 230 aftershocks have rattled survivors, who huddled in the streets, worried the flow of tremors could topple their already cracked homes...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament on Monday he wanted to declare the region a disaster zone as soon as possible...

The government said 262 people were killed and up to 2,500 injured, according to the latest tallies on Sunday evening....

"What happened here in Pedernales is catastrophic."

Toyota Motor Corp said it would suspend production at plants across Japan after the quakes disrupted its supply chain

President Rafael Correa declared a national emergency and urged the Andean nation's 16 million people to stay calm