A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake has hit the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia, causing minor damage near the epicenter, seismologists and residents say. It...
Indonesian civil servant Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, who became well-known as a spokesman for the country’s disaster mitigation agency, has died in China after a battle with...
Coal tycoon Chris Cline and six others were killed on early Thursday morning when their helicopter crashed near an island in the Bahamas, local and U.S....
A fleet of whaling ships left port on Monday at the start of Japan’s first commercial whaling season in more than three decades, officials say. The...
A freak hailstorm hit the Mexican city of Guadalajara on early Sunday morning, causing hail accumulation as high as 1.5 meter (5 feet) in some places,...
Temperatures in France reached 45.9 degrees Celsius (114.6 degrees Fahrenheit) on Friday, breaking the country’s all-time record, forecasters say. A number of deaths have been reported...
A 21-year-old woman from California has died after she was attacked by a group of sharks in the Bahamas, local officials say. It marks the first...
