EARTHQUAKE

An eleven-century hospital structure dating to the Crusader era (1099–1291 CE) has been unearthed in the Old City of Jerusalem.

George Osborne's father-in-law ignites fracking debate.

Fresh embarrassment for Spanish president as message refers to 'the earthquake that took place this morning in Gansu'.

Stock price finishes 6.69% lower on Tuesday in Tokyo.

Powerful quake of 5.9 magnitude strikes northwestern Gansu province in China damaging thousands of houses.

Force 6.9 quake damages parliament building, smashing windows and sparking power cuts.

Feroz-ud-Din Mir says he married his first wife in 1890, and has a birth certificate issued by the government on 10 March 1872.

1967 ceasefire line agreement believed to be at centre of peace deal offer by US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Mexico seismologists increase alert level to Yellow Phase 3 in wake of small earthquake and increased volcanic 'exhalations'.

Heavy rains destroyed more than 5,000 houses in Sichuan and neighbouring Yunnan.

Jews are 'jealous of Turkey's growth', says deputy prime minister Besir Atalay.

The Last of Us tops UK gaming charts followed by Animal Crossing and Tomb Raider.

Tremor shakes Italy's northern regions struck twice by killer quakes in 2012.

North India flash floods leave 14,000 people missing and 60,000 stranded.

Supermoon 2013 heralds weekend of natural disasters, predict soothsayers.

Biggest growing force in UK politics refuses to rule out going for Clegg's seat.

Structural engineer Peter James says expansion and contraction of rocks caused demise of the pyramids.

Israel also deploys Iron Dome batteries in Haifa and Safed, close to Damascus, as Syria calls attack a ‘declaration of war’.

Amateur video showed storm tearing into towns and villages close to Bologna.

Israeli airstrikes hit Jamraya military facility on the outskirts of the capital, Syrian state media reports.

Damascus rocked by huge explosions as Israeli warplanes strike targets including Jamraya research facility.