EARTHQUAKE

Reports of earthquake devastation continue as Pakistan reports 21 people dead including children.

Huge earthquake strikes Iran on the Pakistan border a week after 37 killed in 6.1 earthquake.

Scientists from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany believe that ants can sense earthquakes.

Japanese official sent wrong email to Kobe airport, warning of an attack instead of earthquake damage.

Spring storm sparks deadly tornadoes across Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri and Nebraska.

Gulf nations fear radiation leak from Bushehr nuclear plant in quake zone.

China's March imports rise unexpectedly, leaving a surprise trade deficit for the country.

University of Tehran said 6.1 magnitude was reported near the city of Bushehr, on the Persian Gulf

Nasa expert reveals best way of dealing with asteroid collisions - prayer.

Japan's exports drop 2.9% while imports rise 11.9% prompting a deficit for the eighth straight month.

A dream cruise to Hawaii has left a British woman with permanent seasickness, blackouts and nausea.

As French troops and their allies start their tenth week fighting against Muslim militants and terrorists in Northern Mali, opinion in one of the world's poorer countries remains firmly in favour of the intervention by France, the old colonial power, in the country's struggle against the extremists which so nearly brought down the country's government. If the fundamentalists had reached Bamako, the capital, it is more than likely that the victorious Islamists would have imposed the str...

Japan observes minute's silence in tribute to victims and survivors of disaster.

Protests held on the eve of second anniversary of earthquake and tsunami that triggered nuclear disaster.

Japan's LNG dependence has soared after the 2011 disaster.

World Health Organisation outlines health risks of those in fallout zone of Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster.

Japan's tsunami-devastated port city receives gold gifts which the media are calling a 'goodwill gold rush'.

Meteor in Central Russia's Ural region has triggered UFO scare and mass panic.

Photos of the Caribbean street party, held every year before Ash Wednesday

Islands hit by 3ft waves as tsunami alert sounded for several Pacific Ocean areas.

Soaring levels of air pollution prompt entrepreneur to sell 'Pristine Tibet' air in a can.