Earthquake

Exports to China, Japan's biggest market, fall 14.1 percent as bitter dispute over Senkaku islands rumbles on.

Prasanth Aby Thomas Oct 22, 2012

More than 14 million people participated in The Great ShakeOut, world's largest ever earthquake mock drill, held across the United States and southern Italy.

Staff Reporter Oct 19, 2012

International Monetary Fund confirms absence of governor of People's Bank of China at annual meeting in Tokyo.

Geetha Pillai Oct 10, 2012

Sales of new cars in US rose to a four year high in September.

Prasanth Aby Thomas Oct 03, 2012

Schools and public buildings closed across Baja California for structural checks but no land damage reported.

Sanskrity Sinha Sep 26, 2012

Washington hoping to disassociate itself from views expressed in Innocence of Muslims.

Vasudevan Sridharan Sep 21, 2012

Singer, signed to Simon Cowell’s label Syco, not a fan of the ITV talent show.

Toyin Owoseje Sep 17, 2012

Giant 'balloon of magma' doubled in size in just 15 months and is now 15 times as big as London's Olympic stadium.

Umberto Bacchi Sep 11, 2012

If issue is not resolved, finance minister says the country could run out of money by November.

Staff Reporter Sep 08, 2012

More than 150 people injured and thousands of homes destroyed in earthquakes in Yunnan and Guizhou.

Ewan Palmer Sep 07, 2012

Mexico, Ecuador and Peru on tsunami watch, but no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Ewan Palmer Sep 05, 2012

Small tsunami reported in Philippines, but threat to neighbouring countries not as great as first feared.

Ewan Palmer Aug 31, 2012

Indonesia and Philippines on high alert as 7.6 magnitude quake strikes off Philippines coast.

Ewan Palmer Aug 31, 2012

Isaac moving towards New Orleans and expected to make landfall and flood northern Gulf Coast with waves up to 3 metres high.

Geetha Pillai Aug 28, 2012

After passing through Florida Keys, Isaac is expected to move over southeast Gulf of Mexico with a wind speed of 100 miles per hour.

Geetha Pillai Aug 26, 2012

Access to more than 300 internet web pages including some published by Telegraph, Times of India and Al-Jazeera blocked.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Aug 24, 2012

The quake injures three people including a child and damages nearly 48 houses.

Geetha Pillai Aug 19, 2012

Short and brutal conflict 'on several fronts' would follow air assault on Iranian nuclear facilities, says outgoing civil defence chief, Matan Vilnai.

Anissa Haddadi Aug 15, 2012

Some of Asia’s most important growth economies have the highest financial risk from the threat of natural hazards, says risk analysis firm Maplecroft, just one week after the flooding of Manila, Philippines.

Lianna Brinded Aug 15, 2012

Two powerful earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.4 and 6.3 rattle several villages in north-west Iran killing scores of residents.

Geetha Pillai Aug 12, 2012

Clashes between Syrian rebels and the government forces continue in the capital.

Vasudevan Sridharan Jul 18, 2012

Since the disaster, many countries have turned back on nuclear energy but countries like the UK and the US still vouch for it.

Staff Reporter Jul 10, 2012

Shin Shin the panda surprises zoologists by giving birth to cub at Ueno Zoo in Japan.

Alfred Joyner Jul 06, 2012

Although triggered by tsunami, the Fukushima disaster 'could and should have been foreseen and prevented', according to independent parliamentary investigation.

Staff Reporter Jul 05, 2012

Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda orders restart of reactors 3 and 4 at Ohi nuclear power plant.

Geetha Pillai Jul 01, 2012

To help families of the victims of the earthquakes that struck Emilia-Romagna in Italy earlier in May, luxury automaker Ferrari has raised over £1.45 million through an online auction.

Staff Reporter Jun 30, 2012

Japan is ignoring lessons from the Fukushima nuclear disaster, triggered by last year's earthquake and a massive tsunami, say two seismologists.

Staff Reporter Jun 27, 2012

Rihanna performs at the BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend 2012. Jay Z appeared for a cameo role during her performance.

Staff Reporter Jun 25, 2012

At least 40 dead after radical Islamist sect Boko Haram launches attack in northern Nigeria after deadly assaults in churches of last weekend.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Jun 20, 2012

The Islamist militants Boko Haram unleash wave of attacks in cxity of Damaturu amid mounting criticisism of President Goodluck Jonathan trip to Brazil for a UN conference.

Anissa Haddadi Jun 20, 2012