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US offers aid as Iran quake kills 40 in Pakistan Pakistani troops scrambled Wednesday to aid the remote victims of an earthquake centred in nearby Iran, as the United States offered assistance and a strong aftershock jolted the region.

17 April 2013

Strong quake hits Iran, felt across Gulf and South Asia A powerful earthquake rattled southeastern Iran and was felt across the Gulf and South Asia.

16 April 2013

Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits western Japan A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit western Japan early on Saturday, injuring at least 15 people and destroying some houses.

13 April 2013

Death toll at 37 as Iran wraps up quake rescue Rescuers Wednesday wound up operations after pulling 20 people from the rubble of an earthquake that struck near the port city of Bushehr.

10 April 2013

Argentina floods caused $5 billion in damage Damage from last week's record rains and flooding in Argentina exceeded five billion dollars, according to officials, who said on Sunday that more than 350,000 people suffered losses in property.

09 April 2013

Meltwater washes out tombs at Semei old cemetery Meltwater has washed out old tombs in Kholodnyi Lkyuch village in the suburbs of Semei.

08 April 2013

7.1-magnitude quake rocks Indonesia's Papua: USGS A major 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian province of Papua on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, sending panicked crowds running into the streets.

06 April 2013

Argentina in mourning as floods kill 54, sow chaos Argentina's government declared three days of national mourning from Wednesday after massive flooding killed 54 people in Buenos Aires and the nearby university city of La Plata.

04 April 2013

Hopes fade in search for survivors of Tibet landslide Hopes were fading Sunday that Chinese search and rescue teams would find survivors, two days after a huge landslide crashed down a Tibetan mountain and buried more than 80 mine workers.

01 April 2013

Villages treatened by flood in Pavlodar oblast Several villages are under threat of flood because of snow melting in Pavlodar oblast.

22 March 2013

Madagascar's hungry eat grasshoppers after deadly cyclone With small, silent steps, 10-year-old Borikely carefully picks her way through the tall grass of a Madagascar field in search of her dinner. She's hunting for grasshoppers, which she'll catch with a stick.

20 March 2013

Japan marks second tsunami anniversary Japan on Monday marked the second anniversary of a ferocious tsunami that claimed nearly 19,000 lives and sparked the worst nuclear accident in a generation.

11 March 2013

Anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo ahead of tsunami anniversary Thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators rallied in Tokyo Saturday ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, urging Japan's new government to abandon nuclear power.

09 March 2013

Hope and despair as Japan marks tsunami anniversary In the dark months after a catastrophic tsunami smashed into Japan, killing almost 19,000 people and sparking a nuclear disaster, hopes for a rapid recovery and a national rebirth were frustrated by political paralysis.

08 March 2013

Massive winter storm grounds 2,600 US flights A massive winter storm pounding the northern United States Tuesday grounded 2,600 flights, closed hundreds of schools and made roadways and highways impassible.

07 March 2013

Bozhko taggs situation in eastern Kazakhstan jittery The situation in Kazakhstan in general is a complicated one: Kazakhstan Emergencies Minister.

06 March 2013

Toll in DR Congo plane crash much lower than feared: police Fears of a major disaster were allayed late Monday when police said they found just five bodies near the wreckage of a plane that crashed into a residential area of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

05 March 2013

Snow melting in East-Kazakhstan oblast to be monitored from space Eastern Kazakhstan is bracing for the flood period to unfold in the third decade of March.

05 March 2013

Warming causes first floods in eastern Kazakhstan First floods have been registered in East-Kazakhstan oblast this year.

05 March 2013

Zhambyl oblast Akim reports to Kazakhstan President on post-storm restoration Almost all еру storm-hit facilities in the southern region of Kazakhstan have been restored: Akim (Governor) of Zhambyl oblast.

05 March 2013

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