Rescuers digging through several feet (a meter) of ash discovered nine more bodies on the slopes of Mount Merapi,
The Department of Primary Industries says the weekend's cold, wet weather has slowed the surging locust population across Victoria. The
After a couple of relatively quiet days, Christchurch has experienced another wave of aftershocks with two of them measuring
Video Report: Cholera, the water-born disease, has become a growing problem in Benin after weeks of flooding that
Lebanon, once considered to have an abundance of water, is threatened with acute shortages as the Arab world lurches
Indonesian authorities say activity at Mount Merapi in Central Java appears to be subsiding after almost three weeks of
Environmental group Greenpeace hung banners on the venue of the Paris Masters tennis tournament Saturday protesting the involvement of
A preliminary 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Dominican Republic early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck 155
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia – Indonesia’s most volatile volcano unleashed another cloud of searing gas Saturday as rescuers pulled more

The United Nations has appealed for $164 million to tackle an outbreak of cholera in Haiti. It is worried that