COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka sent in troops to rescue residents marooned in the capital Colombo on Thursday after
Jakarta. Despite being advised by volunteers not to do so, evacuees in Boyolali and Klaten, Central Java, left the
The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Haiti has hit 643, as the epidemic continues to spread across
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred on Friday in eastern Indonesia, the archipelago Molucelor, but no tsunami alert has been
Global losses from natural disasters could triple to $185 billion a year by 2100, excluding the impact of climate
HUNDREDS of Qantas and Jetstar passengers are facing delays after services between Australia and Indonesia were disrupted by ash
Pacific island nations were missing out on income from lucrative tuna fisheries and should consider tripling access fees for
KHARTOUM — A rare parasitic disease has killed 260 people in southern Sudan in the past year, a figure
Cairo — Every year a noxious black smog hangs over Egypt as the seasonal burning of rice straw by
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The White House and the Federal Emergency Management Agency passed a mayhem milestone late last month