Financial markets in Japan, mainland China, Taiwan and Thailand will be open for trading on Christmas day, while those in ...

This is how a community rebuilds after a catastrophe – slowly, painfully and from the tsunami-­sodden ground up.

Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Sumatra, causing a massive wave that devastated ...

Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves.

Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her ...

Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king. 1590: The Army of Moroccan Pasha Ahmad al-Mansur begins its ...

Japan boasts the world’s third-largest potential supply of geothermal energy, but this renewable energy resource has mostly ...

Unlike the earlier quake, no tsunami alerts were immediately triggered by the latest temblor. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Brace yourself for a cold night in Chicago, with temperatures dipping into the single digits and teens under partly cloudy ...

Happy Saturday and first day of winter, El Paso. The day was shorter, and our night will be longer due to the winter solstice ...

Vanuatu is in an official period of mourning, and a week-long state of emergency is in place as authorities scramble to reconnect water and electricity. The disaster struck just as Vanuatu was ...