ThousandsofpeoplehavebeenorderedtoevacuateanislandinVanuatuwherearumblingvolcanoisthreateningtoblow.MinistersinthePacificarchipelagodecidedtheycouldnotriskpeopl
JenniferLopezhasdonated$1minaidtothePuertoRicorecoveryeffort,followingthedevastatingeffectsofhurricanesIrmaandMaria.Lopez,whoisofPuertoRicanparentageandwasborni
PuertoRico'smedicalservicesareincriticalconditioninthewakeofHurricaneMaria.Thestrongeststormtohittheislandindecadeshaslefthospitalsflooded,strewnwithrubbleandde
AmericancitizensevacuatedfromSt.MaartenbyU.S.militaryaircraftaretellingdesperatestoriesofsurvivalasHurricaneIrmaravagedtheislandandleftaprecarioussecuritysituat
HurricaneIrmahaspoundedtheCaribbean,destroyinghomesandleavingatleast10peopledead.TherareCategoryFivehurricaneisnowheadingtowardstheUnitedStates.Uptoamillionpeop
TheeyeofHurricaneIrmagrazedtheTurksandCaicosIslandsonThursday,rattlingbuildingsafteritsmashedastringofCaribbeanislandsasoneofthemostpowerfulAtlanticstormsinacen
HurricaneIrmakilledeightpeopleontheCaribbeanislandofSaintMartinandalsocauseddevastationonotherislandsonThursdayasoneofthemostpowerfulAtlanticstormsinacenturytoo
Anearthquakehitthetourist-packedItalianholidayislandofIschiaonMondaynight,collapsingbuildings,killingatleasttwopeopleandinjuringdozens,officialssaid.Residentsan
A4.0magnitudeearthquakestrucktheItalianholidayislandofIschiaonMonday,causingdestructionthatleftatleastonedeadandninemissingatpeaktouristseason,authoritiessaid.S
AdocumentaryreleasedrecentlyaboutOkunoshima,anislandwherepoisongasusedtobemanufacturedforJapan'sinvasivewaragainstChina,hasattractedagreatdealofattention.Thedoc
A strong typhoon swept across Taiwan on Sunday, injuring more than 80 people, forcing the island to shut down essential services and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes.
Typhoon Haitang made landfall at 4:40 p.m. Sunday in Pingtung county in Taiwan, the island's weather agency said.
AstrongtyphoonsweptacrossTaiwanonSunday,injuringmorethan80people,forcingtheislandtoshutdownessentialservicesandknockingoutpowertohundredsofthousandsofhomes.Fort
A men-only island in Japan where women are banned and male visitors must bathe naked in the sea before visiting its shrine, has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Rival Cypriot leaders meet on Wednesday to resume efforts to solve one of the world's longest-running political crises in what the island's UN envoy billed as the "best chance" for peace.
Rival Cypriot leaders have pledged to forge ahead with efforts to reunite the divided island after making "real progress" at a high-level international conference that wrapped up early Friday.
Last week photos surfaced of two unidentified Western tourists being paraded around an Indonesian island in a "walk of shame" for alleged theft.