Around 45,000 people have been affected across four districts of Assam in the first wave of floods, the state disaster management authority said.
The Ecuadorian government on Saturday declared eight days of national mourning as the death toll from the massive earthquake that hit the South American country a week ago has risen to 654.
An oil leakage near Genoa in northern Italy has caused serious environmental damage in the region, killing birds and fish and prompting a race against time to stop the oil's flow towards the sea.
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa visited the northern province of Esmeraldas Thursday along with some of the other northern coastal areas that were most affected by the devastating earthquake.
In a refreshing gesture of goodwill, an “onsen” hot spring operator here opened its facility free of charge April 19 to evacuees from the recent spate of earthquakes.
Water temperatures in the Australian state of Tasmania have been up to four degrees Celsius hotter than average over the past three months, and scientists have blamed the region's on-going extreme weather on rampant climate change.
Indonesia pledged on Monday (April 18) to resolve its "dark history" around one of the worst mass killings of the 20th century, but ruled out a formal apology as victims and officials came together for an unprecedented discussion into the atrocity.
A spate of attacks on Chinese students at Australias most prestigious university has prompted police to ramp up its security presence at the Melbourne campus.
At least eight people were injured as an under-construction Metro railway pillar collapsed in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow Sunday, a senior police official said.
Search and rescue missions are continuing Sunday in quake-stricken regions in Japan's southwest with military personnel and firefighters searching through the rubble of collapsed homes and buildings for signs of life.
A high-tech marine drone scouring the depths of Scotland's Loch Ness for one of nature's most elusive beasts has found a "monster" - but not the one it was looking for.
Taliban group as part of its yearly spring offensive launched coordinated attacks on several districts of Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday morning but fled the area after leaving 13 bodies behind, provincial police chief Abdul Habib Sayedkhil said.
The 10 Indonesians held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf in southern Philippines are reportedly safe following an intense shootout between the local army and the terrorist group, Indonesia's foreign affairs minister said Tuesday.
At least 110 people were killed and more than 350 others injured in a massive fire that broke out during a fireworks display at a temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala early Sunday morning, a senior police official said.
New Zealand's national carrier said on Friday that it will only resume services to Vanuatu once safety concerns over the Pacific island nation's main airstrip have been permanently resolved.
At least 20 people have been killed and more than 150 others injured in a under-construction flyover collapse in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata Thursday.
Nicaragua government confirmed on Monday that three new cases of the Zika virus have been detected, raising the total number to 129.
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