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At least 14 civilians were killed and six wounded in a NATO air strike in southern Afghanistan, the local authorities ...

At least 89 people have died in Joplin, Missouri and the toll is expected to climb, after a monster tornado roared ...

A landslide caused by heavy rains hit an orphanage in Malaysia on Saturday, killing at least 10 children and two ...

The death toll of Myanmar`s Thursday earthquake has risen to 65 with 111 injured so far, official sources said on ...

A flood triggered by heavy rains inundated at least 1,190 houses along Code riverbank in Yogyakarta on Saturday ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said Saturday that an explosion was heard near one of its stricken nuclear reactors ...

Radiation levels at the quake-hit Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant in northeastern Japan have increased following a ...

The Indonesian Embassy in Japan is preparing to evacuate 414 Indonesian citizens living in the Japanese prefectures of ...

ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan has expressed sincere sympathy to the Japanese government and people following ...

At least 14 people were killed and 135 others injured in an earthquake that struck a remote area of southwest China ...

Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday urged cabinet ministers to devote every effort to fight the avian flu as a fresh ...

A number of Mount Merapi cold lava victims staying in refugee camps in Magelang, Central Java, are currently ...

Wild boars and rats are annoying pests, destroying hundreds of hectares of rice fields and other crops every year in ...

Wild boars and rats are annoying pests, destroying hundreds of hectares of rice fields and other crops every year in ...

Floods have inundated Waibalun, Larantuka, East Flores District, NTT Province, since Sunday (Jan 16), and forced over ...