No reports of casualties or damage around the epicenter have as yet been reported.
Aid agencies have warned the unseasonable rains and extreme heat could cause outbreaks of disease, including cholera, among quake survivors
International aid began to arrive in Myanmar on Saturday as rescuers searched for survivors after a powerful earthquake devastated the Southeast Asian nation amid concerns the...
A powerful earthquake rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, killing several people, bringing down a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok and toppling buildings in neighbouring Myanmar, where...
People trapped under rubble would have endured a night in sub-zero temperatures, adding to the pressure on rescuers looking for earthquake survivors
The epicentre of Tuesday's earthquake was around 80 km north of Everest, the world's highest mountain and a popular destination for climbers and trekkers
Plagued by a severe funding shortfall, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has warned that with winter rapidly approaching, the outlook for...
Ariana Television Network (ATN) staff on Monday received the prestigious Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Asiavision Monthly Award for October 2023 for breaking news. According to ABU, Ariana...
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, the strongest tremor to hit the island in at least 25 years, killing one person, injuring dozens and...
Herat provincial officials said Monday a new housing development for earthquake victims in Parwana village in Anjil district has been completed. According to officials, 80 new...
Last year’s earthquake in Herat not only had a devastating impact on quake-hit victims, who lost loved ones and their homes, but also on children as...
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted Afghanistan on Wednesday, the National Center for Seismology reported. The tremors were felt at 08:54pm, at...
One hundred days after earthquakes struck western Afghanistan, the United Nations’ children agency on Monday called for greater support for over 96,000 children affected by the...
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.4-magnitude shook Afghanistan and neighboring countries on Thursday at 1:40pm. The quake’s epicenter was in Jurm, in Badakhshan province, the United States...
A powerful earthquake and tsunami struck central Japan and its western coast on Monday, triggering warnings for residents to evacuate, knocking out power to thousands of...
Construction work on one of the new townships, in the earthquake-hit Zinda Jan district in Herat, has been completed and affected families have been moved in....
One of China’s most powerful earthquakes in recent years killed at least 149 people in a remote northwestern region, according to state media, with two people...
Braving sub-zero conditions, thousands of rescuers faced an uphill task on Wednesday finding and treating survivors of a strong earthquake that rocked a remote area in...
A magnitude-6.2 earthquake jolted a remote and mountainous county on the northern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau just before midnight on Monday, killing at least 118...
Kyrgyzstan authorities have announced that they will deliver 100 tons of food aid to earthquake victims in Afghanistan, local media reported. Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations...