Dubai: In a shocking and alarming incident, a 21-year-old engineering student has been arrested for allegedly raping a senior ...

Indonesia’s earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi in 2018; and the passing of Singapore’s founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew. She helmed on-the-ground coverage of the 2018 ASEAN summit in Singapore, ...

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Philippines' Mindanao region, sparking tsunami warnings ...

Asia and the Pacific is the world’s most disaster-exposed region, yet pre-arranged financing, including insurance, remains ...

When the Indian Ocean tsunami reached Myanmar’s coast in 2004, the Moken people had already sought safety on higher ground.

People living near coastal areas in the south were "strongly advised to immediately evacuate" to higher ground, or move ...

A strong earthquake off the southern Philippines killed at least two people, damaged a hospital and schools and prompted ...

Two powerful offshore earthquakes struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least seven people, while towns near the epicenter suffered structural damage and authorities warned of ...

For people in Sri Lanka and other nations devastated by the tsunami that struck on this day last year, anniversaries mean a lot. One month, three months, six months, a year. Each is important, ...

A 6.9-magnitude aftershock jolted quake-hit southern Philippines, triggering a fresh tsunami alert just hours after an ...

The disaster killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 people still listed as missing as of the end of February, according to the ...

There is no real risk of a spill from a fully loaded supertanker that caught fire off the east coast of Sri Lanka, a senior official in the Indian Ocean nation's navy said on Friday.