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Hunger Threat Deepens as Quake Cuts Off Philippine Villages

General Santos-Authorities in the southern Philippines appealed for the immediate deployment of military helicopters on Thursday to deliver food and

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Relentless Aftershocks Deepen Philippine Quake Crisis as Death Toll Reaches 45

General Santos-Thousands of displaced residents across the southern Philippines remained unable to return home on Wednesday as more than 2,100

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Powerful Philippines Quake Kills 32, Triggers Tsunami Alerts Across Pacific

Manila- A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 32 people, damaging buildings, triggering landslides

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Rescuers End Search for Two Missing Men in Flooded Laos Cave

Vientiane— Rescue teams on Saturday suspended efforts to locate two men missing in a flooded cave in Laos after more

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Race Against Floodwaters as Rescuers Hunt for Two Missing in Laos Cave

Bangkok-Rescue teams in Laos are searching for an alternative route into a flooded cave in Xaisomboun province where two people

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Race Against Rising Waters as Rescuers Strive to Free Trapped Laos Cave Survivors

Bangkok-Rescue teams in Laos worked on Saturday to extract four villagers still trapped inside a flooded cave in central Xaisomboun

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Torrential Floods Swamp Northern Turkiye, Injuring 12

Ankara-Severe flooding triggered by torrential rainfall inundated parts of northern Turkiye near the Black Sea coast late Tuesday, damaging homes

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Indonesia Deploys Drones, Troops in Search for Hikers Killed by Volcano Eruption

Jakarta— Indonesian rescue teams resumed a high-risk operation on Saturday to recover the bodies of three hikers believed killed during

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Tsunami Survivor Fights Wildfire to Save Hometown Scarred by 2011 Disaster

Otsuchi — Fifteen years after losing his family home in Japan’s devastating 2011 tsunami, volunteer firefighter Ryota Haga is battling

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Japan Mobilizes 1,400 Firefighters as Wildfires Threaten Coastal Town

Otsuchi — Japan has deployed 1,400 firefighters and 100 Self-Defense Force personnel to contain major wildfires burning for a fifth

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