At least 33 killed in Afghanistan as heavy rains set off flash floods
Most casualties have been from roof collapses, while some 600 houses have been damaged or destroyed, authorities say.
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Why Taiwan Was So Prepared for a Powerful Earthquake
When the largest earthquake in Taiwan in half a century struck off its east coast, the buildings in the closest city, Hualien, swayed and rocked. As more than 300 aftershocks rocked the island over the next 24 hours to Thursday morning, the buildings shook again and again.
Myanmar resistance group says its drones hit targets in the capital, but army says it shot them down
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said Thursday its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country’s ruling military said it destroyed the drones as they attacked.
Myanmar saw threefold increase in landmine casualties in 2023
BANGKOK -- Civilian casualties in Myanmar caused by landmines and other explosive devices tripled in 2023, as the three-year civil war there entered a new phase of intense fighting with ethnic armed groups gaining territory from the military regime.
The Taiwan Earthquake’s Aftermath
A powerful earthquake of at least 7.4 magnitude struck Taiwan shortly before 8 a.m. on Wednesday.
Heavy rains in northwestern Pakistan kill 8 people, mostly children, and injure 12
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Heavy rains killed eight people, mostly children, and injured 12 in Pakistan’s northwest, an official said Saturday.
In Indonesia, a massive blaze erupts at a military ammunition site, firefighters struggle to extinguish fire
Indonesian firefighters were on Saturday struggling to extinguish a massive fire that broke out at a military ammunition facility just outside the capital city, media reported.