Palestine is currently designated by the UN as a “permanent observer state”, a form of non-member state, meaning it cannot vote on decisions made by the UN’s main organs and bodies, such as the ...

Thanks to this global monitoring system, which has been deployed for more than 20 years, millions of people in Japan and ...

A tsunami sent waves into parts of Japan, Hawaii and the US after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Russian Far East ...

Today at about 11:30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in the ...

A tsunami sent waves into parts of Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off ...

Tsunami warnings were lifted across the Pacific rim Wednesday, allowing millions of temporary evacuees to return home. After ...

The quake is the sixth-strongest on record, according to the United States Geological Survey. It’s also the largest since ...

Alerts were issued across the Pacific following the 8.8 magnitude quake in Russia's Far East, but no deaths were reported.

A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Pacific coast, triggering tsunami warnings and evacuations of coastal ...

Tsunami waves have hit nations across the Pacific after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s remote ...

Officials from Japan to California issued warnings after an 8.8-magnitude quake off Russia’s coast. Hours later, there were ...

Several factors help determine whether a given earthquake will generate a dangerous tsunami, but the process is not yet fully understood.