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North Korea has fired more than 200 rounds of artillery shells off its west coast, towards the South's Yeonpyeong island, Seoul's military has said. Afterwards, South Korea ordered civilians to seek shelter on the island before holding li...
Teams are working desperately to clear ash from Tonga's main airport runway in an effort to get vital supplies to the region following a volcanic eruption. Some 200 people with wheelbarrows and shovels are sweeping the site so fl...
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New Zealand's White Island volcano is showing increased seismic activity, putting recovery efforts on hold. Authorities hoped they would be able to retrieve the eight people presumed dead on the island on Wednesday. So far, six people have ...
At least 82 people are now known to have died after a powerful earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Lombok. Hundreds of people have been wounded by Sunday's quake, disaster management officials have said. The magnitude seven tremor was shallow, ...
Two people have been rescued from an uninhabited Pacific island after a US Navy helicopter spotted their SOS sign. The pilots spotted the sign drawn into sand on East Fayu Island in Micronesia and alerted the US Coast Guard. It followed a w...
Satellite images appear to show China has built aircraft hangars on disputed islands in the South China Sea. The images, from late July, were released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and appear to confirm that Chinese military f...
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said an international team 'conclusively confirms debris found on Reunion Island is from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370....
One century after the Titanic sank during its maiden voyage, the historic day is being commemorated around the world....
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea — Artillery(大炮) fire was heard on Monday on a South Korean island near waters disputed(争议) by North Korea, a Reuters reporter said, signaling(标志着) the start of live-fire drills(军演). The Defense ...
Tourists ride rented horses and camels at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids, near Cairo, Egypt. The pyramids are the only surviving structures from the original list of seven architectural marvels, and were named one of the New Seven W...
Most people dream of owning their own island, a piece of tranquil (安静的)heaven to truly call their own. For the majority of people however, this will always remain just that: a dream. On the flipside (事物较不重要的方面), there is a definite islan...