The situation escalated after police carried out a raid two months ago and cut off supplies to the miners as part of a ...

A group representing informal miners in South Africa says at least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold ...

Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes because of its location along the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines ...

The country is about to experience a seismic catastrophe that has been dubbed “The Big One”. The earthquake of the century ...

The United States Geological Survey is reporting that a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck a region in southwestern Mexico ...

South Africa is losing out on valuable foreign funds, with many international travelers choosing two North African countries ...

Professor Atalay Ayele is the Director of the Institute of Geophysics, Space Science and Astronomy at Addis Ababa University.

SOE Minister Erick Thohir says Indonesia's admission as a full member of BRICS could benefit Indonesia's trade with countries ...

South Africa's rand was little changed early on Wednesday, ahead of a purchasing managers' index (PMI) survey for the ...

An initial survey showed 3 609 homes had been destroyed in the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800 000 people, Chinese state media reported late on Tuesday, citing local officials, while more than ...

A devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 53 people and collapsed "many buildings" on Tuesday, ...

A metal object weighing up to 500 kilograms fell down in the village of Mukuku in southern Kenya on 30 December. The piece is ...