Magnitude 6.0 quake strikes off Russia's far-east coastline - ...

French and Malian forces moving into far eastern Mali clashed with jihadist fighters in a spontaneous gunbattle on Wednesday, leaving a French soldier and about 10 insurgents dead, a French military s...

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in seas off far northern Japan and far eastern Russia on Friday, but no damage was expected. The Japan Meteorological Agency said sea changes were possible. No tsunami warnings have been issued.

H7N9 bird flu has spread to a new area - the first case in the eastern province of Shandong in an outbreak which has so far killed 22 people. Since China announced on March 31 that the virus had been discovered in humans for the first time, most cases have ...

The mercury soared to 40.1 degrees Celsius in Lohegaon, the eastern outskirts of the city on Friday.

Russia shares a short border with North Korea, south of Vladivostok in its Far Eastern region

NATO has so far found no evidence to support Afghan allegations of misconduct by American special forces in a strategic eastern province.

The soaring half domes of the Martyr Monument stand out against the drabness of eastern Baghdad, not far from where Saddam Hussein's feared eldest son was said to torture underperforming athletes.

Last week, I broadly spoke about the way Far Eastern flav-ours were winning both our hearts and palates. Given the depth of the topic, I felt that another piece on the more elaborate styles of Asian food maybe in order.Most of us have grown up seeing momos ...

Deep snow covered by ice crust has led to the deaths of many wild hoofed animals of various species in the far eastern woodlands in Russia, WWF Russia said."Dense snow which fell in January and was followed by a thaw in early February has created critical ...