KOBE, Japan (Kyodo) -- The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed over 6,400 people, with many hoping to keep ...

KOBE: Thousands of people marked on Friday (Jan 17) the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled much of the Japanese city of Kobe. The 7.2-magnitude quake ...

E-Ling Chiu, Amnesty International Taiwan’s director, said the execution was a “huge setback for human rights in Taiwan”. “This execution is a shocking and cruel development. Taiwan’s ...

Pence plans to meet with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim, who Pence has known from her time as Taiwan’s representative to the U.S. He began his day, Friday in ...

Hualien (Taiwan), Feb 8 (ANI): A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwanese tourist city of Hualien late on Tuesday. The tremors were felt all along Taiwan but Hualien was wirst hit by the earthquake.

Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island separated from China by the Taiwan Strait. Mainland China, officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is under Chinese ...

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan’s southeastern coast today prompting a tsunami warning. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake hit at about 50 kilometers north of Taitung city at a ...

BEIJING-More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued, Chinese officials said on Jan 8, with an unknown number still unaccounted for in freezing weather a ...

Chinese authorities say nearly 100 people have been killed after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the holy Tibetan city of Shigatse, with the death toll expected to rise. Survivors: The world’s ...

BEIJING/KATHMANDU (Reuters) -- A strong earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday, killing at least 126 people and flattening hundreds of ...