Returns have strained resources in a country that was already struggling to cope with a weak economy and the effects of a severe drought and two devastating earthquakes.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 struck Pakistan late Friday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, continues to observe significant numbers of Afghans returning or being forced to return from neighbouring countries in extremely difficult circumstances.So far this year, ...

“Our research shows that major earthquakes are just as random and unpredictable as smaller ones. The science is blunt: major ...

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit Sikkim's Namchi in the early hours of Friday, according to the National Center for Seismology.

Afghanistan has plunged deeper into a crisis marked by levels of child hunger unseen in 25 years and the closure of almost 450 health centers.

Kabul [Afghanistan], January 25 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck Afghanistan on Sunday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.The earthquake struck at a shallow ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Heavy snow and rainfall over the past three days have killed more than 60 people and injured over 100 across Afghanistan, the country’s disaster management authority said ...

A seismographer uses a pen to point out the initial shock waves of an earthquake charted on a seismograph. Getty Images The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake in Illinois early Tuesday ...

A minor earthquake struck in Illinois on Tuesday, Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The 3.8 magnitude quake was confirmed about four kilometers northwest of Ohlman in Montgomery County ...

U.S. Geological Survey officials reported a 3.8 magnitude earthquake happened early Tuesday near Ohlman in central Illinois. The USGS said the quake happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. about 3 miles ...

Ideas like “earthquake weather” and fears that California could fall into the ocean have long been a part of the state’s earthquake superstitions, often resurfacing every time the ground begins to ...