
ASEAN sends relief goods to flood-affected communities in Vietnam
Vietnam News 17:06 16/10/2025ASEAN’s second shipment of relief goods for flood-hit areas in Vietnam is scheduled to arrive in Hanoi on Thursday before being transported to Cao Bang Province, one of the hardest-hit localities.

Series of earthquakes strike central Vietnam; experts warn of continued seismic activity
Vietnam News 13:33 13/10/2025A series of seven small earthquakes struck early Monday in central Vietnam’s Quang Ngai Province, in an area formerly part of old Kon Tum Province, with authorities warning that seismic activity in the region is likely to continue.

Earthquake strikes Vietnam's Cao Bang, no damage reported
Vietnam News 11:37 08/10/2025A magnitude-3.4 earthquake hit Can Yen Commune, Cao Bang Province, northern Vietnam on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Vietnam Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Center under the Institute of Earth Sciences.

Schools report damage after 21 quakes hit Vietnam’s Quang Ngai in 15 hours
Vietnam News 18:32 06/10/2025Quang Ngai Province in central Vietnam recorded 21 earthquakes within 15 hours from Sunday night to Monday morning, causing roof and wall damage at several schools near the epicenter.

Death toll from Philippine quake rises to 72
World 13:13 02/10/2025MANILA -- The death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck off the central Philippines late on Tuesday has risen to 72, the civil defence agency said.

Philippines quake kills dozens as injured overwhelm hospitals
World 15:45 01/10/2025The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose above 50 on Wednesday, with injured patients overwhelming hospitals on the island of Cebu.

Strong quake hits southwestern Japan
World 16:36 18/09/2025TOKYO -- A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan on Wednesday night, measuring lower 5, the fifth-highest level on the nation's seismic intensity scale, in Suwanosejima, an island in the village of Toshima in Kagoshima Prefecture.

Morocco's quake survivors demand more help as World Cup spending ramps up
World 09:36 16/09/2025AZGOUR, Morocco -- As rains swept into Morocco's Atlas Mountains earlier this month, 72-year-old Lahcen Abarda rushed to reinforce the plastic sheeting of the tent where he has lived for the past two years.

Afghan earthquake survivors refuse to return to villages, fearing landslides
World 12:31 08/09/2025MASUD, Afghanistan - Haunted by the fear that aftershocks could bring rocks crashing down from the mountains, the survivors of Afghan earthquakes vowed not to return to destroyed villages but camp in fields and on riverbanks instead, even without tents to keep off the rain.

Afghanistan earthquake death toll tops 2,200, survivors face aid crunch
World 20:59 04/09/2025Rescue workers on Thursday pulled bodies from the rubble of homes razed in Afghanistan's earthquakes as the confirmed death toll topped 2,200, while homeless survivors faced a bleak future with global aid agencies warning of dwindling resources.

Afghan earthquake survivors hunt loved ones, pull planks from rubble for graves
World 14:08 04/09/2025MAZAR DARA, Afghanistan -- Mir Salam Khan mourns the loss of his wife and three children in Afghanistan’s mountainous eastern province of Kunar, hit by an earthquake of magnitude 6 that crumbled thousands of homes.

Afghanistan airdrops commandos to rescue earthquake survivors
World 15:33 03/09/2025KABUL/MAZAR DARA, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan airdropped commandos on Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble of homes in mountainous eastern areas ravaged by earthquakes this week that have killed 1,400, as it ramped up efforts to deliver food, shelter and medical supplies.