An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China killed 14 workers and injured five others.

A year of temblors, including the most devastating on Feb. 22, which killed more than 180 people, has left much of New Zealand's second-largest city in rubble, causing 19 billion U.S.

Forty years after being hunted to near-extinction in many parts of the U.S., black bears have become so plentiful that they are causing trouble for their human neighbors—ripping open camping tents

The Obama administration pressed Iran to account for a discrepancy of nearly 20 kilograms in its reporting to the United Nations' nuclear agency on how much natural uranium metal it has in its stoc

Prospects for the European Union's favored Nabucco natural-gas pipeline project appear to be dwindling, weeks before a consortium of Caspian Sea producers is due to choose one of four planned pipel

India's renewable energy ministry plans to introduce more fiscal incentives to boost local manufacturing of solar power equipment, a senior ministry official said Thursday.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussed his country's contentious nuclear-liability laws with U.S.

General Electric Co.

The United Nations' top nuclear official urged Iran to allow a visit by a high-level delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency to discuss growing evidence that Tehran has been developi

The Indian government has formally announced new rules which cap the liability of nuclear equipment suppliers in case of accidents--a move likely to allay the concerns of companies looking to enter