Singapore authorities on Sunday confirmed 27 more cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection, bringing the total to 242.

Health needs of 800 000 people in north eastern Nigeria, formerly held by militant insurgency groups, must urgently be addressed.

At least 57 school students were injured when panic ensued in classrooms after a 4.7-magnitude earthquake hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Battagram district in Pakistan on Monday.

Twenty-four countries will participate in a large scale tsunami simulation exercise organized under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO on 7 and 8 September.

China's Qinghai province reported the hottest month in 55 years, 3.4 degrees Celsius above the average August temperature.

In a collaborative project, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US and the Masdar Institute of Science in Abu Dhabi claim to have found a way to develop very hig

The World Health Organization has confirmed a third case of polio in Nigeria, Rotary Club said Monday: a crippled toddler found in an area newly liberated from Boko Haram Islamic extremists.

Scientists have developed a diagnosis system based on virtual reality (VR) technology that may help in the early detection of various neuro-degenerative disorders including multiple sclerosis (MS)

SYDNEY, Australia - The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed environmental concerns surrounding Adani Enterprises' $16-billion Carmichael coal mine project and termed it legal.

New York, Aug 24 (IANS) In an effort to give electric car drivers more km per minute of charging, engineers led by an Indian-origin researcher have designed a thin plastic membrane that stops recha

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