GENEVA: Greenpeace said on Thursday it had launched legal action to demand that Switzerland shut down Beznau, the world's oldest commercial nuclear plant, for security reasons.

A magnitude-4 earthquake has shocked Australia's eastern coast on Friday, approximately 200 kilometers north of Brisbane.

HETAUDA, AUG 12 - The study of Department of Health Services (DoHS) conducted in 14 districts shows that 1,600 children are mildly malnourished.

ZURICH: Natural and manmade disasters caused $37.4 billion (34 billion euros) in economic losses during the first half of 2015, proving far less costly than in recent years, reinsurance group Swiss

Talking to The Express Tribune, Director General Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Dr Ghulam Rasul said the quake was initially recorded at 6.7 on the Richter scale but after collecting data

The per capita disaster impact of the April 25 earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks was highest in the mountains and lowest in inner Tarai among the 14 most affected districts in the country.

A moderate earthquake in Afghanistan was felt across South Asia on Monday, shaking the ground in Kabul, Islamabad and New Delhi, witnesses said.

दिल्ली-एनसीआर समेत पूरे उत्तर भारत में एक बार फिर से भूकंप के झटके महसूस किए गए। यूएसजीएस की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक भूकंप की तीव्रता 5.7 मापी गई है।