Today, we have made history. We're a major missile power: V.K. Saraswat

India on Thursday propelled itself into an elite club of nations with Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) technology by successfully test-firing nuclear-capable Agni-V, which covered a range of more than 5,000 km.

India successfully test-fired on Thursday a nuclear-capable missile that can reach Beijing and Eastern Europe, thrusting the emerging Asian power into a small club of nations that can deploy nuclea

Five people were killed and four injured in Aceh province on Wednesday after two massive quakes struck off Indonesia, officials said on Thursday.

"Five people were killed, one in Banda Aceh, three in Aceh Besar and one in Lhoksemawe," Wahyudi, an official of disaster management and mitigation agency in Aceh province, told by phone.

Five people were killed and a child was critically injured when a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of northern Indonesia on Wednesday, the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Thurs

Two large earthquakes struck western Mexico, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and sending people rushing out of offices onto the streets, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Tremors were felt along India’s entire eastern coast after a powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake and a series of strong aftershocks struck off the northern tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra Wednesday afternoon, triggering fears of a devastating 2004-type tsunami across the Indian Ocean region.

Indonesia said it was checking for damage and casualties, but remarkably no such reports were received for several hours, including in Aceh, the closest province and the area decimated by the disaster eight years ago.

An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday, sending residents around the region dashing out of their homes and offices in fear.