A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi today, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and no tsunami alert.

Japan declared its tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to be in cold shutdown on Friday, taking a major step to resolving the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years but some critics qu

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Monday, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and no tsunami alert.

The quake hit at 9:23 am (0123 GMT) at a depth of 33 kilometres (21 miles), around 57 kilometres southwest of the main city of Palu, the US Geological Survey said.

Anti-nuke activists demand action against CODISSIA for preventing them from attending meeting

Japan declared its tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to be in cold shutdown on Friday in a major step toward resolving the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years.

Japan was set to announce on Friday it has finally tamed leaking reactors at Fukushima, in what authorities say is a vital step on the long road to recovery, nine months after its nuclear crisis be

Japan's utility operating the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Friday it has scrapped a plan to dump water it treated for radiation contamination into the sea following fierce protests from fishing groups.

Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the utility operating Fukushima's Daiichi plant, had said on Thursday it was considering discharging some treated water into the sea because it was running out of storage space.

As has become almost routine in recent years, Japan’s annual whale hunt that began this week has kicked off to swirling controversy.

Apart from China's posturing at sea, the proposed nuclear deal between India and Japan is expected to figure prominently during talks between the two countries when Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihik

IN the recently published 2011 Global Assessment Report by the UNDP, Bangladesh was found to be one of the countries 'most vulnerable' to disasters.