On the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that took the lives of more than 220,000 people, we look at why there are ...

Nearly 14,500 homes have been flooded in a Russian region bordering Kazakhstan after water levels spiked in a local river, local authorities said Tuesday. The floods sparked evacuations of ...

The White House on Friday said initial signs pointed to Russian air defenses downing a passenger plane that crashed over ...

Kazakhstan has also been badly affected, with 100,000 people evacuated from their homes in the last week. The flooding is being described as the worst to hit the region in 80 years. Last week ...