The United Kingdon and France are among the nations that could soon recognize an independent Palestinian state.

An earthquake off the east coast of Russia has led to tsunami alerts across a number of countries in Asia and the Americas.

Waves of 4ft (1.2m) have already hit Hawaii on the coast of Oahu, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.

Discover countries and islands most susceptible to tsunamis, from the Pacific Ring of Fire to the Indian Ocean, based on recent alerts & history.

It seems that for the size of the earthquake, the tsunami has been rather small. To understand why, we can look to geology.

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

Several people in Russia are said to have sought medical assistance following the earthquake, while Hawaiians have been told ...

From London, a Russia financial analyst, Timothy Ash, writes that the Turkish-American corridor project represents “another ...

Currently, 147 of the 193 member states of the United Nations recognise the state of Palestine. Palestine has been a non-member observer state of the United Nations General Assembly since November ...

Whoever does not control their energy has no homeland. They have territory.” The energy world and the new colonialism Energy is not just electricity, nor ...

The global fertility rate was 2.2 births per woman last year, down from five in the 1960s and 3.3 in 1990, according to the ...