On Saturday, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, along with strong aftershocks, struck the Herat province of Afghanistan. The disaster, which caused a death toll of at least 2,000 people, has become one of the most fatal quakes to strike Afghanistan in 20 years. Senior
Locals in one of the UK’s best seaside villages claimed that the idyllic area has been ruined by outsiders over the last few years. Staithes, in Yorkshire, is a chocolate box village but an increase in people buying holiday homes there has changed
Rescuers in boats evacuated 14,000 people over the past several days after floodwaters from two rivers swollen by monsoon rains inundated dozens of villages in eastern Pakistan, officials said Friday. Monsoon rains began lashing the South Asian country in late June and
Ukrainian troops have retaken seven villages spanning 35 square miles from Russian forces in the past week, the deputy defense minister said Monday as the early stages of Kyiv’s counteroffensive notched small successes. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar wrote on the Telegram
Kenfig village (Image: Getty Images) Britain’s once active seaside villages are now being left unloved and rotting with coastal erosion, building development, and population growth having a significant impact on these hidden gems. Express.co.uk looks at the UK’s abandoned coastal villages and
Homes have been evacuated in parts of South West England after torrential rain caused flash-flooding, mudslides and landslips. The Environment Agency has issued multiple red ‘act now’ flood warnings, with rail services also disrupted. The heavy rain swept in from the west
The death toll from floods in eastern Congo has almost doubled, reaching close to 400 people as of Sunday, according to a local official. The administrator of the worst-affected area, the Kalehe territory of South Kivu province, told The Associated Press by
Soldiers in Myanmar rampaged through several villages, raping, beheading and killing at least 17 people, residents said, in the latest of what critics of the ruling military say are a series of war crimes since the army seized power two years ago.
An earthquake in Nepal rattled villages in remote Himalayan mountains on Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring many more, officials said. The 5.9 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Bajura district hit in the afternoon, sending people fleeing their houses,
Thirty archers armed with bamboo bows and arrows sit on a platform awaiting instruction. Then they take aim at a straw cylinder 60 feet away. They each have 34 arrows to shoot in four minutes. They release one arrow after another, their