Asia has to cope with more disasters than any other part of the world, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Asia has to cope with more disasters than any other part of the world, ...

Looking at the weather map on his computer and seeing three simultaneous tropical storms forming across Asia in late November, climatologist Fredolin Tangang’s first thoughts drifted to the 2004 ...

Asia has been hit by over 20 earthquakes above a 2.5 magnitude in the last 24 hours, with four powerful ones in central and southeast Asia, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

GENEVA, April 23 (Reuters) - Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region by climate related hazards last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said, with floods and storms causing the ...

Landslides and flooding across Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand have killed more than 1,200 people in the past week, and 800 ...

The U.S. capital is tiny compared to many of the world's largest cities, a new report on urbanization around the globe shows.

To read more of The Economist’s data journalism visit our Graphic Detail page. NO OTHER REGION in the world is as diverse as Asia. Its regimes range from autocratic to democratic. Some Asian countries ...

As the largest economy and military in the Asia-Pacific region, and the second-largest population in the world, China is an important regional and global player. To learn more about views of its ...