Afghanistan hit by back-to-back 4.2, 4.5 magnitude earthquakes
Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 4.2 and 4.5 struck Afghanistan on Saturday morning. The National Centre for Seismology reported the quakes, which occurred at depths of 100 and 150 kilometers ...
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Couple takes in Senegalese high school basketball player left homeless by private school closure
Ama Sow, a young boy from Senegal, West Africa, had dreams of playing basketball in America. A private high school in ...
Crossroads of conflict
Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...
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Scientists Get a Step Closer to Predicting the Size of Future Earthquakes
The various idiosyncrasies of minor earthquakes make them hard to forecast, but the aspects of very large temblors might be ...
Magnitude 5.9 quake strikes off Atacama, Chile, EMSC says
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Atacama, Chile on Tuesday the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.