Palestine is currently designated by the UN as a “permanent observer state”, a form of non-member state, meaning it cannot vote on decisions made by the UN’s main organs and bodies, such as the ...

GeoNet has urged New Zealanders to take every tsunami seriously, regardless of its height and length. Yesterday, the country’s entire coastline was on noti ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula shook the Pacific, but its tsunami fizzled. A geologist explains ...