They call it the "Tokyo Underground Cathedral" and the "Tokyo Parthenon" because of its monumentality. But, in reality, it is a fabulous work of engineering to prevent flooding in Japan's main city.

New Zealand is seeking to expand Asia-Pacific military deployments in its quest to show it was now "pulling our weight" with ...

Water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that this week buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river in southern Switzerland has sparked warnings that further evacuations may be needed.

A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday (May 28), causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock that buried most of a mountain village that had been evacuated due to the risk of a ...