Authorities now believe that nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally in the mine near the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, since August last year.

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

Sasaki's baseball career to this point has been marked by transcendent highs and complicated lows. His life story may help explain why.

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

A tsunami warning was issued on Monday after the magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Hyuga-nada Sea off the coast of the Japanese island of Kyushu at a depth of 18.6 miles at 7.19 E.T., the Japan ...

Once found in the jungles of Africa, researchers in South America have now discovered links tying these extinct primates to the continent—painting an incredible story of survival against the odds.

Check out the crazy moment a crocodile snapped towards people on a boat. Garreth Coombes was out exploring on a boat full of people where they came across a grumpy crocodile. Filmed in Galamuka Lodge, ...

A new Netflix series making its own waves centers on the scenario of a volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands off west Africa. A mega tsunami more powerful than any ...

South Africa 301 (Markram 89, Bosch 81*, Shahzad 3-75, Naseem 3-92) and 150 for 8 (Bavuma 40, Abbas 6-54) beat Pakistan 211 (Ghulam 54, Paterson 5-61, Bosch 4-63) and 237 (Shakeel 84, Babar 50 ...

PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with ...

"I thought it was doomsday," said Hasnawati, a 54-year-old teacher who goes by one name, at the Indonesian mosque that was damaged by the tsunami ... (56 miles) south of Colombo.