Thousands evacuated as powerful volcano erupts in Chile

Ash and lava spew from the Villarrica volcano, as seen from Pucon town in the south of Santiago. Photograph: Lautaro Salinas/Reuters   One of South America’s most active volcanoes in......

Indian and US forces fire away in Babina

About 1,000 military personnel from the Indian and US Army are participating in one of the largest joint exercises between the two nations in Babina, Uttar Pradesh.The exercise, codenamed Yudh......

Ecuador quake: Desperate kin search for survivors as toll mounts to 480

IMAGE: Rescue team members and firefighters search for victims at a collapsed building on Monday after an earthquake struck off the Pacific coast, in Portoviejo, Ecuador. Photograph: Henry......

World navies unite @ Rim of the Pacific

Curtains will fall on the Rim of the Pacific 2016, the world’s largest international maritime exercise, on August 4. Participants in drills that lasted over a month in and around the Hawaiian......

Yang Yuanqing: China's first global capitalist

On a bright September afternoon, a black Mercedes S320 pulls up to a curb in the middle of Beijing's bustling Zhongguancun, the consumer-electronics shopping district. Out steps a man in a......