Tokyo: A Japanese deep-sea drilling probe has set a new world record for depth, reaching 7,740 meters (25,400 feet) below the sea surface, the research institute that launched it says. The Chikyu, operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, was digging the seabed off Japan’s northern coast to take fault samples and [...]

New Delhi: Countries worldwide have issued a travel advisory to their nationals after an earthquake struck off the western coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia on 11 April. An earthquake strong 9.8 on the Richter scale hit 308 miles from city Bangkaholo on the coast region (Aceh) and the Indonesian authorities have launched an ultimatum in [...]