Ecuador earthquake: Death toll jumps to 272; more than 2500 injured

Nearly 250,000 people have been told to leave their homes amid fears of further quakes in Japan, an aid agency says. Naoki Kokawa, advisor to the Japanese Red Cross Society, told the BBC that more medical teams were being dispatched to evacuation 

Nearly 250,000 people have been told to leave their homes amid fears of further quakes in Japan, an aid agency says. Naoki Kokawa, advisor to the Japanese Red Cross Society, told the BBC that more medical teams were being dispatched to evacuation 

As Japan continues to reel from two deadly earthquakes that struck the southern part of the country on Thursday and Saturday — registering at 6.5-magnitude and 7.3, respectively — the United States Forces there announced Sunday it would provide U.S. 

More than 800 volunteers and staff from the Ecuadorian Red Cross have been active following the earthquake which has killed over 230 people and left more than 1,500 injured. In addition to search and rescue operations, the Red Cross has also provided 

A 33-year-old nun from Londonderry has been killed in an earthquake in Ecuador. Sister Clare Theresa Crockett was based at a school in Playa Prieta with the Home of the Mother order. More than 200 people were killed in the powerful earthquake which hit