A magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck off Indonesia's coast around 5 a.m. local time at a depth of about 6 miles, causing significant damage but not generating a major tsunami. NBC News' meteorologist Bill Karins reports.
Many of Britain's green spaces are currently a sea of brown, dried-out grass, with firefighters and officials fearing any spark could lead to catastrophe.
Oil prices rose Friday after Washington signaled it would soon intensify pressure on Tehran with "measures like have never been seen in the history of economic isolation on a country."
Dozens of Israeli settlers have trapped two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes for days, cutting off food, water and electricity. Their actions even drawing the ire of U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. The IDF says settlers were ...
The moon passed directly in front of the sun Wednesday, briefly turning day into twilight as crowds from Iceland to Spain looked up in awe at the rare celestial spectacle. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz reports.
In Colombia, rescuers hold out hope that they can still find more survivors in the rubble following a powerful earthquake that rocked the country. NBC News' George Solis is on the ground, where search crews are working through the night.
Timelapse videos from Mallorca and Arcos de las Salinas show the moon passing directly between the earth and the sun to produce a rare total solar eclipse.
Crowds in London gathered to experience the first total solar eclipse in 27 years. NBC News' Daniele Hamamdjian spoke with Mike Meynell of the Volunteer Association of Astronomers about how this eclipse differs from the 1999 event.