Japan has declared a state of emergency at a nuclear power plant when its cooling system failed after the massive earthquake struck.

A powerful earthquake in north-eastern Indonesia today caused panic, shook buildings on islands in the Maluku Sea, and triggered a brief tsunami warning.

A powerful earthquake in north-eastern Indonesia triggered a tsunami warning today and caused panicked residents to flee shaking buildings, officials and media reports said.

Part of a plane’s tail, food trays and shards of fuselage were pulled from the sea in north-eastern Indonesia, officials said today, 10 days after a Boeing 737 disappeared in storm weather with 102 people on board.