US doomsday minister Harold Camping dead at 92

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 03:07

Harold Camping, the US preacher who used his evangelical radio ministry and thousands of billboards to broadcast the end of the world and then gave up public prophecy when his date-specific doomsdays did not come to pass, has died at age 92.

Mayan Long Count calendar did end on December 2012

Last Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2013, 13:42

Carbon dating of a wooden beam from a Guatemalan temple has confirmed the end date of the Mayan Long Count calendar.

Amazing solar `wink` tells doomsday prediction was fallacy?

Last Updated: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 15:15

NASA engineers were amazed after clicking a latest picture of the Sun which appeared to be "winking at them".

Why the world did not end on December 21

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 25, 2012, 10:00

December 21 has come and gone with the prophecy that the world would come to an end turning out to be all hot air and hype.

Why the world did not end on Dec 21

Last Updated: Sunday, December 23, 2012, 18:37

Dec 21 has come and gone with the prophecy that the world would come to an end turning out to be all hot air and hype.

‘New date for doomsday set for January 1, 2017’

Last Updated: Sunday, December 23, 2012, 14:09

Even though people around the globe waiting anxiously for the world to end on December 21 have survived unscathed, the actual Apocalypse is nigh on four years away, Doomsdayers have claimed.

China cracks down on doomsday rumour-mongers, 96 held

Last Updated: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 12:07

As many as 96 people were arrested in central China Saturday after police targetted the cult that spreads doomsday rumours.

I know when the world will end: Vladimir Putin

Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 18:04

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not worried by the prophecies about the world ending on Friday, as he knows that it has another 4.5 billion years left.

Doomsday Dec 21, 2012: Believers drawn to hotspots

Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 15:49

Although scientists have completely rubbished fears that the world will end on December 21, 2012, believers are being drawn to spots where the buzz suggests that chances of survival will be higher.

China arrests doomsday preachers on the day of `apocalypse`

Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 12:27

Forty-two doomsday preachers were held in China for warning people that the world will end on Friday, the day of the "apocalypse", taking the total number of such arrests to over 1,000.

Guatemala temple preparing for end of the world

Last Updated: Thursday, December 20, 2012, 15:33

At an eighth century temple deep inside the Guatemalan jungle, people who are convinced that the world is about to end are gathering for the end of times.

Watch the `Mayan apocalypse` live online

Last Updated: Thursday, December 20, 2012, 10:19

From monster solar storms to colliding planets, the Slooh Space Cam will host a series of web shows, each focused on a different scenario of how the end of days might occur.