Recovery of bodies from Korean ferry suspended
The operation to recover bodies from the ferry that sank off South Korea last month has been suspended due to heavy seas, a spokesman said Saturday, amid concern that many of the missing may never be found.
03 May 2014 13:09
Death toll hits 32 in India rebel violence: police
Police found nine more bodies Saturday after a deadly rampage by tribal separatists in India's remote northeastern Assam state, taking the death toll to 32 following two days of violence.
03 May 2014 12:45
Boko Haram holding 223 Nigerian schoolgirls: police
Nigerian police on Friday said Boko Haram militants were holding 223 girls of the 276 seized from their school in the country's northeast, revising upwards the number of youngsters abducted.
03 May 2014 12:17
Samsung phone explosion investigation comes to halt
Samsung Electronics Kazakhstan cannot continue the investigation of the Samsung Galaxy S2 explosion that left a first grader from Astana with burns of third-degree.
10 die in fire at Russian ammunition depot
Ten soldiers and civilian staff at a Russian military munitions depot burnt to death while fleeing a fire that sparked a series of explosions, the defence ministry said.
30 April 2014 16:57
14 dead in northwest Thailand road accident
At least 14 people were killed Wednesday when a truck carrying local villagers crashed in a mountainous region of northwest Thailand, police and hospital officials said.
15 dead as Philippines battles Islamic militants
The Philippine military said Wednesday it had launched an air and ground assault against Islamic militants wanted for a spate of kidnappings, with 14 militants and one soldier killed in the clashes.
30 April 2014 10:29
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Wounded Kharkiv mayor flown to Israel for treatment
The mayor of Kharkiv, who was left in critical condition after being shot in the back by an unknown assailant, has been flown to Israel for treatment, local officials said.
Plane lands safely in Australia after engine fire
A passenger plane carrying 93 people landed safely at Perth Airport on Tuesday despite an engine fire that erupted shortly after take-off, officials said.
29 April 2014 12:23
48-hour strike begins on London Underground
Workers on London's Underground train system began a 48-hour strike at 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) on Monday, threatening chaos for commuters and hitting football supporters attending Arsenal's match with Newcastle.
29 April 2014 11:41
US homeowner shoots German exchange student dead
A US homeowner who shot and killed a 17-year-old German high school exchange student he suspected of breaking into his garage was charged with homicide on Monday.
29 April 2014 11:17
Record Holocaust commemoration march in Hungary
Hungary's annual "March of Life" commemorating the Holocaust drew a record 25,000 people on Sunday as part of events marking 70 years since the start of mass deportations of Hungarian Jews in World War II.
29 April 2014 02:49
22 killed in attack on C.Africa MSF hospital: peacekeepers
At least 22 people including three staff members of medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres were killed during a weekend attack by gunmen on a Central African hospital, a peacekeeper told AFP Monday.
Taiwan uses water cannon to disperse anti-nuclear protesters
Taiwan police on Monday used water cannon to dislodge hundreds of overnight sit-in demonstrators, demanding the scrapping of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, one of the most controversial issues to have gripped the island for 30 years.
28 April 2014 12:39
At least 10 killed in powerful US tornadoes
Powerful tornadoes tearing across southern United States have killed at least 10 people, emergency officials in the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma reported late Sunday.
Storm rips off half of 800 sq m roof in one piece in Pavlodar
The roof of a five-story building in Pavlodar has been ripped off in one piece by a storm. Other areas sustained damage as well.
