Overpass collapse kills two in Brazil World Cup cityAn unfinished overpass being built for the World Cup collapsed in Brazil's southeastern city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring 19.
More survivors found in India disaster rubbleEmergency workers pulled out three more survivors from the rubble of a collapsed building in southern India Tuesday as authorities said they expected to wrap up rescue efforts by the end of the day.
01 July 2014
Four dead as India train derails, sabotage suspectedA passenger train derailed in eastern India on Wednesday, killing four people after a blast suspected to have been triggered by Maoist rebels, a top railway official said.
Four killed in Russia copper mine explosionFour people have been killed and two others injured in an explosion at a copper mine in southeast Russia, a Russian news agency reported.
23 June 2014
Death toll rises to 15 in twin Malaysian boat accidentsMalaysian authorities said Friday a 15th body was found and 27 people remain missing from two boat accidents, at a time when Indonesian illegal migrant workers head home for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
20 June 2014
Gas leak kills six at giant India steel plantA poisonous gas leak at one of India's largest steel plants killed six people overnight and injured 31 others, a factory official said.
13 June 2014
Twenty injured in Hong Kong ferry crashTwenty people were injured when a Hong Kong ferry crashed into a seawall off the coast of the gambling enclave of Macau Friday, officials said, the latest accident to hit the cities' busy waterways.
New India minister killed in car accidentA new Indian minister was killed Tuesday in a car accident in the capital just days after being sworn into government, officials said.
03 June 2014
Oil tanker listing off Japan after huge explosionA 998-tonne oil tanker was listing off the Japanese coast Thursday after a large explosion and subsequent fire that sent towering columns of acrid smoke into the sky.
Seven killed in S. Korea bus terminal fireAt least seven people were killed and two dozen injured in a fire at a bus terminal near Seoul on Monday, emergency officials said.
26 May 2014
Russian circus crocodile hurt by falling accountantA crocodile was injured in Russia when an accountant weighing 120 kilogrammes (260 pounds) fell on him during a bus trip through the arctic north, local media reported.
22 May 2014
Bus accident kills 20 in northeast BrazilTwenty people were killed and 17 injured when the bus they were traveling in overturned Sunday in northeastern Brazil, officials said.