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Three climbers die after 800-metre fall from Mont Blanc Three climbers have fallen 800 metres to their death in the Mont Blanc range, the latest in a series of tragedies on Europe's highest mountain.

18 August 2014

Heavy storms kill 16 in northwest Pakistan Heavy storms and rains killed at least 16 people, including nine children, and injured over 80 others in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

16 August 2014

US demands justice for 'unconscionable crime' of MH17: Kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry demanded that the people who shot down Flight MH17 be brought to justice for their "unconscionable crime".

12 August 2014

Dust storm cuts Kazakhstan's Aktau off water and electricity A severe dust storm has left Aktau city in western Kazakhstan without water and electricity.

11 August 2014

Typhoon Halong leaves up to 10 dead in Japan: reports As many as 10 people died and dozens were injured when Typhoon Halong slammed into the Japanese archipelago over the weekend.

11 August 2014

Chinese media keep to Beijing's script for quake reports The 150-odd corpses left at the entrance to Longtoushan encapsulated the scale of the disaster it had wreaked on the community in Yunnan.

11 August 2014

Nearly 400 die in China quake A total of 381 people had been killed by the tremor, with 1,801 injured. More than 12,000 houses collapsed and 30,000 were damaged in the quake zone in the southwestern province of Yunnan, China.

04 August 2014

Rescuers battle rains after India landslide, 150 feared dead Rescue workers dug through deep mud and debris on Thursday in search of victims of a major landslide in western India that buried homes, with the death toll expected to reach 150.

01 August 2014

More than 2.2 billion people 'poor or near-poor': UN report More than 2.2 billion people are "poor or near-poor", with financial crises, natural disasters, soaring food prices and violent conflicts threatening to exacerbate the problem, a United Nations report said.

24 July 2014

Lightning, floods leave 20 dead in rain-hit China At least 20 people have died in the past week as torrential rain batters swathes of China, with at least six killed by lightning, thousands of homes destroyed and more than 300,000 evacuated, state media said.

17 July 2014

Japan minister apologises for Fukushima money gaffe A Japanese cabinet minister apologised after appearing to suggest people in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima could be persuaded to put up with contaminated waste if the government threw cash at them.

18 June 2014

S.Korean president revamps cabinet after ferry tragedy South Korean President Park Geun-Hye revamped her cabinet Friday, replacing seven ministers in response to intense criticism over her administration's handling of April's ferry disaster.

13 June 2014

Former Supreme court judge named new S. Korean premier South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Thursday named a former Supreme Court judge as her new prime minister, as the fallout from last month's ferry disaster casts a long shadow over upcoming local elections.

22 May 2014

Turkish mining operator denies any 'negligence' in catastrophe The operator of a Turkish mine where an explosion has claimed more than 280 lives said on Friday the disaster was not due to negligence on its part.

16 May 2014

Questions remain as China remembers 6 years since quake Six years after a huge earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in China, questions over poor building work and corruption were still being asked on Monday's anniversary, as online posters remembered the dead.

12 May 2014

Death toll rises to 10 in Colombia mine disaster Rescue workers recovered more bodies Saturday of people killed in a landslide at an illegal gold mine in western Colombia, raising the death toll to 10, with an additional six feared dead.

04 May 2014

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.

28 April 2014

Death toll in South Korea ferry disaster crosses 100 The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on Tuesday, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel.

23 April 2014

Powerful quake rattles Mexico A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico's capital and Pacific coast on Friday, shaking buildings, bringing down walls and prompting people to rush into the street.

19 April 2014

Peru volcano spews white hot rocks, prompts evacuation Residents have fled villages near Peru's Ubinas volcano, which this week began spitting out white hot chunks of rock, some as big as 30 centimeters (one foot) in diameter.

12 April 2014

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