Russia mourns victims of crashed Egypt planeThe flight had been bringing holidaymakers back to Saint Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, when it disappeared off radar screens while over the Sinai peninsula.
Investigators probe deadly Russian plane crash in EgyptInternational investigators have begun probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in a mountainous area of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone on board in one of the deadliest Airbus incidents of the past decade.
Mosque blasts kill 55 in NE NigeriaTwo bomb blasts ripped through mosques in northeast Nigeria, killing at least 55 people and injuring more than 100.
24 October 2015
At least 42 dead in French pensioners coach crashAt least 42 people, most of them elderly, were killed when a coach collided with a lorry and caught fire in southwest France, in the country's worst road accident for three decades.
Malaysian premier vows to help Indonesia combat hazeVisiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged to help Indonesia fight forest fires blanketing Southeast Asia in haze as foreign aircraft joined operations to douse the blazes.
12 October 2015
Massive clean-up after 20 killed in French Riviera floodsVolunteers and firefighters began the gruelling task of cleaning up French Riviera towns strewn with mud and debris, as the death toll from floods which tore through the region rose to 20.
Aral Sea poses threat to the world: NazarbayevPresident of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has addressed the problem of the Aral Sea during the 70th session of the UN General Assembly.
Seattle bus crash victims identified, families flown inInvestigators combed through the wreckage of two buses that crashed in Seattle, as authorities released the names of the four foreign students who died in the accident.
California fires destroy over 1,500 homesMore than 1,500 homes have been destroyed in two immense fires that have torn through California over the last week, causing millions of dollars in damage.