More than 130 dolphins beach in JapanMore than 130 melon-headed whales, a member of the dolphin family usually found in the deep ocean, beached in Japan.
10 April 2015
35 killed in Bangladesh stormsPowerful storms swept Bangladesh at the weekend leaving a trail of devastation in the country's northwest and killing at least 35 people.
Death toll in Chile floods rises to 18At least 18 people were killed in flash floods that hit a normally arid region of northern Chile last week, and about the same number remain missing.
31 March 2015
Alps crash captain shouted 'open the damn door'The captain of a passenger jet that investigators believe was deliberately crashed into the French Alps shouted at the co-pilot to "open the damn door".
Pilot of crash plane was locked out of cockpit: reportA pilot of the plane that crashed in the French Alps left the cockpit before the fateful descent and was left trying to smash the door down but still failed to get back in.
Tokyo subway attacks: Japan still baffled 20 years onAs Japan prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of a fatal nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway, experts say the horrifying case still leaves more questions than answers.
UN disaster meeting opens in tsunami-hit JapanPolicymakers gathered with hopes high that the conference in tsunami-hit Japan might provide a springboard for real efforts to tackle natural disastersю