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
Destruction as massive cyclones hit AustraliaTwo powerful cyclones pounded Australia and left a trail of destruction with houses ripped apart, trees uprooted and power lines torn down.
Dutch to collect more remains from MH17 Ukraine crashA Dutch team is to return to the MH17 crash site in war-torn Ukraine to collect more remains of the 298 people killed when the Malaysia Airlines Boeing crashed.
Ten months on, Australia confident of finding MH370Missing airliner MH370 is "very likely" to be found if it lies in the vast undersea zone now being scoured, and is probably in good condition despite being submerged for 10 months.
Eleven Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits busEleven Ukrainian civilians were killed and nearly 20 injured when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus .
Philippine storm death toll rises to 11Two days of heavy flooding and landslides killed 11 people as tropical storm Jangmi crossed the central Philippines on Tuesday, with water in some areas "neck deep".