Bus accident kills 20 in northeast Brazil
Twenty people were killed and 17 injured when the bus they were traveling in overturned Sunday in northeastern Brazil, officials said.
Two US men arrested for burying woman alive
Two American men have been accused of burying a woman alive, according to court documents released Friday after the pair was arrested and charged with murder.
Malian soldier killed, 46 injured in crash
A Malian soldier was killed and 46 others were injured Thursday when their military transporter crashed, the army said.
Crocodile eats boy in PNG
The limbs of an 11-year-old boy have been found inside a huge crocodile and his head discovered nearby after he was attacked in Papua New Guinea, a report said.
Militants kidnap, kill 20 Iraqi soldiers: officials
Militants attacked a military base in north Iraq, kidnapped 20 soldiers and later shot them dead, police and a morgue employee said.
Torrential rains kill four in Sierra Leone
Three men and a young girl died in the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, after torrential rains on Sunday dislodged a huge boulder which then crashed into a house, doctors said.
Three dead, several injured as Mombasa hit by twin attacks
At least three people were killed and several others wounded Saturday in twin attacks in Kenya's restive coastal city of Mombasa, officials said.
One dead, 11 hurt in southern Mexico clashes
At least one person was killed and 11 injured in clashes between a holdover group of the Zapatista rebel movement and rivals with ties to the local government, officials said.
Truck crash kills 23 in Haiti
A truck filled with food and street vendors overturned Saturday in Haiti, killing 23 people and wounding two dozen others.
14 dead in northwest Thailand road accident
At least 14 people were killed Wednesday when a truck carrying local villagers crashed in a mountainous region of northwest Thailand, police and hospital officials said.
Mortar fire in Damascus kills 12, wounds 50: state media
Mortar shells slammed into central Damascus on Tuesday, hitting a technical institute in a barrage that killed 12 people and wounded 50, state media reported.
US homeowner shoots German exchange student dead
A US homeowner who shot and killed a 17-year-old German high school exchange student he suspected of breaking into his garage was charged with homicide on Monday.
22 killed in attack on C.Africa MSF hospital: peacekeepers
At least 22 people including three staff members of medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres were killed during a weekend attack by gunmen on a Central African hospital, a peacekeeper told AFP Monday.
Fire kills 8 at Russian drug rehab centre: investigators
Eight people were killed on Sunday when a fire ravaged a drug rehab centre in Russia's Altai region, investigators said, raising fresh questions about security standards in the country's medical facilities.
Japan kicks off first whale hunt since UN court ruling
A Japanese whaling fleet is set to leave port Saturday in the first hunt since the UN's top court last month ordered Tokyo to stop killing whales in the Antarctic.
Stampede at late DR Congo star singer's tribute kills 14
At least 14 people were killed in a stampede Friday during a tribute festival in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a popular African music star.
Peru probes killing of endangered penguins
Peruvian authorities announced an investigation Tuesday into the killing of five penguins fund slashed to death at a center for endangered species.
Drunk Russian teen drives into Easter procession, kills two
A drunk Russian teenager drove a stolen car into an Easter procession of Orthodox worshippers in Siberia on Sunday, killing two police officers on duty, police said.
Pakistan bus crash kills 42
A speeding passenger bus smashed into a tractor-trailer in southern Pakistan Sunday, killing 42 people including 14 children and injuring more than a dozen others with many in critical condition, police said.
Iraq attacks kill 10 as bomber hits university
Attacks in Iraq, including a suicide bombing at a university in north Baghdad, killed at least 10 people on Sunday, security and medical officials said.