Poland's Catholic Church apologises for paedophilia
Poland's powerful Catholic Church apologised for paedophilia committed by its priests during an unprecedented ceremony attended by top clergy and abuse victims.
China says 13 attackers killed in Xinjiang assault
Chinese police shot dead 13 people in the restive Xinjiang region after they drove into a police building and set off an explosion on Saturday, regional authorities said.
At least ten dead in Bulgaria flooding
At least ten people, including a child, died in heavy floods as torrential rain lashed Bulgaria, police said.
Death toll rises to 15 in twin Malaysian boat accidents
Malaysian authorities said Friday a 15th body was found and 27 people remain missing from two boat accidents, at a time when Indonesian illegal migrant workers head home for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Bus crash in northern India kills 11 tourists
A bus carrying tourists plunged off a mountain road into a gorge in a Himalayan region in northern India, killing 11 people, police said.
49 killed in east Ukraine plane downing
Pro-Russian gunmen shot down a Ukranian military transport plane Saturday in the separatist east, killing all 49 people on board in the biggest single loss of life in the two-month insurgency.
Seven killed in Ukraine mine blast
Seven miners were killed and two others are missing after a gas explosion ripped through an underground coal mine in eastern Ukraine, authorities said.
Flight MH370 families get $50,000 in first payouts
Malaysia Airlines' insurer has begun paying the families of passengers onboard Flight MH370 $50,000 each in initial compensation three months after the jet disappeared, a government official said
Twenty injured in Hong Kong ferry crash
Twenty people were injured when a Hong Kong ferry crashed into a seawall off the coast of the gambling enclave of Macau Friday, officials said, the latest accident to hit the cities' busy waterways.
Several injured as construction crane topples in Swiss town
A construction crane toppled late Wednesday in a Swiss town, injuring several people, two of them critically, police and media reports said.
Vegas cop killers 'had pro-gun militia links'
A gun-toting couple possibly linked to anti-government militias killed two US cops execution-style and left a swastika on the bodies, in America's latest chilling shooting rampage, police said.
Attack on Pakistan's main airport leaves 24 dead
Heavily armed militants launched an assault on Pakistan's busiest airport in the southern city of Karachi, leaving at least 24 dead including 10 militants in a six-hour siege that the army quelled at dawn.
Flash floods kill over 50 in in north Afghanistan: officials
Flash floods have killed more than 50 people in northern Afghanistan, washing away hundreds of houses and forcing thousands to flee, provincial authorities said.
Police officer killed, plane shot down in Ukraine's east
A Ukrainian plane was shot down as fighting continued in the east of the country on Friday, amid signs the government was losing control of parts of its border with Russia.
Dalai Lama in democracy call ahead of Tibet autonomy push
The Dalai Lama has called for democracy in China and offered prayers for victims of the Tiananmen crackdown ahead of the launch Thursday of a new campaign for autonomy in his Tibetan homeland.
Global protest reads names of 100,000 Syria dead
Activists began reading the names of 100,000 people killed in Syria outside UN headquarters on Monday, in a modest launch of what they hope will be a global protest.
Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner, six others die in US plane crash
A co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer and six other people were killed when a private business jet crashed during takeoff from an airfield outside Boston.
S. Korea hospice fire kills 21, patient detained
A fire swept through a South Korean hospice for elderly, infirm patients early Wednesday, killing 21 people in what police said appeared to be an act of arson by an 81-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer.
Death toll from India train crash hits 23: officials
The death toll from a train crash in northern India rose to 23 after more bodies were recovered from inside mangled passenger carriages, officials said.
Seven killed in S. Korea bus terminal fire
At least seven people were killed and two dozen injured in a fire at a bus terminal near Seoul on Monday, emergency officials said.