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.
China coal mine death toll rises to 20
The death toll from a flooded coal mine in southwest China has risen to 20 with the recovery of another 14 bodies nearly two weeks after the accident, state media reported.
'Shouldn't we move?' Ferry evacuation under scrutiny
National shock at a ferry disaster that may have claimed the lives of hundreds of South Korean schoolchildren was mixed with fury Thursday at growing evidence that many passengers were denied a proper chance to escape the sinking vessel.
Photo of Kazakhstanis passed off as Russian victims in Ukraine
Users of online social networks have drawn attention to the fact that some Ukrainian sources alleging losses from the Russian side use photoshopped images from Kazakhstan’s Arkankergen tragedy.
Five students stabbed to death at Canada house party
Five students were stabbed to death in a rampage at a house party in Calgary, Canadian authorities said Tuesday, with the son of a police officer in custody.
Mortar fire on Damascus kills child, hurts 40: state news
Mortar rounds fired on the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday killed a child and wounded at least 41 people, among them more children, state media said.
At least 36 dead in Mexico bus crash: official
A bus slammed into the back of a badly parked trailer-truck and burst into flames in Mexico Sunday, killing at least 36 people and injuring four others, authorities said.
Thousands evacuated, 12 dead in Chile blaze
More than 8,000 people were evacuated Sunday as an army of firefighters battled a killer blaze that tore through parts of Chile's historic port of Valparaiso and left at least 12 people dead.
Nine Cambodians killed in Thai road accident
Nine Cambodians were killed Friday when a mini-bus carrying migrant workers returning home for the Buddhist New Year crashed and burst into flames in eastern Thailand, police said.
21 injured in mass stabbing at US high school
An American student brandishing two knives stabbed 20 teenagers and a security guard in a bloody rampage in the classrooms and hallways of a Pennsylvania high school Wednesday, officials said.
One child dead, dozen hurt in US daycare center crash
A dozen children were injured and a girl killed when a car slammed into a daycare center Wednesday in Florida after being struck by a hit-and-run driver, police said.
Kokpekti flood could have been prevented?
Report on the critical condition of the Kokpekti dam was filed 7 years ago.
Three dead, 10,000 homeless as floods devastate Solomons
Flash flooding killed at least three people and left 10,000 homeless in the Solomon Islands' capital Honiara on Friday, with another 30 missing and the death toll expected to rise, aid workers said.
15 civilians killed in Nigerian 'suicide attack': military
Fifteen civilians were killed in an explosion in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, after troops foiled what the military said was an attempted suicide attack by Boko Haram Islamist militants.
One dead and 40 injured in Bolivia mining clashes
One person died and 40 were injured Monday in Bolivia in clashes between miners and police, officials said.
US landslide towns divided by mud, united by grief
As the likely death toll from the monster landslide in the picture postcard valley town of Oso climbs into the dozens, that's a common feeling round here, more than a week after the catastrophe.
Number of victims of dike burst near Karaganda reaches 5
The number of victims of today's dam burst in Kokpekty village of Karaganda Oblast has reached 5.
Angelina Jolie pays respect to Srebrenica victims
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Friday paid respect to victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre after urging the international community to stop the use of sexual violence as a war weapon.
Up to 18 unaccounted for in deadly US landslide
Up to 18 people were unaccounted for more than 24 hours after a massive landslide slammed into a mountainside community killing four in the northwestern United States, officials said Sunday.