
Car accident triggers unrest in Azerbaijan town
It began late at night with a minor car accident. By midday Thursday, a hotel had been burned to the ground, several expensive vehicles torched and ...
Russian plane crash caused by equipment failure
Investigators say equipment failure caused a Russian airliner to crash in Moscow last month, killing five people. The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-204 ...

Italy's Innerhofer fined for skiing on after crash
Christof Innerhofer has been given the unfavorable start position of 46th for Saturday's World Cup downhill as a punishment by the international ski ...
Plane carrying 3 Canadians missing in Antarctica
Bad weather has forced rescuers to wait until Friday to try to reach a small plane believed to have crashed in an Antarctic mountain range while ...

US Navy ship taking on water on Philippine reef
A U.S. Navy minesweeper that ran aground on a Philippine reef is damaged and taking on water and will have to be lifted off the rocks in an operation ...

Pilot was warned about bad weather before crash
The pilot involved in last week's London helicopter crash had been warned about bad weather before he started his doomed flight, according to an ...
Wal-Mart warns suppliers on stricter measures
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has alerted its global suppliers that it will immediately drop them if they subcontract their work to factories that haven't been ...
Jets coach Ryan uninjured in 3-car accident
Jets coach Rex Ryan was uninjured in a three-car accident in eastern Pennsylvania last week. A team spokesman confirmed Tuesday that Ryan was issued ...

Fire rages through historic Istanbul building
A fire tore through a former Ottoman mansion along the Bosporus for hours on Tuesday, badly damaging the historic building before firefighters brought ...
Pentagon: AQ ally is top suspect in Algeria attack
The Pentagon on Tuesday stopped short of saying al-Qaida's North Africa affiliate is definitely to blame for the deadly Algeria terrorist attack, but ...
About 2 million without running water in Chile
Too much rain means too little water for about 2 million Chileans. Heavy rains and warm weather have melted snowy peaks in the Andes mountains, ...
Zimbabwe: Big blast at sorcerer's house kills 5
Police in Zimbabwe say they are investigating a massive explosion at a tribal sorcerer's house outside the capital, Harare. Police officials said ...

Trains collide in central Portugal, injuring 15
Emergency services say a high-speed intercity train rear-ended a local train waiting to enter a station in central Portugal, slightly injuring 21 ...

Strong quake kills girl, ruins homes in Indonesia
A strong, shallow earthquake rocked parts of western Indonesia early Tuesday, killing a 9-year-old girl, panicking residents and ruining homes.

Vienna trains crash head-on, 41 people injured
Two trains packed with morning commuters crashed head-on Monday on Vienna's outskirts after a state railway employee apparently forgot to activate a ...

Taliban attacks show Afghan insurgents' resilience
Taliban suicide bombers carried out a brazen attack in the Afghan capital on Monday, the second in less than a week and a sign that insurgents are ...
Car crash kills 14 in southern Egypt
An Egyptian security official says a speeding truck collided with a minibus on a highway in the country's south, killing 14 people and injuring 13 ...
At least 13 suspected al-Qaida men killed in Yemen
A Yemen security official says an explosion in the province of Bayda has killed at least 13 suspected al-Qaida militants. The official in Bayda's ...
Climbers killed by UK avalanche 'fell 1,000 feet'
A mountain rescuer says the four climbers who died in an avalanche in the Scotland Highlands fell around 1,000 feet (300 meters) and ended up buried ...

Obama says US ready to assist Algerian officials
President Barack Obama said Saturday the U.S. stands ready to provide whatever assistance Algerian officials need in the aftermath of the deadly ...
4 climbers die in Scottish Highlands avalanche
An avalanche killed four climbers in the Scottish Highlands on Saturday, police said. The victims were in a group of six climbers — three men and ...
PSG staff member Nick Broad killed in car accident
Nick Broad, a member of Paris Saint-Germain's backroom staff, has died as a result of a traffic accident. He was 38. PSG said on its website on ...

Sweden train crash deemed an accident
Swedish authorities have dropped a criminal investigation against a woman previously suspected of stealing a commuter train that crashed into an ...