Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles
A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had ...
Alaska volcano continues to erupt, with lava, ash
A remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, spewing ash clouds and a lava fountain several hundred feet (more than 100 meters) into the air.
UK officials: BP not seeking gov't help with spill
British government officials said Thursday that BP has not sought Prime Minister David Cameron's help in reducing compensation claims for its role in ...
Jordan jet crashes near Syrian border, 2 killed
Jordan's military says a trainer jet has crashed near the Syrian border, killing its two Jordanian pilots. A spokesman says the British-made aerobatic ...
Nepal plane crash injures 21, including 8 Japanese
A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, and all 21 people on board, including eight Japanese ...
6 Russian crew killed in ship fire in north Japan
Six Russian crew members have died in a fire aboard their freighter in a northern Japanese port. Takashi Kagaya, a police officer in Wakkanai, on the ...
Trade group slams safety pact for Bangladesh
The largest U.S. retail-industry group on Wednesday criticized an international pact aimed at improving factory conditions in Bangladesh's garment ...
Wave of bombings kills at least 33 in Iraq
A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad's main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosions that killed at least 33 ...
Greece: Girl, 6, drowns as migrant boat sinks
A 6-year-old girl drowned when a small boat crammed with immigrants trying to enter Greece illegally sank off an eastern Aegean Sea islet.
Rwanda building collapse kills 6, injures 30
Six people were killed and dozens more injured when a four-story building under construction collapsed in eastern Rwanda, police said Wednesday as the ...
Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya minority capsize
An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority ...
Chains grapple with how to improve safety
While several more global clothing chains on Tuesday were announcing that they agreed to a historic pact to improve factory conditions in Bangladesh, ...
Bangladesh honors the dead from building collapse
Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people ...
Eviction fears haunt Haiti camps after attacks
Attorney Reynold Georges showed up with a judge and a police officer on a recent afternoon at Camp Acra, a cluster of tents and plywood shelters ...
No plea bargain for captain in Italian shipwreck
Italian prosecutors on Tuesday rejected a plea bargain bid by the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off Italy last year, ...
German team withdraws from Youth America's Cup
A sailing team from Germany has dropped out of the America's Cup youth regatta in San Francisco in the wake of an accident that killed a member of a ...
Massive landslide blocks major Austrian roadway,
A massive landslide has buried a section of the main road connecting much of Austria's Tyrol province with the city of Salzburg to the east, and ...
British PM visits Boston to discuss marathon bombs
British Prime Minister David Cameron met with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday to offer his condolences and discuss lessons that can be ...
Deadly bomb strikes civilian area in east Libya
A deadly car bomb exploded Monday near a hospital in a busy area packed with civilians in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, destroying part of the ...
Big retailers back safety accord in Bangladesh
Some of the world's largest retailers have agreed to a first-of-its-kind pact to improve safety at some of Bangladesh's garment factories following ...
Search ends in Bangladesh; death toll put at 1,127
Several of the biggest Western retailers embraced a plan that would require them to pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the three-week ...
Turkey: Missing fighter jet crashed
Turkish officials said Monday that a missing fighter jet crashed and its fuselage and debris have been found in a mountainous area close to the border ...
Bangladesh collapse survivor gives up garment work
The 19-year-old seamstress who spent 17 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed factory building said Monday that she will never again work in a ...
Military plane crashes in Yemen's capital
A Yemeni military plane on a training exercise exploded in midair over the country's capital on Monday, killing the pilot and slamming into a ...
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