
33 die in Mexico oil company office building blast
A blast that collapsed the lower floors of a building in the headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, crushing at least 33 people beneath ...

Tremors, gases will be best proof of NK nuke test
With North Korea appearing set to detonate an atomic device, the U.N. agency that detected two previous tests says it is prepared to confirm an ...

Judge OKs $4B BP oil spill criminal settlement
BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department's criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a U.S
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 ...
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 ...

Fireworks warehouse in Nigeria explodes, killing 1
A massive explosion ripped through a warehouse full of fireworks in Nigeria's largest city on Wednesday, sparking a fire that threatened surrounding ...

Burning pipeline fire sign of Nigeria's woes
The gasoline pipeline burns unstopped near a village close to Nigeria's sprawling megacity of Lagos, shooting flames into the air as leaking fuel ...
Vietnam War-era mortar shell blast kills 4 kids
A mortar shell left from the Vietnam War has exploded in a southern village, killing four children and seriously injuring five other people.
Gas explosion caused deadly fire in Germany
A gas explosion from a mobile heater started a fire at a workshop for disabled people in Germany that killed 14 and injured nine others, authorities ...