Bangladesh garment accident death toll passes 700
Hundreds of survivors of last month's collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh protested for compensation Tuesday, as the death ...

Brands risk image in varying Bangladesh responses
Global clothing brands involved in Bangladesh's troubled garment industry responded in starkly different ways to the building collapse that killed ...
Nigerian military plane crashes in Niger; 2 dead
An airport official in the capital of Niger says a military plane from Nigeria has crashed, killing the two people aboard. Chaibou Massalatchi, the ...

Bangladesh building collapse toll hits 675
Bangladeshi police are investigating possible murder charges against the owner of a shoddily built factory that collapsed nearly two weeks ago after ...
Iran: Quake rattles region near nuke reactor
Iran says a moderate earthquake rattled a region near the country's main nuclear reactor, but there were no reports of damage or deaths in the ...

David Ragan steals last-lap victory at Talladega
Rain and wrecks pushed NASCAR to the edge of darkness Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, where three of the biggest names in the sport led the field ...

Bangladesh building-collapse toll tops 600
More than 600 bodies have been recovered from the garment-factory building that collapsed well over a week ago, police said Sunday as the grim ...

Texas plant that blew up carried $1M policy
The Texas fertilizer plant that exploded last month, killing 14 people, injuring more than 200 others and causing tens of millions of dollars in ...
Report: Train with chemicals derails in Belgium
Belgian media say that hundreds of people were evacuated after a train carrying chemicals derailed and caught fire in northern Belgium. Amateur video ...
Egypt court sentences 3 in deadly train accident
An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced three railway workers to two years hard labor for a train accident that killed 19 police recruits earlier ...

Bangladesh toll 547; search becomes more gruesome
Ten days after the horrifying collapse of a garment-factory building, life has become still more gruesome for crews working to recover bodies at the ...

Bodies of 2 US crew found at Kyrgyzstan crash site
Search teams on Saturday found the bodies of two American crew members near where their military refueling plane crashed in the rugged mountains of ...

Pressure on Bangladesh, retailers to fix factories
In the aftermath of a building collapse that killed more than 530 people, Bangladesh's garment manufacturers may face a choice of reform or perish.

Bangladesh official: Disaster not 'really serious'
The death toll in the factory-building collapse in Bangladesh rose to more than 530 on Saturday, a day after the country's finance minister downplayed ...

US military plane carrying 3 crashes in Kyrgyzstan
An American military refueling plane carrying three crew members crashed Friday in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the Central Asian nation where ...

Bittersweet end for missing in Bangladesh collapse
As Farida knelt beside the linen-wrapped body and looked at the dress that she herself had purchased, her sobs of sorrow turned to tears of painful ...

Lohan probation in jeopardy after rehab departure
Lindsay Lohan's whereabouts were unknown Thursday hours after her attorney told a judge that the troubled actress had checked into a rehab facility ...

Airline investigates after jets clip at NJ airport
An airline whose plane clipped another plane on a taxiway at Newark Liberty International Airport and lost part of a wing said Thursday it has started ...
German co. 'surprised' by Bangladesh clothing find
A German clothing company says it is "surprised, shocked and appalled" after samples of its textiles were reportedly found in the remains of a ...
430 dead so far in Bangladesh building collapse
Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of a collapsed garment factory building Thursday and authorities say it may take another five days ...

Unidentified victims of Bangladesh collapse buried
Dozens of Bangladeshi garment workers whose bodies were too battered or decomposed to be identified were buried in a mass funeral, a week after the ...

Plane crash victims' families spend time together
The brother of an airline mechanic killed in a cargo plane crash in Afghanistan this week says he and other victims' family members have found comfort ...

Around the world, angry workers unite on May Day
Workers around the world united in anger during May Day rallies Wednesday — from fury in Europe over austerity measures that have cut wages, reduced ...

2nd body found after S. Calif. midair collision
A second body was found Tuesday at a rugged site in the Santa Monica Mountains where a small plane crashed and burned after a midair collision with ...