Indonesia floods, landslides kill at least 29

APD | 12 killed, over 12,000 displaced in Indonesia’s Bengkulu province flood, landslide

Crane collapse kills four, injures three in Seattle

Jihadist attacks kill 22 Syrian pro-government fighters in Aleppo

Attacks by two jihadist groups killed at least 22 Syrian government troops and militiamen in the northern province of Aleppo early on Saturday, a war monitor said. Thirty others were wounded in the a

One killed, three injured in California synagogue shooting

One person has been killed and three others were injured at a synagogue shooting in San Diego, California, local authorities said on Saturday. The injured people have been immediately sent to the hos

4 killed in Seattle crane crash

Four people were killed and four others injured Saturday after a crane collapsed onto several cars in downtown Seattle, Washington, the Fire Department said. It said two operators of the tower cra

First death as Cyclone Kenneth hits Mozambique

Taliban key commander killed in S. Afghanistan

Taliban key commander Mullah Abdul Rahman was killed as fighting aircraft targeted a Taliban hideout in the southern Zabul province on Thursday, Gul Islam, the provincial governor's spokesman said.

Gunmen kill woman polio vaccinator in Pakistan - official

APD | Easter Sunday death toll in Sri Lanka goes beyond 350

Urgent: Sri Lankan authorities confirm 9 suicide bombers in Easter attacks

Investigations by Sri Lankan police have confirmed that nine suicide bombers were involved in Sunday Easter's attacks, eight of whom have been identified, State Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardene sai

54 jade miners missing in Myanmar's northernmost state

YANGON, April 23 (Xinhua) -- About 54 jade miners went missing after the collapse of a tailing pond in Myanmar's Kachin state, the Ministry of Information said Tuesday. The tailing pond collapsed lat

10 dead, 30 children hurt as Nigeria policeman rams car into crowd

Ten people were killed and more than 30 injured when a policeman rammed his car into a group of children during an Easter procession in northeast Nigeria, before being killed himself by the angry cro

APD | Stronger earthquake rocks central Philippines

APD | Seven deaths reported as strong tremblor hits Luzon

APD | Strong earthquake sends thousand out of Buildings in Manila, Philipine

Landslide in southwestern Colombia kills 17

At least 17 people were killed and five injured in a landslide in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca, the country’s disaster relief agency said on Sunday. The landslide, which was caused by

At least 11 soldiers killed in attack on Mali army base

Gunmen attacked a Malian army base in a dawn raid on Sunday, killing at least 11 soldiers and burning the camp in west-central Mali, the army and a local lawmaker said. The unidentified armed assaila

Explosions in Libyan capital after late night air strike

Explosions shook the Libyan capital Tripoli late on Saturday after an air strike in an escalation of a two-week offensive by eastern forces on the city held by the internationally recognized governme

6.7-magnitude quake hits Taiwan, injuring at least 17 people

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake rattled Hualien county in eastern Taiwan at 1:01 p.m. Thursday, injuring at least 17 people, tilting two buildings in Taipei, and spooking many others across the island. T