Disasters / Accidents

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Rescuers in Trinidad and Tobago recovered the bodies of three welders, the country's state energy...

TUNIS (Reuters) -At least nine African migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean...

By Seun Sanni LAGOS (Reuters) - When his boat capsized during a storm last year, Nigerian fisherman Tanti Leon clung...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate as heavy rains smashed Australia's east...

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Rescuers in the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros are searching for 14 passengers and crew...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - An explosion at a coal mine in Colombia's Boyaca province killed 11 people and left four missing,...

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -A severe storm system pummelled Australia's northeastern city of Brisbane on Sunday, causing evacuations, power...

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck Mindanao, Philippines on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Widespread flash floods unleashed by heavy rain in Australia's northeastern state of Queensland have killed two people,...

LISBON (Reuters) -More than a week after a ship packed with luxury cars caught fire in the middle of the...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake killed at least seven people and injured dozens more when it struck inland...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian AN-26 military transport aircraft crashed in Russia's southern Voronezh region on Thursday, killing its crew...

By Matias Baglietto and Lucila Sigal PASO DE LA PATRIA, Argentina (Reuters) - Wildfires in Argentina's north are forcing local...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Rescue crews have recovered a third body from a ferry that caught fire while sailing from Greece to...

By Lovasoa Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Winds of up to 135 kilometres per hour (84 mph) battered Madagascar early on...

By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - Indonesia's peatlands, California's forests, and, now, vast swathes of Argentine wetland have all been...

LISBON (Reuters) - Facing a worrying winter drought, Portugal may have to limit irrigation of green spaces and use of...

By Catarina Demony and Victoria Waldersee LISBON (Reuters) -Heavy tug boats on Tuesday sprayed water on a ship off the...

By Thiam Ndiaga and Anne Mimault OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -One person has been detained and an investigation opened to determine the...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Under the international Montreux Convention, NATO member Turkey has control over passage of vessels between the Mediterranean...