Disasters / Accidents

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Shintaro Ishihara, a fiery nationalist who was governor of Tokyo for more than a decade...

(Reuters) - Thousands of homes were flooded and some 2,500 families displaced in Haiti as torrential rain caused rivers to...

By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Indirect talks between the United States and Iran on returning to the...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The Dutch coastguard rescued 18 crew members from a ship that collided with another vessel in the...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Landslides and flooding from heavy rains in Sao Paulo state have killed at least 19 people since Friday,...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Thirteen people were killed when their van overturned and flipped into a ditch on a highway in...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia will spend an additional A$50 million ($35 million) in the next four years to protect koala...

PARIS (Reuters) - French investigators are preparing to go to Saudi Arabia soon as part of their investigation into incidents...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Ana has killed at least 88 people across southern and eastern Africa, with recovery operations still...

BLANTYRE (Reuters) - Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed several new ministers in a rejigged cabinet, a statement from his...

(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck about 219 km (136.1 miles)west-northwest of Pangai, Tonga, on Thursday, the United States...

By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI (Reuters) -The U.S. Coast Guard has intercepted 191 Haitian migrants aboard an overloaded sailing vessel off...

MAPUTO (Reuters) - The death toll from tropical storm Ana has risen to at least 12 in Mozambique and Malawi,...

(Reuters) - Humanitarian aid to Tonga is ramping up after the airport was cleared of ash, making it safe for...

ATHENS (Reuters) -One person was injured and several buildings were extensively damaged by an explosion in Athens early on Wednesday...

KYIV (Reuters) - Unidentified hackers briefly took down a promotional website for Ukraine's foreign ministry for several hours on Wednesday,...

By Baz Ratner NORTH HORR, Kenya (Reuters) - The carcasses of goats and sheep strewn across the scrubland of northern...

MAPUTO (Reuters) -Tropical storm Ana has killed at least three people in Mozambique and Malawi after making landfall on Monday...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Rescue crews, including the army, worked through the night to evacuate thousands of people stranded in their...

By Josiane Kouagheu YAOUNDE (Reuters) - At least eight people died and 38 were injured in a stampede when fans...