Disasters / Accidents

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck in the sea about 24 kilometres southeast of Hihifo, Tonga on Thursday,...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) granted an initial approval on Wednesday for a Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco)...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Twelve workers at an Indian salt factory were killed on Wednesday when a 3 metre high...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Investigators looking into the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jet are examining the actions...

By Anne Mimault and Thiam Ndiaga OUGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Rescue workers have found no survivors in a rescue chamber deep inside...

SANT BOI DE LLOBREGAT, Spain (Reuters) -The driver of a suburban passenger train died and dozens were lightly injured after...

(Reuters) - Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia in wee hours of Tuesday, European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre...

MIAMI (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday it had called off the search for survivors from last...

TUNIS (Reuters) - A gas leak caused a blast at the home of Tunisia's interior minister on Monday, leaving him...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police in New Delhi arrested two people suspected of flouting fire safety regulations on Saturday after...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least 26 people died on Friday in a fire that broke out in a four-storey...

MIAMI (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard has found an additional seven survivors from the capsizing of a vessel carrying...

By Thiam Ndiaga PERKOA, Burkina Faso (Reuters) - The families of eight missing miners in Burkina Faso desperately awaited news...

(Reuters) - Six people were confirmed dead after an explosion at a chemical plant in southeastern Slovenia, state news agency...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban rescue officials said late on Thursday they had recovered the body of the last person believed...

By Adria Malcolm and Andrew Hay TIERRA MONTE, N.M. (Reuters) - Wildfires edged towards mountain resort towns in northern New...

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Up to five people were missing and presumed dead and six others injured after an explosion on...

By Deisy Buitrago CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan housewife Leoana Maricuto was cooking in the kitchen with her husband and their...

(Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 5.7 magnitude struck the eastern Uzbekistan region on Thursday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said....

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Tibet Airlines said all passengers and crew had been evacuated from an Airbus A319 plane that caught...