Disasters / Accidents

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Debris believed to be from a missing An-26 plane has been found in Russia's far east, where...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Rescuers in Japan waded through mud, rock and splintered wood in search of 24 people still missing...

By Sarah Marsh and Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) -Tropical storm Elsa's center exited Cuba late on Monday, just east of...

By Karen Lema and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine authorities ordered an investigation on Monday into the crash of...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of people on the outskirts of Thailand's capital were being evacuated on Monday as firefighters battled...

By Daniel Leussink and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Rescuers in Japan searched on Monday for 80 people believed to be...

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -A Philippines Air Force troop plane crashed and broke up in flames on a southern...

NICOSIA (Reuters) -Four people were found dead as a huge fire raged for a second day in Cyprus, razing tracts...

By Yuka Obayashi and Irene Wang TOKYO (Reuters) -Rain hampered Japanese rescuers seeking 20 missing people on Sunday after landslides...

(Reuters) - At least 40 people have been rescued from a military plane that crashed in the southern Philippines on...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City officials said on Saturday financial support would be increased for the families of victims...

TOKYO (Reuters) -At least two people were feared dead on Saturday after landslides triggered by heavy rains hit the central...

TUNIS (Reuters) -At least 43 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from...

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday said a South Korean man wanted on embezzlement...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Chlorine gas has leaked from a water pumping station in the central Russian city of Izhevsk but...

By Radu-Sorin Marinas BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A blast and fire on Friday at Romania's biggest crude oil refinery killed one...

By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Authorities in the Philippines started evacuating thousands of people on Thursday after the...

By Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Ricardo Brito RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government on Monday unveiled emergency hydroelectric measures...

DHAKA (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed and more than 50 people were injured in an explosion in...

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - The Israelis come trained by war. The Mexicans, by natural disaster. Search-and-rescue teams from Mexico...