Another 22 killed in bus accident in Ecuador

Twenty-two people were killed and 18 injured when an inter-country bus crashed outside Ecuador's capital Quito, emergency services said on Tuesday. Venezuelans and Colombians were among the dead, off…

Italy's collapsed motorway bridge kills at least 22 dead

At least 22 people were killed on Tuesday when a giant motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa, with several more feared dead in what Italy's transport minister described as an "immense tragedy".The colla…

Motorway bridge collapses in Genoa, Italy

A major bridge has collapsed near the northern Italian city of Genoa, police say.The bridge, a part of the A10 motorway, is about 100 metres tall, Italian media say - and there are unconfirmed report…

Man arrested, pedestrians injured as car hits barriers at UK parliament

A "number of pedestrians" were injured when a car crashed into barriers outside Britain's Houses of Parliament on Tuesday, with armed police swooping in to arrest the driver, Scotland Yard said."The …

North Korea suspends tour visas ahead of anniversary

North Korea has stopped processing tourist visas for foreigners ahead of a high profile anniversary next month, according to a China-based tour operator.The measure follows reports that Pyongyang had…

Fire hits Myanmar hospital, patients evacuated on stretchers

A fire broke out in a hospital in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon late on Monday, forcing staff to evacuate patients on stretchers and in wheelchairs, rescuers said.There were no immediate reports o…

At least 100 security forces killed in fight for Afghan city

At least 100 Afghan security forces have been killed as troops backed by US airpower struggled to push the Taliban from embattled Ghazni city, officials said Monday, while residents reported food and…

Tourist killed and chopped into bits in India

A French tourist was bludgeoned to death in southern India and his body chopped into pieces, police said on Monday, with a male student confessing to the grisly crime.The 68-year-old's body was found…

Iran unveils next generation missile

Iran unveiled a next generation short-range ballistic missile on Monday and vowed to further boost its capabilities, Iranian media said, at a time of rising tensions with the United States.State broa…

Climbers feared dead in Tajikistan helicopter crash

Thirteen climbers and three crew members are unaccounted for after a helicopter they were travelling in had a "hard landing" in the mountains of Tajikistan, officials say.The accident happened at 17:…

Nine killed in hospital blaze in Taiwan, 15 injured

A fire at a hospital in Taiwan in the early hours of Monday killed nine people and injured 15 and an investigation has been launched into the cause of the blaze, authorities said.Premier William Lai …

Indiana man to stand trial for raping, killing and eating girlfriend

An Indiana man Joseph Oberhansley accused of raping, killing and eating parts of his ex-girlfriend's dead body is now mentally competent to stand trial, and is ready to tell the court all he knows ab…

Koreas to hold Pyongyang summit in September

North and South Korea agreed Monday to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September after high-level talks in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula.The two sides "agreed at the meeting to hold…

Two killed in helicopter crash

Two people were killed Friday in a helicopter crash in a mountainous region of central Japan, with the fate of seven others on board still unclear, officials said.Aerial footage broadcast on Japanese…

Taliban attack strategic Afghan city of Ghazni

The Taliban have launched a major night-time assault on the Afghan city of Ghazni, a provincial capital on the key highway between Kabul and Kandahar.The militants took control of parts of the city b…

At least four people killed, one in custody in Canada shooting

At least four people were killed in a shooting in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton and one person was taken into custody, police said on Friday.Police in Fredericton, a city of about 56,000 t…

Two Germans held in France over flooded youth campground

Two Germans who brought a group of teenagers to a campsite in southern France, where an elderly man was swept away by floods, were held for questioning Friday after it emerged that the site was off-l…

Ex-Thai Buddhist monk jailed 114 years for fraud

A criminal court in Bangkok on Thursday sentenced a former Thai Buddhist monk who provoked outrage with his lavish lifestyle to 114 years in prison for fraud, money laundering and computer crimes.Wir…

Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen kills dozens including children on a bus

Dozens of people, many of them children, have been killed or wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in rebel-held northern Yemen.The bus was travelling through Dahyan market in Saada province at…

Turkey's Coast Guard says four migrants rescued off its western coast as boat sinks, nine dead

Nine people died early on Thursday when a boat carrying migrants sank off the western coast of Turkey, the Turkish coast guard said. Four people were rescued.The boat sank off the coast of Aydin prov…