Death toll in Turkish hotel fire climbs to 76 — interior minister
According to Ali Yerlikaya, 52 of them have been identified and 45 bodies have been handed over to relatives
ANKARA, January 22 - The death toll from the...
Tents arrive for survivors of earthquake in high-altitude, wintry Tibet that killed 126
The confirmed death toll stood at 126 with another 188 injured as of Tuesday evening
The earthquake struck about 75 kilometers (50 miles) from Mount Everest and...
At least 53 killed, 62 injured after devastating earthquake hits Tibet — Xinhua
The natural calamity destroyed numerous buildings and the local authorities launched search and rescue operations, according to the news agency
BEIJING, January 7 - At least 32 people...
Drawn to New Orleans’ iconic street of celebration, a night of partying becomes a...
The night, like countless others Bourbon Street has welcomed over the decades, started out ripe for celebration. With temperatures hovering in the 50s (10-15 Celsius) hours after the arrival of the new...
Death toll in New Orleans terrorist act increases to 15 — CBS
Ten died and 35 injured people were reported earlier
WASHINGTON, January 2 - The number of victims of the terrorist act in New Orleans, Louisiana, increased to fifteen,...
Journalist killed in West Bank during Palestinian Authority raid
Family of slain Jenin-based journalist Shatha Al-Sabbagh accuses PA of a ‘repressive campaign against its own people’
Al-Sabbagh is 10th journalist killed in Gaza and West Bank...
Death toll in Ethiopia road accident rises to 71: local official
The death toll from a road accident in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 71, according to a local police official.In a Facebook post late Sunday, the Sidama Police Commission Traffic...
Flags fly at half-mast as South Korea investigates its worst plane crash
The country has started seven days of national mourning, with the acting president flying to the crash site for a memorial
Officials initially cited a bird strike...
Bodies of about 100 Kurdish women, children found in Iraq mass grave
TAL AL-SHAIKHIA, Iraq: Iraqi authorities are working to exhume the remains of around 100 Kurdish women and children thought to have been killed in the 1980s under former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein,...
German president urges unity after ‘dark shadow’ of Christmas market attack
Steinmeier recognized that there was a “great deal of dissatisfaction about politics” in Germany but insisted that “our democracy is and remains strong”
BERLIN: Germany’s president said Tuesday that...