Beijing, Nov 22 (DPA) The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China rose overnight to 87, with 21 workers still trapped, local media reported Sunday. The explosion ...

Beirut, Nov 21 (DPA) A Lebanese mother found dead with her three daughters left a videotaped confession that she poisoned the family, local media reported Saturday. Grace Jalakh, 40, said she had poisoned ...

Beijing, Nov 21 (DPA) A gas explosion at a coal mine in north-east China trapped 139 workers early Saturday, local media reported. More than 500 miners were working when the explosion occurred at ...

Lima, Nov 20 (DPA) A Peruvian criminal gang is suspected of killing dozens of peasants in order to sell their tissue for use in beauty products, local media reported overnight. Four suspected members ...

Panaji, Nov 18 (IANS) A relative of Russian teenager Elena Sukhonova, whose badly mangled remains were found along a railway track in May this year, has alleged that her body has decomposed ...

By Dipankar De Sarkar London, Nov 18 (IANS) Police were reported to have arrested the estranged India-born husband of a young British Punjabi woman who died Monday after being found on the streets ...

Petaling Jaya (Malaysia), Nov. 16 (ANI): An Indian man is on a lookout for his lost cousin in Malaysia for the past 15 years. Sunil Kumar, 39, a Kerala-based manager, says that the ...

Imphal (Manipur), Nov.14 (ANI): Kin and employees of provincial electricity department staged a protest here on Friday demanding the release of the engineers, who were abducted by suspected rebels. Some unidentified gunmen abducted ...

Luebeck (Germany), Nov 13 (DPA) Turbulence from the wake of a landing Ryanair jet blew roof-tiles off a house near Luebeck airport, an airport spokeswoman said Friday. The tiles were sucked off the ...

London, November 12 (ANI): A DJ touring with Britney Spears has slammed Australian press for savaging the star's mimed performances in the country. DJ Havana Brown, who has been opening the concerts ...

Orlando, Nov 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There has been a shooting incident in downtown Orlando on Friday. Police officers have reached the scene of crime and are trying to bring order into the ...

ORLANDO, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) -- A shooting was reported at the Gateway Center in Orlando on Friday morning, according to officials. A 911 call came in around 11.30 a.m. local time, according ...

Agartala, Nov 6 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) troopers have detained two senior United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leaders along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura, officials said here Friday. "Top ULFA functionaries ...

Washington, Nov 6 (DPA) At least two gunmen opened fire on a US Army base in Texas Thursday, killing seven people and wounding up to 12, local media reported. One of the gunmen ...

Peshawar/Islamabad, Oct 28 (IANS) More than 80 people were killed in Pakistan's worst terror attack this year when a massive bomb blast ripped through a crowded market here Wednesday, hours after ...

Pristina, Oct 27 (DPA) A 70-year-old Albanian man kept his two daughters chained for 22 years, saying they were mentally ill and aggressive, local media reported Tuesday. "They were both ill, and I ...

Lucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) Chukkan Nishad went missing in July 2007 and his dead body was recovered from a field near his house soon afterwards. His skeleton has been lying on the ...

Lisbon, Oct 26 (DPA) A US basketball player on a Portugese professional team died during a game. Kevin Wildemond, a 23-year-old player on the first league's Ovarense team, collapsed Sunday during a tournament ...

Kohat, Oct 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Kohat in Pakistan was rocked by another round of explosions again today. It had already been bombed almost a week earlier. According to local sources, 5 rockets ...

Panaji, Oct 16 (IANS) Goa Police Friday denied arresting anyone in connection with the heinous serial killings that have rocked this state. They also reproached the television media for airing 'baseless reports' ...

Peshawar, Oct 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Pakistan has seen a string of terror attacks and blasts in the last week and today also the sequence continued. Today at least five explosions and blasts ...

Peshawar, Oct 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A large explosion has taken place in a school in Pakistan's Peshawar region, according to local media. The blast took place in the gulshan-e-rehaman colony, on Kohat ...

Geneva, Oct 13 (DPA) Mountazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist known for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush last December, arrived Tuesday in Geneva, reported local media. Al-Zaidi, who arrived from Beirut, has ...

Belgrade, Oct 11 (DPA) Serbian officials congratulated Sunday Serbia's 5-0 win over Romania which secured the team a place in next year's World Cup football in South Africa, while thousands of fans ...

Washington, Oct 10 (DPA) A man in the US state of Florida shot his bride-to-be on the eve of their wedding after he mistook her for an intruder, local media reported Saturday. John ...

RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Unidentified gunmen attacked the headquarters of the Pakistani Army in Rawalpindi on Saturday morning, according to local media reports. At least several people were reported dead while ...

Islamabad, Oct 10 (Xinhua) The death toll of the Khyber Bazaar suicide blast in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar has reached 52 while a large number of victims are still under ...

RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Unidentified gunmen attacked the headquarters of the Pakistani Army in Rawalpindi on Saturday morning, according to local media reports. The attackers opened fire near the army headquarters using ...

TRIPOLI (BNO NEWS) – A Libyan fighter jet carrying two people crashed during an air show in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Wednesday morning, according to local media reports. Two colonels were ...

Tunis/Cairo, Oct 6 (DPA) Tunisians will not be allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Muslim pilgrimage or Haj because of fears of the H1N1 virus, known also as swine flu, ...