USA

California dam evacuees are told they can go home

An evacuation order for around 180,000 people who live below the highest dam in the US has been lifted.

15/02/2017

Luxembourg

Train ignores stop sign in Luxembourg, crashes into another, killing one driver

Two trains have collided after one ignored a stop sign in Luxembourg near the French border, killing one person and injuring six.

14/02/2017

Luxembourg

Fatal train collision in Luxembourg near French border

One person has died and six people have been injured following the collision between a goods and passenger train in Luxembourg near the French border.

14/02/2017

France

France: Three family members killed in Alpine avalanche

Three members of the same family and their snowboarding instructor were killed in an Alpine avalanche on Monday – the worst such accident since the start of the ski-ing season in…

14/02/2017

Taiwan

Taiwan bus crash leaves 32 dead

At least 32 people were killed when a tour bus flipped over on a highway in Taiwan on Monday night.

13/02/2017

USA

Truck lands on police car in high winds

11/02/2017

World News

Polish prime minister in car crash

Polish prime minister Beata Szydlo has suffered bruising in a car crash in the south of the country.

11/02/2017

Angola

17 dead in Angola stadium stampede

At least 17 people have died and many more have been injured in a stampede at a football match in Angola.

11/02/2017

World News

Flamanville nuclear power plant blast: no radioactive leak, say officials

Authorities in northern France say there is no risk of contamination after an explosion occured at the Flamanville nuclear power plant.

09/02/2017

France

Explosion at Flamanville nuclear power plant, several people injured

An explosion has erupted at EDF’s Flamanville nuclear power plant in northern France.

09/02/2017

Malaysia

Malaysia: Six missing after boat carrying Chinese tourists sinks

Malaysia on Monday broadened its search for six people still missing after a boat carrying Chinese tourists capsized at the weekend.

30/01/2017

USA

NASA remembers Challenger and Apollo 1 disasters

31-years ago the Challenger Space shuttle broke apart little more than a minute after taking off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

28/01/2017

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Shock as sinkhole swallows truck

A pick-up truck in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania (US), was partially swallowed when a large sinkhole opened up. No-one was injured in the incident.

26/01/2017

Portugal

Lisbon ferry crash leaves 34 injured

The boat was travelling from Barreiro on the other side of the Tagus when the accident occurred.

25/01/2017

Iran

Five more bodies found after Tehran building collapse

At least 20 firefighters were killed when the 17-storey building collapsed after being engulfed by fire.

25/01/2017

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USA: train smashes into lorry

A train ploughed into a lorry after an apparent problem at a railroad crossing in Utah.

25/01/2017

Italy

Six killed in Italy after rescue helicopter crashes

Six people have been killed in central Italy after a rescue helicopter crashed.

24/01/2017

Italy

3 puppies found in Hotel Rigopiano- giving hope to rescue workers

The mood of rescue workers at the Hotel Rigopiano has been sombre over the weekend.

23/01/2017

Italy

Hungarian students killed as coach crashes and catches fire

At least 16 people are dead after a coach carrying Hungarian students crashed and caught fire in northern Italy

21/01/2017

World News

20 stuck left dangling on Australian roller coaster

Twenty people have been rescued after they were left dangling for almost two hours at the top of a roller coaster in Australia.

11/01/2017