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Four seriously injured in UK rollercoaster crash

Four teenagers have been seriously injured in a rollercoaster crash at the Alton Towers theme park in the UK. Sixteen people were riding in the

China

Hundreds missing in China Yangtze River cruise ship disaster

A cruise ship sank overnight on Monday (June 1) in China’s Yangtze River during a storm, leaving at least five people dead and nearly 450 people

China

Hundreds missing as ferry sinks on China's Yangtze River

Over 450 people were on board a Chinese ferry that sank in a cyclone on Monday. Only a small number of people have been rescued, among them the ship's captain.

USA

US Secretary of State travels home following bicycle accident

The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, is set to receive medical treatment in Massachusetts for a broken leg.

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Enrique Iglesias injured by drone during concert

Enrique Iglesias performed a concert in Mexico with blood streaming from a wound in his hand caused when he tried to catch a drone. The Spanish

Bangladesh

Bangladesh factory collapse owner to face murder charges

The owner of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh is to face murder charges over the buildings collapse which killed more than 1,000 people

France

Kerry breaks leg in Alps bike accident

US Secretary of State John Kerry has broken his right leg in a cycling accident in the Alps near Scionzier, France. His injury has led him to cancel

India

India: Radioactive scare at Delhi airport

Fears of a radioactive leak triggered emergency action in the cargo area of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Friday. Suspicion

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China: tanker accident makes 25 injuries

USA

'Beautiful Mind' Nobel Prize winner John Nash killed in a car crash

US Nobel Prize winner John Nash has died in car crash along with his wife Alicia. The mathematician whose life story was turned into the

Norway

Norwegian cruise ship runs aground off Bermuda

A Norwegian Cruise Line ship has run aground on a reef as it was leaving Bermuda.The Norwegian Dawn was returning to Boston with 2675 passengers and

Azerbaijan

Residential building inferno kills 16 in Baku

At least 16 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a fire that ripped through a residential building in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku. Emergency

USA

[Watch] Train hits bus on level crossing in Altlanta, USA

Russia

Russian rocket plunges to earth minutes after launch

A Russian Proton M rocket has crashed in Siberia just minutes after take off. The Mexican satellite it was carrying is missing, presumed lost.

USA

US: engineer of derailed train can't remember what happened

The man at the helm of a train that derailed in the US says he cannot remember what happened. Rescuers pulled an eighth body out of the wreckage on

USA

Investigation into cause of deadly Philadelphia train crash

At least seven people are now known to have died and scores of others injured in the derailment

USA

At least five dead and dozens hurt in Philadelphia train crash

An investigation has been launched in the US after an Amtrak passenger train with more than 200 passengers on board derailed in north Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

Pakistan

Ambassadors of Norway and Philippines killed in helicopter crash in Pakistan

World News

Rogue Russian spacecraft falling back to earth faster than expected

Progress is falling back to earth faster than expected. The unmanned Russian spacecraft, which failed to reach the International Space Station with

France

Germanwings co-pilot 'practised fatal descent' on earlier flight'

The findings come from French investigators who said Lubitz reduced altitude on a flight from Dusseldorf to Barcelona several times.