A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has hit Mexico City, shaking buildings for at least 30 seconds and causing widespread panic. The quake…
Pro-Russian militants in Donetsk say they will not leave the government building there, defying the Kiev authorities and threatening a…
At least six Sherpa guides are reported to have been killed after an avalanche on the slopes of Mount Everest.…
Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died in Mexico aged 87, his family has announced. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was considered…
Three people were killed in an overnight raid on a base in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, the country's interior minister says.…
Six Ukrainian armored vehicles have been seized by pro-Russian militants in eastern town of Kramatorsk, the defense ministry in Kiev…
Ukrainian soldiers sent to reclaim locations seized by pro-Russian militia in recent days, have been seen in the centre of…
About 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 476 people capsized and sank off South Korea, killing at…
Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has announced the start of an "anti-terrorist operation" against pro-Russian separatists. Oleksandr Turchynov told parliament…
Boko Haram gunmen abducted around 100 schoolgirls in an attack on a school in north-east Nigeria, officials say. The attackers…