NEW DELHI, India -- At least four persons were killed when a police officer with the Railway Protection Force (RPF) allegedly opened indiscriminate fire inside a moving train in India's southwestern state of Maharashtra on Monday, official sources said. Â Â Â The shootout took place inside...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States of America -- An all-terrain vehicle (ATV) rolled over and burst into flames Saturday in Washington's Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, killing four young people on board, the Kittitas County Sheriff's office said on Sunday. Officers received the 911 report of the...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The death toll from the suicide attack at a political gathering in the Bajaur district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday jumped to 54 after more injured succumbed to their injuries, a police official said on Monday. Â Additional Inspector General...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Moscow is taking additional measures to protect civilian infrastructure from Ukrainian attacks, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Monday. Â Â Â "Taking into account the current situation, additional measures have been taken to increase protection against air and...
TEHRAN, Iran -- A trainer aircraft crashed Monday morning in the northern Iranian province of Alborz, killing the pilot and his trainee, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. The crash occurred at 5:45 a.m. local time (0215 GMT) while the pilot, identified as Navid Arabi-Moqaddam, and the...
BEIJING, China - Heavy rains battered northern China on Monday, killing at least two people in Beijing while washing away cars and forcing the capital to issue its highest alerts for flooding and landslides. Storm Doksuri, a former super typhoon, has swept northwards over China since...
Members of San Mateo Police Department (SMPD) California arrested a man who allegedly stabbed a woman dead and posted the video of the incident on Facebook on Wednesday, July 26. Police identified the suspect as Mark Mechikoff, 39, of Pacifica, California. The victim was identified as Claribel Marie...
BANYUMAS, Indonesia -- Eight people trapped in an illegal gold mine on the Indonesian island of Java are feared dead, a local rescue official said Sunday, as search efforts entered a fifth day with little progress. Unlicensed mines -- many with disregard for basic safety measures -- are common...
BEIJING, China -- Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from high-risk areas of Beijing and another northern city as much of China was lashed by torrential rain on Sunday. Deadly storm Doksuri has been sweeping northwards over China since Friday, when it careened into southern Fujian province...
PARIS, France - Scientists said on Friday they have genetically engineered female fruit flies that can have offspring without needing a male, marking the first time "virgin birth" has been induced in an animal.  The offspring of the flies were also able to give birth without mating,...
BRISBANE, Australia - Four Australian military aircrew are missing after their helicopter ditched in waters off the country's northeast coast while on a major military exercise, Defence Minister Richard Marles said Saturday. The MRH-90 Taipan went down late Friday night in sub-tropical waters...
WASHINGTON, United States - On the heels of a new record high in the Mediterranean, the North Atlantic reached its hottest-ever level this week, several weeks earlier than its usual annual peak, according to preliminary data released Friday by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
