At least 15 people have died after a head-on train crash in Bangladesh. The crash, between a passenger train and a freight train, happened in the city of Bhairab - about 50 miles (80km) northeast of the capital Dhaka. Local…
A British cargo ship has reportedly sunk off the coast of Germany following a collision, with several people missing as rescuers search for survivors. Two cargo ships crashed into each other in the North Sea, according to German authorities. The ships, Polesie and Verity, collided in the…
Four people have died after lithium batteries for e-bikes sparked a fire in a New York building, officials said Tuesday, sounding the alarm over the skyrocketing number of such incidents. The fire broke out overnight in a maintenance shop for…
The government has launched a new emergency alert system that will send a siren-like alert to mobile phones. The system will give the government and emergency services the ability to send a message directly to mobile phones when there is a risk…
A landslide killed at least 12 people while they slept at a Malaysian campsite near Kuala Lumpur early on Friday, officials said, as search teams scoured thick mud and downed trees for more than 20 people still missing. A child…
A teenager has died after being found injured near to where fireworks were being "hurled", as Bonfire Night was marred by violence and anti-social behaviour in parts of the UK. The 17-year-old boy was found hurt in the garden of…
The Manchester Arena Inquiry has published a catalogue of failings and mistakes by the emergency services following the terror attack in 2017. Chairman Sir John Saunders highlighted a number of failures of the emergency response to the suicide bombing and…
A tropical storm that lashed Bangladesh has left at least 24 people dead and about eight million without power across the delta nation. The government said about 10,000 homes were damaged and more than 6,000 hectares of crops were destroyed…
They are faced with the hellish aftermaths wrought by the Kremlin’s rain of fire from the skies. The Ukrainian firefighters work to save lives amid the ferocious heat, flames and smoke inflicted by Russia’s unrelenting bombardment of their homeland. One holds…
Eight people were hospitalized after an explosion occurred inside a four-story apartment building in Chicago in the city's South Austin neighborhood Tuesday morning, according to the Chicago Fire Department. "This is a confirmed explosion but source of explosion not known,"…