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Rescuers are using heavy machinery on the wrecked carriages

At least 17 die in Karachi train crash in Pakistan

At least 17 people have died and another 40 have been injured in a train crash in Pakistan, local media said.

Rescuers teams at Jinshangou Coal Mine in Chongqing, southwest China

Gas explosion kills 33 Chinese miners

Dozens of miners are confirmed dead after a gas explosion at a coal mine in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, according to state-run news agency Xinhua.

As Iraqi forces move closer to the Mosul city limits, so resistance grows
As Iraqi forces move closer to the Mosul city limits, so resistance grows

Mosul battle: Iraqi forces near city's eastern outskirts

Iraqi special forces are now less than 1.5km from the eastern outskirts of Mosul and are preparing to enter the city held by Islamic State fighters.

The prisoners escaped from the main prison in Bhopal city

India inmates kill guard and escape jail

Eight prisoners have escaped from a jail in the central Indian city of Bhopal after killing a guard and scaling the wall using bed sheets.

Duterte's deadly crime war has claimed more than 3,800 lives

Philippine mayor killed in police shootout

Philippine anti-narcotics officers gunned down a town mayor and nine of his men in a clash in one of the bloodiest operations since President Rodrigo Duterte launched a crackdown on illegal drugs.

Quetta is the capital of Balochistan, which is battling separatists as well as Islamist militants

Dozens killed at Pakistan police college

At least 59 cadets and guards have been killed in an attack by militants on a police college in the Pakistani city of Quetta, officials say.

Local television showed images of fire fighters smashing glass panes to enter the building

India hospital fire kills at least 20

At least 20 people have died after a fire broke out in a hospital in eastern India, local police say.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej was widely revered in Thailand

Thailand's most revered King dies at 88

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has died after 70 years on the throne, the palace says.

22 killed in China building collapse

At least 22 people were killed in eastern China when residential buildings collapsed early Monday morning local time, state media reported.

Rescue workers search the site where residential buildings collapsed in Zhejiang province

Multiple building collapses in China kill at least 8

Eight people have been killed after a series of unexplained building collapses in eastern China and there are fears the death toll could rise as rescuers searched through the rubble. 

Aradhana Samdariya's death has sparked strong reactions on social media

Outrage after girl dies from 68-day fast

Indian police are investigating the parents of a 13-year-old girl who died last week after undertaking a religious fast for 68 days.

China's great space telescope begins operations

 

The world's largest radio telescope has began operating in southwestern China, a project which Beijing says will help humanity search for alien life.

Authorities offered to provide them with a more comfortable house but they refused
Authorities offered to provide them with a more comfortable house but they refused

Couple live in cave for 54 years

Unable to afford a proper home after getting married, a Chinese couple moved into a mountain cave near the city of Nanchong and have been living there for the past 54 years.

 Did the journalist damage her profession with her umbrella and sunglasses
Did the journalist damage her profession with her umbrella and sunglasses

Journalist 'suspended for her accessories' in China

A TV journalist in China who was photographed wearing sunglasses and holding an umbrella to shelter from the sun has been suspended from her job.

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