(Reuters) - A fire at a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China killed at least 55 people on Monday with others believed to be trapped, state media said.
Nine people were killed in tornadoes that swept through central Oklahoma on Friday, part of a storm system that caused widespread flooding in Oklahoma City and its suburbs the state's chief medical examiner said on Saturday.
Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Oscar Pistorius is a heartbroken man who has to live with the fact that he killed the love of his life, his uncle has told CNN in an exclusive interview.
President Jacob Zuma has withdrawn all defamation suites and legal claims against various media groups. The claims were based on articles or cartoons which President Zuma viewed as designed to bringing his name into disrepute.
The wife and daughter of a Supreme Court who were kidnapped in Nigeria Tuesday regained their freedom from kidnappers’ den, 17 days after their abduction.
Abuja — The troops deployed to flush out terrorists from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states following declaration of state of emergency said they have intercepted messages by the leadership of Boko Haram urging sect members to regroup and refuse to give up.
(Reuters) - A fire at a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China killed at least 55 people on Monday with others believed to be trapped, state media said.
Nine people were killed in tornadoes that swept through central Oklahoma on Friday, part of a storm system that caused widespread flooding in Oklahoma City and its suburbs the state's chief medical examiner said on Saturday.
Gunmen have attacked the main prison in Niger's capital, Niamey, killing at least four people, officials say.
The United Nations says more than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq in May, the highest monthly death toll for years.
A new series of tornadoes has swept through the US state of Oklahoma, killing at least five people, including a mother and child, officials say.
Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Oscar Pistorius is a heartbroken man who has to live with the fact that he killed the love of his life, his uncle has told CNN in an exclusive interview.
President Jacob Zuma has withdrawn all defamation suites and legal claims against various media groups. The claims were based on articles or cartoons which President Zuma viewed as designed to bringing his name into disrepute.
Zimbabwe's highest court has ruled that presidential and parliamentary elections must be held by 31 July.
Surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has recovered enough to walk, his mother says.
The second-in-command of the Pakistani Taliban has been killed in a suspected US drone strike, a senior Taliban source told the BBC.
Two men have become the first gay couple to wed in France, just days after President Francois Hollande signed the same-sex marriage bill into law.
Two men will become the first gay couple to wed in France, just days after President Francois Hollande signed the same-sex marriage bill into law.
The wife and daughter of a Supreme Court who were kidnapped in Nigeria Tuesday regained their freedom from kidnappers’ den, 17 days after their abduction.
Abuja — The troops deployed to flush out terrorists from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states following declaration of state of emergency said they have intercepted messages by the leadership of Boko Haram urging sect members to regroup and refuse to give up.
Tens of thousands of protesters against France's new same-sex marriage are marching in the capital Paris, amid a heavy police presence.
At least three people have been injured by a rocket strike on the southern part of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
France has begun a key stage of its military withdrawal from Mali, four months after sending troops to push Islamist rebels out from the north.
A man has been killed in a machete attack and two suspects shot and wounded by police in Woolwich, south-east London.