Disasters

A major earthquake struck a remote area in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 39 people as houses collapsed and possibly pushing up the earth to create a new...

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake has shaken Guatemala's Pacific coastline.

Philippine authorities Friday began a formal inquiry into a collision between a ferry and a cargo ship which killed at least 80 people and left 40 missing, as they considered...

The confirmed death toll from a ferry disaster in the Philippines rose to 64 on Tuesday as more bodies were found, some of them inside the sunken ship itself.

The death toll from a ferry disaster in the Philippines rose to 52 on Monday as more bodies were pulled from the water, the coastguard said.

A company whose cargo ship was involved in the Philippines' latest ferry disaster confirmed Saturday its vessels were involved in four other tragedies that claimed more than...

A Bangladeshi garment worker who spent 108 days in a coma after being badly injured in one of the world's worst industrial disasters has died, officials said on Monday.

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency says a volcano has erupted in eastern Indonesia, killing five people and shooting smoke and ash up to 2,000 meters into the air.

The owners of a train that derailed in Canada last month leaving dozens dead has filed for bankruptcy, the company said.

Police in Canada said Thursday they had ended a search for remains of five victims still missing from a rail disaster earlier this month that left 47 people dead.