Philippines typhoon turmoil: Pentagon sends choppers, rescue help

Last Updated: Sunday, November 10, 2013, 13:28

The Pentagon said that it was sending aviation and navigation support in form of helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and search and rescue equipments.

Typhoon Haiyan: 10,000 dead in Philippines, to make landfall in Vietnam

Last Updated: Sunday, November 10, 2013, 09:32

Typhoon Haiyan, one of the fiercest storms on record to ever have made landfall, ripped through the Philippine province of Leyte killing at least 10,000 in the island alone, said a top police official.

One dead after blast at Paris musical rehearsal: Police

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 22:58

One of around 15 people hurt in an accidental explosion during rehearsals for a Paris musical died overnight of a heart attack, police said on Saturday.

Philippines says at least 100 dead from typhoon Haiyan

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 08:53

At least 100 people may have died in the Philippines from the impact of super typhoon Haiyan, a senior government official said on Saturday.

UN says nearly 1,000 Iraqis killed in October

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 21:40

The United Nations says that 979 Iraqis died in attacks in October, a monthly death toll that is exactly the same as the figure for September.

Five killed in grisly stabbing incident in Brooklyn

Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 19:52

In a grisly incident, five people of Chinese origin, a woman and four children, have been stabbed to death at a Brooklyn home and police have taken one person into custody, New York police said on Sunday.

Car bombs kill at least 39 people in Baghdad

Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 14:37

Insurgents in Iraq unleashed a new wave of car bombs in Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 39 people and wounding dozens, officials said.

Death toll in Bangladesh violence rises to 6

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 11:12

The death toll in violence across Bangladesh, following dispute over electoral system, raised to six even as the country braced for a 60-hour opposition strike tomorrow, calling for a neutral caretaker government to oversee the next General Elections.

11 killed in Belgian plane crash

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 23:23

All 11 passengers aboard a small plane were killed Saturday after it crashed near Fernelmont town in southeast Belgium, media reported.

Thailand floods: Death toll rises to 68

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 18:00

The death toll in the month-long floods in Thailand has climbed to 68, the interior ministry said Thursday.

Cyclone Phailin effect: 647 villages still marooned in Odisha

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 17:17

With water level in major rivers receding, the state government today decided to demobilise defence forces comprising of personnel from the Army, Navy and Air Force.