Earthquake on Indonesia’s main island of Java kills at least 46 people
USGS says magnitude-5.6 quake was centred in Cianjur region in West Java province at depth of 10km
USGS says magnitude-5.6 quake was centred in Cianjur region in West Java province at depth of 10km
The man was identified as Gabriel Wortman and authorities said he disguised himself as a police officer in uniform at one point and mocked up a car to make it seem like a Royal Canadian Mounted Police cruiser.
An explosion at a pesticide plant in eastern China has killed 47 people and injured more than 600, state media said on Friday, the latest casualties in a series of industrial accidents that has angered the public.
A fast-moving fire swept through a historic district of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, killing at least 78 people, officials say.
A fire has engulfed a dormitory at the youth team training centre of one of Brazil's biggest football clubs, killing 10 people, local media report.
Mexican authorities now put the number killed in Friday night's fuel pipeline blast at 66, with scores more injured.
Blast also injured more than 50 people, but authorities have yet to suggest who was behind the attack
At least eight climbers died when a violent snowstorm destroyed their camp on a Himalayan peak in western Nepal.