Authorities say at least five homes and a barn owned by local authorities were destroyed on Monday and other structures have been damaged by a large tornado in the US state of Oklahoma.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 08:50 GMT
A strong, pre-dawn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 51 people as it knocked down stone and mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 08:18 GMT
Said Buryatsky, a notorious gang leader involved in the derailment of a Moscow-St. Petersburg train in November 2009, was killed in a special operation carried out by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in Ingushetia on March 2.
// Mar. 06, 2010 - 16:24 GMT
Nearly 1,100 people were trapped on Thursday on two passenger ferries and two cargo ships which became stuck in ice in the Baltic Sea off Sweden's east coast, officials said. Ice breakers in the area were trying to free the ships, but gale-force winds were hampering the effort, the Swedish Maritime Administration said.
// Mar. 05, 2010 - 08:29 GMT
Clashes broke out between riot police and protestors in Athens on Thursday during demonstrations over the government's stringent austerity measures.
// Mar. 05, 2010 - 07:35 GMT
Dramatic amateur video released on Thursday showed the moment a giant wave smashed into a Mediterranean cruise ship, killing two people and injuring 14 others.
// Mar. 05, 2010 - 07:29 GMT
Dramatic amateur video released on Thursday showed the moment a giant wave smashed into a Mediterranean cruise ship, killing two people and injuring 14 others.
// Mar. 05, 2010 - 07:29 GMT
A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Taiwan on Thursday, terrifying residents, disrupting communications and triggering at least one large fire. Local news reports said several people were injured. No tsunami alert was issued.
// Mar. 04, 2010 - 09:27 GMT
The Geneva Motor Show opened to the news media on Tuesday, amid difficult times for the motor industry and car giant Toyota in particular. For most automakers, the show is about rolling out new models in the teeth of fallen consumer demand and trying to get back to business as usual.
// Mar. 03, 2010 - 08:10 GMT
An American motorbike rider set a new world record for the longest distance jump on a Harley Davidson in Sydney on Tuesday, Australian media reported. Seth Enslow first smashed the existing world record by jumping 53.34 metres (175 feet), before breaking his own newly set world record with a jump of 55.77 metres (183.7 feet). Enslow said the bike he used was a Harley Davidson with only a few modifications.
// Mar. 02, 2010 - 09:06 GMT