30/05/2012 | Argentina

Death toll rises to 10 in Misiones coach crash

The death toll rose to a total of ten people following the collision last night between a coach and a truck in the area of Caraguatay, Misiones, the mayor of Montecarlo, Julio César Barreto confirmed today.

03/04/2013 | Argentina

Scioli announces loans and assistance for La Plata's victims

Governor Daniel Scioli said that “the priority is the humanitarian work,” and announced that after meeting with the President it was decided “to implement loans and subsidies to help people recover whatever goods they have lost.”

06/04/2013 | Argentina

BA province Gov't confirms death-toll at 51, one person missing

BA province Security Minister Ricardo Casal has reconfirmed that death-toll following the tragic flooding in La Plata city stands at 51 victims and said that one person remains missing since Wednesday.

07/12/2012 | Argentina

Three dead in Buenos Aires province after thunderstorm

02/01/2013 | World

Over 60,000 dead in Syria conflict, UN says

28/02/2012 | World

UN: Syria civilian death toll 'well over 7,500'

Syrian forces have killed more than 7,500 civilians since a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad began, a UN official said, and Hillary Clinton, the top US diplomat, suggested the Syrian leader may be a war criminal.

11/11/2012 | World

New Yorkers clean up Sandy's debris, death toll rises

New Yorkers took to the streets to help in the recovery from Superstorm Sandy, volunteering to clean up devastated areas and using an annual Veterans Day parade to collect donations for victims struggling without homes or power.

03/12/2012 | World

Japan orders tunnel inspections after death toll rises to nine

Japan ordered emergency inspections of highway tunnels across the country after one collapsed yesterday killing nine people.

10/04/2013 | World

China detains 10 for bird flu rumours, death toll at nine

Chinese police detained at least 10 people for spreading rumours about the H7N9 bird flu virus, state media said as the death toll from the new strain rose to nine.

25/04/2013 | World

Rescuers comb Bangladesh rubble for 2nd night, 260 dead

Employees at a garment factory that collapsed in Bangladesh killing at least 260 people were told to work despite warnings it was unsafe, officials said on Thursday as an unknown number of the more than 3,000 workers remained trapped in the rubble.

26/04/2013 | World

Anger on streets as Bangladesh building toll passes 300

Bangladesh textile workers vented their anger, burning cars and clashing with police, as the death toll passed 300 following the collapse of a building housing factories that made low-cost garments for Western brands.

27/04/2013 | World

Four arrested as Bangladesh building toll rises to 352

Two factory bosses and two engineers were detained in Bangladesh three days after the collapse of a building where low-cost garments were made for Western brands killed at least 352 people.

07/05/2013 | World

China reports four more bird flu deaths, toll rises to 31

Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing to 31 the number of deaths from the mysterious H7N9 virus, with the number of infections rising by two to 129, according to Chinese health authorities.

13/05/2013 | World

Death toll of Bangladesh building collapse reaches 1,127

Bangladeshi salvage workers neared today the end of their search for victims of the collapse of a factory building, scouring the basement of the complex that crumbled in on itself killing 1,127 people.

23/08/2012 | World

Military hits town near Damascus, 60 killed in Syria

Troops and tanks swept into a restive town near Damascus today in an assault aimed at crushing opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, whose struggle for survival has dragged Syria into an increasingly bloody war.

28/08/2012 | World

Warplane attacks on Damascus suburbs kill 60, activists say

Syrian fighter planes made rare sorties on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, killing at least 60 people in its eastern suburbs, the same day a Syrian military helicopter crashed while under rebel fire, activists said.

07/09/2012 | World

Quakes in China kill dozens, damage 20,000 homes

Two shallow 5.6 magnitude earthquakes hit southwestern China today, killing at least 50 people and forcing tens of thousands of people from damaged buildings, state media said.

05/11/2012 | World

New York region struggles to move on a week after Sandy

Commuters battled unruly crowds and snarled traffic to return to work Monday, a week after superstorm Sandy devastated the US Northeast, as authorities scrambled to clear debris ahead of more bad weather and put special measures in place to ensure residents could vote in tomorrow's presidential election.

22/02/2011 | World

New Zealand rescuers sift rubble, quake toll reaches 75

New Zealand rescuers sifted through rubble in search of quake survivors, guided by sounds of crying and tapping, as the death toll in Christchurch climbed to 75, with many dozens still feared trapped inside collapsed buildings.

27/05/2011 | World

Hundreds still missing in tornado-hit Missouri city

23/07/2011 | World

At least 32 die in east China high-speed train crash

At least 32 people died when a high-speed train smashed into a stalled train in front of it in China's eastern Zhejiang province, state media said, raising new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network.

27/01/2012 | Latin America

Eleven bodies recovered at Rio building collapse site

Emergency rescuers recovered from the rubble eleven bodies of victims of three buildings that collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. Local media reported 26 families are still looking for their loved ones.

08/11/2012 | Latin America

Guatemala scours for quake survivors, death toll expected to rise

Rescue workers today carted out dead bodies found under rubble in the aftermath of Guatemala's most powerful earthquake in decades, while others cleared wrecked cars and collapsed buildings as they searched for survivors.

13/01/2011 | Latin America

Brazil flood deaths rise to 375

Rescue workers struggled to reach areas cut off by devastating floods and landslides that have killed at least 375 people in one of Brazil's worst natural disasters in decades.

15/05/2013 | The World

Syria death toll close to 120,000, report

At least 94,000 people have been killed during Syria’s two-year conflict, but the death toll is likely to be as high as 120,000, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said yesterday. The group said that at least 41,000 of those confirmed killed were Alawites, the sect of President Bashar al-Assad.