08/02/2013 | Argentina

Four dead as small plane crashes in Lomas de Zamora

Four people died as a small airplane crashed this afternoon in the Greater Buenos Aires area of Lomas de Zamora.

26/02/2013 | Argentina

AMIA case: General Attorney sources rule out Timerman provided key data

Sources from the Public Prosecutor's office investigating the AMIA bombing assured that Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman did not give any key clue to clarify the terrorist attack that left 85 deaths, as the official assured today during his briefing at the Lower House.

10/06/2013 | Argentina

Seven deaths from influenza A virus reported in BA province

Buenos Aires province health authorities have confirmed today seven people have died in the last month from the influenza A virus and 40 people have been reported infected by the H1N1 strain.

18/07/2012 | Argentina

Salta deaths: Family members dismiss suicide hypothesis

Family members of Luján Peñalva, the 19-year-old girl who was found dead with her friend in Salta on Monday, expressed serious doubt over the investigator’s “suicidal pact” hypothesis, stating that the deaths could be put down to a “double homicide.”

27/07/2012 | Argentina

Tension in Moreno after four children found dead

After the news broke that four children aged between 4 and 6 years old had been found dead this morning in a swimming pool in a sports club in Moreno, tension broke out among local residents who began shouting and throwing rocks at reporters. The three children drowned accidentally, autopsies showed, while the other was the son of a murdered businessman,

28/12/2012 | Argentina

Accident on Argentina-Chile border kills five

Five people were killed and 22 injured today after a coach and a truck collided, on the Argentine border with Chile in Mendoza province.

02/04/2012 | Argentina

Former British Vice-Admiral justifies 'Belgrano' attack in Malvinas War

On the 30th anniversary of the conflict, the member of the Royal Navy who was responsible for coordinating the attack on the Argentina Navy cruiser “General Belgrano” during the Malvinas war, spoke to UK-based newspaper “The News,” in Portsmouth and explained the steps that led up to the attack that caused 323 deaths and why it was justified at the time.

28/05/2012 | Argentina

Indoamericano: Court annuls dismissal of 44 police officers

The Criminal Chamber decided to annul the dismissal of 44 Metropolitan Police officials who were involved in the incidents that took place in the Indoamericano Park in December 2010, and accused of causing at least two deaths.

09/06/2012 | Argentina

Three dead in Catamarca car accident

Three young people died and two were critically injured as the car they were riding turned over in Catamarca province.

06/02/2012 | Argentina

Suspects in Indoamericano Park deaths cleared of all charges

Forty-four police officers and a judge were cleared of all charges by Judge Eliseo Otero after being previously indicted for the two deaths occurred during the violent clashes between squatters and the police as they tried to remove them from the illegal settlings in the Indoamericano Park, in Villa Soldati, fourteen months ago.

18/02/2012 | Argentina

Five dead in Santa Fe car accident

Five people died after a car crashed into a bus on route 34 in Santa Fe province early this morning. The crash took place near the locality of La Rubia, when a Renault Megane collided headfirst into a bus. The five people who were riding in the car died, while the bus driver was injured.

22/03/2012 | Argentina

Eight dead as building partially collapses in Corrientes

Eight construction workers died and four were seriously injured after the partial collapse of a building in a construction site in Corrientes province. The incident took place shortly after 1 pm today, as the sixth floor of a building located at San Martin 600 partially collapsed and 12 construction workers were trapped among the rubble some 20 metres high.

02/08/2011 | Argentina

CCC group marches to repudiate Jujuy deaths

Activists of the Corriente Clasista y Combativa left-wing political group marched from Congress to Plaza de Mayo in protest of the deaths of four people during an eviction of lands belonging to Ledesma sugar refineries in Jujuy province.

09/11/2011 | Argentina

Nationwide storms leave 3 dead, many injured

12/01/2012 | Argentina

Officials block off Autopista del Oeste after 3 lorries collide

Officials were blocking off all lanes at kilometre 29 of Autopista Del Oeste motorway at the Ituzaingó junction, after three lorries collided this morning. No major injuries or deaths were reported, but motorway traffic was heavily affected causing major delays, the National Highway Administration (DNV) informed.

29/05/2013 | World

Bombings kill 27 in Iraq, no group claimed responsibility

Car bombs and roadside explosions hit mainly Sunni Muslim districts of the Iraqi capital and a northern city, killing at least 27 people.

26/01/2013 | World

Clash between Pakistani Taliban and militia said to kill 31

At least 31 people were killed when Pakistan Taliban attacked a pro-government militia, according to reports from the two sides, but the Taliban were beaten back after hours of fierce fighting.

10/02/2013 | World

US Northeast digs out from blizzard; new storm brews in Plains

05/04/2013 | World

China culls birds as flu deaths mount; airline shares fall

Chinese authorities slaughtered over 20,000 birds at a poultry market in Shanghai as the death toll from a new strain of bird flu mounted to six, spreading concern overseas and sparking a sell-off in airline shares in Europe and Hong Kong.

05/01/2013 | World

Four dead in hostage-taking in Aurora, Colorado

Four people were dead including the gunman following a hostage-taking incident in Aurora, Colorado, the same town where a man shot dead 12 people and wounded 58 more at a movie theater last July, KUSA television reported.

15/01/2013 | World

Explosions kill 83 at Syrian university as exams begin

Two explosions tore through one of Syria's biggest universities on the first day of student exams, killing 83 people and wounding dozens, a monitoring group said.

26/01/2013 | World

At least 30 killed in Egypt clashes over death sentences

At least 30 people were killed when Egyptians rampaged in protest at the sentencing of 21 people to death over a soccer stadium disaster, violence that compounds a political crisis facing Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.

28/07/2012 | World

Severe flooding hits North Korea, kills 88

Severe flooding across North Korea has killed 88 people and left tens of thousands homeless, state media reported late, threatening to make the poverty-stricken country's already chronic food shortage still worse.

18/08/2012 | World

At least 14 killed in Yemen attack on intelligence HQ

Suspected al Qaeda-linked militants killed at least 14 Yemeni soldiers and security guards in a car bombing and grenade attack on the intelligence service headquarters in Aden, the Defence Ministry and witnesses said.

19/12/2012 | World

2012 deadliest year on record for journalists

More journalists were killed doing their job in 2012 than in any year since monitoring started 17 years ago, with Syria and Somalia seeing a particularly heavy toll, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said.

07/07/2012 | World

Over 100 killed in floods, landslides in Russia

Floods and landslides killed at least 103 people in southern Russia after two months' average rainfall fell in a few hours, forcing some to climb on to roofs and into trees to save themselves, police said on Saturday.

18/07/2012 | World

AIDS deaths worldwide drop as access to drugs improves

Fewer people infected with HIV globally are dying as more of them get access to crucial antiretroviral drugs, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations AIDS program said on Wednesday.

20/07/2012 | World

At least 7 dead in attack on civilian camp in Ivory Coast

At least seven people were killed and dozens injured on Friday when angry mobs set fire to a UN-protected camp for civilians forced from their homes in western Ivory Coast, underscoring tensions in the zone.

21/05/2012 | World

Three climbers die as Everest season winds down

Three climbers died while descending from the summit of Mount Everest, officials said today.

09/06/2012 | World

Shelling kills 17 in cradle of Syrian uprising

Seventeen people, including 10 women, were killed overnight by shelling in the Syrian town of Deraa, where the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad erupted 15 months ago, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

16/06/2012 | World

Baghdad bombs target Shi'ite pilgrims, 26 killed

Car bombers targeting Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad killed at least 26 people In the latest attacks by insurgents trying to tip Iraq back into widespread sectarian violence.

14/03/2012 | World

Swiss probe deadly bus crash as families arrive

Distraught parents flew to Switzerland after a bus carrying a Belgian school group home from a ski trip crashed into the wall of a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 children and six others.

07/04/2012 | World

Violence dims Syria truce hopes, 53 killed

Syrian troops pounded opposition areas on Saturday, activists said, killing 53 people in an offensive that has sent thousands of refugees surging into Turkey before next week's UN-backed ceasefire aimed at staunching a year of bloodshed.

05/05/2012 | World

Explosions in two Syrian cities, kill at least three

An explosion killed several people in Aleppo and two blasts hit a Damascus highway today in further signs that rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad are shifting tactics towards homemade explosives.

04/02/2012 | World

Russia, China in double veto of UN Syria resolution

Russia and China joined forces in a double veto on Saturday to knock down a Western-Arab UN Security Council resolution backing an Arab League plan for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step aside.

03/03/2012 | World

Tornadoes kill at least 33 in US Midwest, South

The latest in a series of powerful tornadoes raked across a broad swath of the US Midwest and Southeast, killing at least 33 people in four states, authorities said.

10/03/2012 | World

Israel kills four more Gaza gunmen, rockets hit Israel

Israel killed four Gaza militants as violence sparked by the death of a militant leader a day earlier escalated with gunmen firing more than 90 rockets at Israel, injuring four people, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

01/01/2012 | World

Boat capsizes off Lamu in Kenya, at least 7 dead

At least seven people died when a boat carrying dozens of passengers capsized after hitting another vessel off the Kenyan island of Lamu, the Kenya Red Cross said.

16/01/2012 | World

Twelve more killed in Syria despite Arab monitors

Twelve people were killed in Syria, where a peace plan monitored by Arab observers has failed to douse a 10-month-old struggle between President Bashar al-Assad and his foes.

21/01/2012 | World

Syria blasts kill 14, Arab monitors may stay

Bomb blasts killed 14 prisoners travelling in a security vehicle in northwest Syria, the state news agency said, and troops fought rebels elsewhere as the Arab League weighed whether to keep monitors in place.

08/12/2011 | World

Two dead in Virginia Tech shooting

A gunman ambushed and killed a campus police officer and was later reported to have been found dead at Virginia Tech University, the site of one of the worst shooting rampages in US history.

17/12/2011 | World

Troops assault Egypt protesters, clashes kill 9

Soldiers beat demonstrators with batons in Cairo's Tahrir Square in a second day of clashes that have killed nine people and wounded more than 300, marring the first free election most Egyptians can remember.

30/12/2011 | World

Media death toll rose in 2011 versus 2010

More than 100 journalists or other media staff were killed in 2011, up from last year's toll, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said, calling on UN Secretary General Bank Ki-moon to act to help protect the profession.

24/10/2011 | World

Turkey quake toll exceeds 260 dead, hundreds missing

Rescuers clawed through rubble to free people trapped by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 264 people and wounded more than 1,000 in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey.

28/10/2011 | World

Syrian security forces kill 40 protesters

Security forces killed at least 40 civilians on attacks on demonstrations calling for international protection for Syria's pro-democracy protesters, activists said.

05/11/2011 | World

Syrian tanks kill three in besieged Homs

Tank fire killed at least three civilians and wounded dozens in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, activists and residents said, casting doubt on whether an Arab League plan can end months of bloodshed triggered by a popular uprising.

20/08/2011 | World

Jet crashes in Canadian Arctic, 12 killed

Twelve people were killed when a First Air jet crashed near Resolute Bay in the far north of the Canadian Arctic, but three people survived, the airline said.

17/09/2011 | World

Plane crashes at Nevada air race, at least 3 dead

A vintage World War Two fighter plane crashed near the grandstand at a Nevada air race , killing at least three people, including the elderly pilot, and injuring more than 50, officials said

08/10/2011 | World

Syrian forces fire on Kurdish funeral, two dead

Syrian security forces killed at least two people when they opened fire on tens of thousands of mourners at the funeral of a Kurdish opposition figure, activists said.

20/06/2011 | World

Russia says plane crash kills 44, eight injured

At least 44 people were killed and eight injured when a passenger plane broke up and caught fire on coming into land in fog in north-western Russia, an Emergency Ministry spokeswoman said.

05/08/2011 | World

Storm Emily kills four, may reform over Caribbean

Tropical Storm Emily killed four people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, authorities said, as remnants of the storm drifted over the Caribbean with a "high chance" of restrengthening into a tropical cyclone.

06/08/2011 | World

NATO helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 31 US troops

A NATO helicopter crashed in central Afghanistan overnight killing 31 US soldiers and 7 Afghan troops, the Afghan president said on Saturday, a devastating death toll and easily the worst single incident for foreign troops in 10 years of war.

24/05/2011 | World

At least 1,100 civilians killed in Syria uprising: group

Syrian troops and security forces have killed at least 1,100 civilians in their two-month campaign to crush pro-democracy demonstrations, Syrian human rights organization Sawasiah said.

30/05/2011 | World

Three killed as army enters central Syrian town

At least three civilians were killed when security forces entered the town of Talbiseh in central Syria to crush dissent against President Bashar al-Assad, a rights group said.

12/06/2011 | World

Syria uprising killings rise to 1,300 - activists

The main Syrian activist group organising protests said a violent crackdown has killed 1,300 civilians and called on President Bashar al-Assad to step down to transform the country into a democracy.

10/04/2011 | World

Assad loyalists kill three in coastal Syrian city: activist

Irregular forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad killed three people in Banias, a local human rights activist said, after pro-democracy protests flared in the mostly Sunni city on the Mediterranean.

17/04/2011 | World

Assad pledge fails to quell Syria anger; troops fire

Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters at a funeral, witnesses said, and an announcement that President Bashar al-Assad would lift 48-years of emergency rule failed to quell fury on the streets.

20/04/2011 | World

South Sudan army, militia clash kills 31: army

At least 31 people were killed in a clash between south Sudan's army and rebel militia fighters, the army said, the latest violence to unsettle the region ahead of its independence in July.

18/03/2011 | World

Thirty dead after Yemen forces open fire at protest

Yemeni security forces and pro-government gunmen killed at least 30 people and wounded around 50 others when they opened fire at a protest in Sanaa after Muslim prayers, medical sources and witnesses confirmed.

26/03/2011 | World

Six dead in port city as Syrian crisis grows

Syrian security forces have killed six people in two days of anti-government protests in the key port city of Latakia, reformist activists living abroad told reporters.

03/04/2011 | World

Suicide blasts at Sufi shrine in Pakistan kill 41

Two Taliban suicide bombers caused carnage at a Sufi shrine in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 41 people and wounding scores in the latest bloody attack on minority religious groups.

20/07/2012 | Latin America

Bus crash in Mexico kills 21 passengers

A bus skidded off the road in the western Mexican state of Nayarit, killing 21 passengers and injuring at least 29 others, officials said.

18/09/2012 | Latin America

Fire at Mexico Pemex gas facility kills at least 26

At least 26 people were killed when a gas facility of state oil monopoly Pemex burst into flames in northern Mexico, disrupting gas supplies in the area..

03/05/2012 | Latin America

Two Mexican journalists found dismembered in eastern Mexico

The mutilated corpses of two Mexican photographers were found on Thursday by police in the eastern state of Veracruz, the latest in a series of attacks that have made Mexico one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists.

23/05/2012 | Latin America

Peru dolphin death mystery deepens, algae eyed

The mystery surrounding the deaths of at least 877 dolphins in Peru deepened as the government said human activity was not to blame but failed to pinpoint a natural cause for the massive die-off.

12/06/2012 | Latin America

Fourteen bodies dumped by highway in eastern Mexico

Fourteen bodies were found inside an abandoned truck along a highway in eastern Mexico, local police said, in what appeared to be the latest atrocity committed by rival drug cartels battling over smuggling routes to the United Stat

26/11/2011 | Latin America

Colombia says FARC rebels execute 4 military hostages

Colombian FARC rebels killed at least four military hostages who had been held prisoner for years, Colombia's defense minister said.

05/01/2012 | Latin America

Fires that kill six in Chile are 'terrorist acts,' Piñera

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera announced that six firefighters died while trying to put out the fires affecting the municipality of Carahue, 700 kilometres south of  Santiago, and assured that the fires were started "by criminals with terrorist intentions."

20/01/2012 | Latin America

FARC attacks kill three in Colombia

At least three people died in attacks allegedly committed by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group to a communication tower and to a tailback of vehicles transporting oil in the South American country, sources said.

12/04/2011 | Latin America

Death toll in Mexican mass graves rises to 116

The toll of murder victims buried in a series of mass graves in northern Mexico has risen to 116, Mexico's attorney general said, blaming the atrocity on the brutal Zetas drug cartel.

08/06/2011 | Latin America

Death toll in Haiti's floods, mudslides rises to 23

The death toll from days of heavy rains that triggered flooding and mudslides in earthquake-ravaged Haiti has climbed to 23, an official said on Wednesday.

20/08/2011 | Latin America

Five headless bodies found in Acapulco

Authorities in Mexico found the decapitated bodies of four men and a woman in Acapulco, the latest in a string of slayings in the popular Pacific resort this week.