A fatal fire that broke out on Friday in a village in east China's Shandong Province was the result of arson, local police said Tuesday.
Five people were killed and 30 others injured in a fire that broke out in a bus on Thursday afternoon in southwest China's Guizhou Province, local firefighters told Xinhua.
Russian warships had been taking an active part in removing chemical weapons from Syria, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday.
More than 1,000 people are trying to put out a forest fire which broke out on Monday in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said Tuesday.
Six people were killed in a fire in Qingyuan City, south China's Guangdong Province on Sunday, local authorities said on Monday.
A high-rise building that was ablaze for over 11 hours in downtown Guangzhou no casualties have been reported so far. Some 20 people, including workers inside the building and nearby residents, have been relocated, according to the municipal firefighting department
The plan for the destruction of all Syrian chemical stockpiles outside the country will be released on Dec. 17, a UN spokesperson said on Wednesday.
A driver and two passengers were confirmed dead after a jeep went into the crowd and caught fire in front of the Tian'anmen Rostrum in downtown Beijing on Monday noon.
HBO's Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra" finished as the big winner at the 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award held here Sunday night, taking home a total of eight awards.
Nepalese campaigners on Sunday protested in front of the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, demanding a separate Gorkhaland state in northeastern India.
The head of a 50-member electoral observation mission in Mali sent by the African union (AU) has called on Malians to turn out "massively" in Sunday's presidential run-off.
More than 24 hours after a deadly fire broke out in a poultry processing plant in northeast China's Jilin Province, rescuers are still racing against time in the hope of finding survivors.
A fire engulfed a slaughterhouse in northeast China's Jilin Province on Monday, leaving at least 112 people dead and 54 others injured.
At least 14 out of the 27 European Union (EU) member states have voted against the European Commission's proposal to impose punitive duties on imported Chinese solar panels, sources told Xinhua on Monday.
A big fire broke out in a mental hospital in Russia's Moscow region early Friday, killing at least 36 people, the Russian emergency department said.
A total of 13 children out of 78 were killed in a fire that broke out with a mosque school in Yangon's Botataung township early Tuesday, local authorities confirmed.
A relatively new residential building in east China's Zhejiang Province collapsed on Sunday.
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