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One dead, 24 hospitalized as cholera hits district in SW Tanzania

CholeraoutbreakinsouthwesternTanzania'sdistrictofKyelahaskilledonepersonandleft24othershospitalized,officialssaidonSunday.KyelaDistrictMedicalOfficer,MariamGwer

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19 killed, 8 injured in Beijing house fire

NineteenpeoplewerekilledandeightothersinjuredinahousefireinBeijing'ssouthernDaxingDistrictSaturdaynight,localauthoritiessaid.Thefirewasextinguishedataround9p.m.

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Samsung Group chief Lee Jae-yong got 5 years in jail, will appeal

TheSeoulCentralDistrictCourtonFridaysentencedSamsung'sdefactoheadLeeJae-yongtofiveyearsinprisononmultiplechargesrelatedtothecorruptionscandalthatledtotheremoval

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Uganda monitors 3 suspected cases of viral hemorrhagic fever

Uganda'sMinistryofHealthsaidFridaythatitismonitoringthreesuspectedcasesoftheViralHemorrhagicFeverinthecountry'sLuweroDistrict.Theministrysaidinastatementthatthr

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Five arrested over death of graduate duped by fake company

Five people in relation to a death of a university graduate have been arrested, one of them was accused of organizing a pyramid scheme, the rest of them were accused of illegal detentions.

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Five arrested over death of graduate duped by fake company

Fivepeopleinrelationtoadeathofauniversitygraduatehavebeenarrested,oneofthemwasaccusedoforganizingapyramidscheme,therestofthemwereaccusedofillegaldetentions.LiWe

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At least 10 killed in bus accident in Mid-Western Nepal: official

At least 10 people were killed when a passenger bus veered off the road and plunged down at Rakam Karnali of Dailekh District in the Mid-Western Region of Nepal on Wednesday afternoon, a senior government official told Xinhua by phone.

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Aircraft found crashed in Nepal

An aircraft of missing Tara Airlines with 23 people on board has been found crashed in Myagdi District in Nepal on Wednesday afternoon.

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Eight die, five injured in Beijing bungalow fire

​The fire occurred at a bungalow in Sunhe Township of eastern Beijing's Chaoyang District in the early hours on Sunday.

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U.S. capital celebrates 153rd anniversary of Emancipation Day

​The U.S. capital city Washington D.C. on Thursday marks the 153rd anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.

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More than 20 missing in E China coal mine blast

More than 20 people have been missing in a coal mine gas outburst Tuesday in east China's Anhui Province, local authorities said.

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Dozens injured in clash over incinerator plan in China

At least 10 protestors and 29 policemen were injured as they clashed at a rally Saturday against a plan to build a waste incinerator in east China's Hangzhou city, capital of Zhejiang Province, authorities said.

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Shanghai liquid ammonia leak kills 15

Fifteen people were confirmed dead and 25 others injured, five critically, after a liquid ammonia leak at a refrigeration unit in Shanghai on Saturday, local authorities said.

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Bird-flu outbreak confirmed in Nepal

A bird-flu outbreak has been confirmed in Dharke of Dhading district in central Nepal, officials said Friday as some 3,000 fowls have already died in the area and have been safely dumped into pits