Dozens of firefighters were feared trapped under the rubble after Iran's oldest high-rise, the 15-storey Plasco building in downtown Tehran, collapsed live on TV on Thursday following a fire.
Death toll in the collapsed Church building in Uyo, capital of southeast Nigeria's Akwa Ibom State on Saturday has risen beyond 100, as casualty figures are being collated from various health facilities, health officials told Xinhua here on Sunday.
An ongoing excavation at the ancient Cypriot city of Kourion has provided visible evidence of the magnitude of a 4th century earthquake that caused widespread destruction in several countries of the eastern Mediterranean, an official of the Antiquities Department said on Tuesday.
Firefighters were battling a huge blaze engulfing a fruit market in Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon.
New Zealand police investigating the collapse of a building that killed 115 people -- most of them young students from Asia -- in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake said Friday they will dig into the building's foundations.
A raging inferno has killed two firemen and exposed the lax safety regulations in old industrial buildings given a new lease of life as storage facilities. Chief Executive paid tribute to the firefighters and offered his condolences as government prepared for possibility of mass evacuation of entire neighborhood.
The waterfront building in an upscale part of Stockholm was meant to showcase one of the world's most famous prizes.
Three slabs of grass sit atop Polytechnic University’s Shaw Amenities Building. The vegetation, about 150 millimetres thick and enclosed by barriers, appears dishevelled after a bout of rain. Dark blotches of moisture stain the perimeter.
Dubai has opened what it said was the world's first functioning 3D-printed office building, part of a drive by the Gulf's main tourism and business hub to develop technology that cuts costs and saves time.
The chief executive said on Tuesday morning that various government departments had got together to review green building policies after the City University roof collapse.
Kenyan authorities on Friday begun demolition of unsafe residential buildings in Nairobi as death toll from a collapsed building in Huruma estate rose to 42 on Friday.National Disaster Management Unit (NDMU) Incident Commander.
A massive fire broke out Tuesday in a multi-storied building in Indian capital city New Delhi, destroying a museum, officials said.
Fire Services say they largely put out Wan Chai blaze that sends two to hospital
After fleeing from one school to the next in search of safety, a 49-year-old quake evacuee spent a restless and chilly night outside in a schoolyard.
A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Tuesday said that international peace-building efforts should be based on the specific needs of post-conflict countries.
Heavy machines work at the rescue site of the Wei Guan building toppled by a strong quake in Tainan, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb. 10, 2016. The 6.7-magnitude earthquake, which struck southern Taiwan early Saturday, has killed at least 39 people in the collapse of the Wei Guan building, a 16-storey residential complex.
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