The death toll from a warehouse explosion in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, rose to eight as of Wednesday evening, local police said.
Summer climbers to Mt. Fuji during July 1 to Aug. 31 this year declined 2.5 percent from a year earlier to 310,721, due to tighter restrictions on car use, local media reported Wednesday.
An explosion happened in south China's Guangzhou City around noon Tuesday, local police said.
A truck collided with five other vehicles in South Africa on Thursday night, killing at least 24 people and injuring about 80 others, local media reported.
At least 56 people were killed and 170 others wounded in separate attacks in central and eastern Iraq on Tuesday, the police said.
At least 15 people have been confirmed dead and more than 20 others injured, after a liquid ammonia leak at a refrigeration unit in Shanghai on Saturday.
The UN Refugee Agency ( UNHCR) on Thursday urged authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) to take "immediate action" to protect civilians from the country's political crisis which has forced thousands to flee their homes in the capital of Bangui, a UN spokesperson said.
At least 12 people, including women and children, are confirmed dead in the twin building collapse in the western Indian state of Gujarat in the wee hours of Wednesday, a senior police official said.
European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Monday said it was important that the United Nations inspectors in Syria were able to examine evidences as quickly as possible and reach clear conclusions about what has taken place in the violence torn country.
Four people have been killed and 11 others were injured when a knife-wielding man hacked passengers on a bus on Sunday night in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local police said.
A survey by the Chinese Health Ministry has revealed that China's ban on smoking in indoor public spaces has been mostly ignored.
Rainstorms and ensuing floods have left 19 people dead in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Friday.
The bodies of 78-year-old Bai Hengshu and his wife Wang Chengzhen were dug out of the thick mud debris in the floor of their house.
In the first half of this year the number of accidents and consequent deaths in China dropped 3.8 percent and 13.9 percent year on year respectively, but the situation remains serious, a safety official said Tuesday.
Hundreds of villagers in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were trapped by a flood on Monday after a reservoir discharged water amid severe downpours, local authorities said.
Syria's Information Ministry on Monday condemned as an attack on a police convoy that killed 25 Egyptian policemen as an "outrageous terrorist act."
Three people have been killed and another 13 injured after a knife-wielding man attempted to rob a bus in central China's Henan Province Monday afternoon, local police said.
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