Six more people were detained by Chinese authorities over the deaths of 74 workers in the collapse of a platform in a cooling tower at a power plant, one of the worst work safety disasters in China in recent years.
A spokeswoman for a Polish mining corporation says that one miner has died and seven are missing underground following a strong tremor that caused a cave-in at a copper mine in southwestern Poland.
The Australian government has won a crucial victory in Parliament by breaking a political stalemate that had sent the country to an early election five months ago.
Opponents of a Chinese company's planned interoceanic canal across Nicaragua say police have set up roadblocks and are harassing demonstrators heading to a Wednesday protest in the nation's capital.
Police in Brazil's capital have clashed with protesters during a demonstration outside Congress while lawmakers considered legislation that has angered some Brazilians.
A German citizen employed by the country’s domestic intelligence agency was arrested Tuesday for allegedly making Islamist declarations on the internet and sharing internal material, Reuters reports.
The Egyptian parliament on Tuesday approved a new law regulating non-governmental organizations that gives security agencies extensive power over the financing and activities of NGOs and rights groups.
A Turkish governor and state-run media say a fire at a student dormitory for girls in the southern town of Aladag has killed 12 people and wounded 22 others.
A Turkish governor and state-run media say a fire at a student dormitory for girls in the southern town of Aladag has killed 12 people and wounded 22 others.
The U.N.'s special envoy for Yemen says an announcement by the Houthi rebels and allies from the ousted president's party to unilaterally declare the formation of a new government in Sanaa is an obstacle to the peace process.
A 51-year-old German man working for the country's domestic intelligence service is reportedly under investigation for allegedly disclosing internal information on Islamic extremist chat sites.