Memories painful on Chernobyl’s 30th anniversary
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and DMYTRO VLASOV As Ukraine and Belarus on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident with solemn words and an angry protest, some of…
Building explosions
At least 44 dead as huge warehouse blasts hit Chinese port
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Huge, fiery blasts at a warehouse for hazardous chemicals killed at least 44 people and turned nearby buildings into skeletal shells in the Chinese port of Tianjin,…
Police official: Charlie Hebdo suspects dead, hostage freed
By LORI HINNANT and ELAINE GANLEY A police official on the scene of the standoff between two armed brothers suspected in the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo newsroom says the…
3 killed in gas pipeline blast in Poland
Flames and smoke are billowing above rooftops and houses burning after a gas pipeline exploded during renovation works in Jankow Przygodzki, western Poland, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Several people were…
Blast rocks S. Ore. DA’s office; no injuries
Officials work at the scene near the Jackson County District Attorney’s office after an explosion shattered windows and damaged the buildings interior Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, in Medford, Ore. Officers…
LIBYA: CAR BOMB HITS FOREIGN MINISTRY IN BENGHAZI
By ESAM MOHAMED People gather to look at the site of a car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday near Libya’s Foreign…