Iraqi leader resists US push for Turkish role in Mosul fight
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s push for Iraq to let Turkey play a role in the battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group encountered…
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Russian coal mine accident kills 36, including 5 rescuers
A methane gas leak at a coal mine in Russia’s far north triggered three explosions that ignited fires and partially collapsed the mine, killing 36 people, officials said Sunday. The…
China blast zone evacuated over chemical contamination fears
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN New small explosions rocked a disaster zone in the Chinese port of Tianjin on Saturday, as authorities pulled out an additional survivor and began evacuating the area…
VENEZUELA GOVT CLAIMS SABOTAGE IN DEADLY BLAST
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Venezuela’s oil minister said Monday that…
BANGLADESH BUILDING COLLAPSE VICTIMS BURIED
By CHRIS BLAKE and FARID HOSSAIN Army personnel watch as workers toil in the collapsed garment factory building, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Emergency workers hauling…
COLLAPSED BUILDING OWNER MAY FACE 7 YEARS IN JAIL
By FARID HOSSAIN and CHRIS BLAKE A Bangladeshi rescuer looks out from a hole cut in the concrete as he looks for survivors at the site of a building that…
BANGLADESH COLLAPSE FACTORIES IGNORED EVACUATION
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi people gather as rescuers look for survivors and victims at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh,Thursday, April 25, 2013.…
RESCUERS SEARCH RUINS OF TEXAS FERTILIZER PLANT
By JOHN L. MONE and MICHAEL BRICK A fire still burns in a apartment complex destroyed near a fertilizer plant that exploded earlier in West, Texas, in this photo made…