CIREBON, Indonesia – The death toll from the collapse of a stone quarry in Indonesia’s West Java province has risen to at least 17, with eight people still missing, officials said Saturday. The victims were…

MADRID, May 31 – Seven migrant women and children who died when their boat capsized just metres from shore in Spain’s Canary Islands were buried on Friday at the La Restringa harbour where they had…

SHIJIAZHUANG, May 31 – An explosion at a chemical plant in Wuyi County, north China’s Hebei Province, claimed five lives and left two injured on Friday, local authorities confirmed Saturday. The blast occurred around 6:30…

KYIV – Authorities in Ukraine’s Sumy region bordering Russia on Saturday ordered the mandatory evacuation of 11 villages because of bombardments, as Kyiv feared a Russian offensive there. “This decision takes into account the constant…

May 31 – Flooding in Nigeria’s Niger State this week has killed 151 people and forced several thousand from their homes, an emergency official told Reuters on Saturday. Ibrahim Audu Hussaini, director of information at…

TOKYO, May 31 – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off the coast of Kushiro in Japan’s Hokkaido on Saturday, local weather agency said. The temblor occurred at 5:37 p.m. local time…

JAKARTA, May 31 – The number of casualties of landslides at a quarry in Indonesia’s West Java province increased to 14, and 11 others are still missing, an official said on Saturday. Search for the…

SYDNEY, May 31 – Police are searching for two attackers after three men were stabbed northwest of Sydney in the early hours of Saturday morning. Emergency services were called to a street in the city…

SEOUL, May 31 – A fire broke out on a train of Subway Line 5 in South Korea’s capital Seoul at about 8:47 a.m. local time on Saturday, according to multiple media outlets. According to…