Two people have been killed in an underground explosion at a mine in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), the first such incident of its kind since ...

The number of people killed by bears in Japan this year has reached a record high, the country's environment ministry has said.Seven people have died since April - the ...

Investigations are continuing in the Republic of Ireland into the fatal stabbing of a teenage boy who had come to the country seeking asylum.Vadym Davydenko, who was from Ukraine, ...

A coroner has raised concerns about legal maintenance requirements for some agricultural vehicles after a man was killed when he was struck by a faulty tractor.Richard Ellis, 65, died ...

Graham FraserTechnology reporterGetty ImagesWith smartphones, where Apple leads others often follow - so it launching an iPhone this week without a traditional Sim card is raising questions over the ...

Watch: Fire and tear gas as protesters clash with police in NepalNepal has lifted a social media ban after it sparked anti-corruption protests that led to clashes with police, ...

At least two people have been killed and 13 injured in a new Russian overnight drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv, local officials have said.One of the victims was ...

BBCEmergency services were called to the A830 on Thursday nightThree teenagers have died after the car they were in crashed on the A830 in the Highlands, police have said.Police ...

André Rhoden-PaulBBC NewsHow the double strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital unfoldedThe UN has said "there needs to be justice" following Israel's double strike on a Gaza hospital which killed ...

Family handoutCorrie Lee Stavers' family said the pain of losing him was impossible to put into wordsA fairground worker who died at a seaside carnival will be loved endlessly, ...

An Australian man who murdered a British woman while breaking into her Queensland home will be eligible for earlier release after appealing against his sentence.Emma Lovell, who emigrated from ...

Family handoutRuth Szymankiewicz "was and still is deeply loved", her parents told the jury last weekA 14-year-old girl left alone to self-harm at a mental health hospital when she ...