DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A government investigation found poor quality construction materials and building code violations were among the "series of irregularities" that caused the collapse of a building housing garment factories last month... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime - shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon... [Full Article]
REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) - In one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey in recent years, two car bombs exploded near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 43 and wounding 140 others. Turkish officials blamed the attack on a group linked to Syria, and ... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - The highest-level inquiry to date into the deaths of nearly 900 protesters during Egypt's 2011 uprising has concluded police were behind nearly all the killings and used snipers on rooftops overlooking Cairo's central Tahrir Sq... [Full Article]
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities say a truck that exploded and caused an elevated stretch of highway to collapse, killing 10 people, was loaded with holiday fireworks that were illegally produced and transported. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Cost-cutting, a lack of governance at the Department for Transport and mistakes by ministers contributed to the mishandling of the award of the West Coast Main Line rail franchise, according to a parliamentary report into the fiasc... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Inflation, weak exports and tight credit were the main reasons Britain's growth forecasts were wrong over the past two years, the government body responsible said on Tuesday, while austerity may also have hurt more than first ... [Full Article]
Smoked salmon tainted with salmonella bacteria has sickened hundreds of people in the Netherlands, sparking major recalls there and in the U.S., Dutch health authorities said Tuesday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Fires swept through two clothing factories in Pakistan, leaving 283 people dead - many trapped behind locked doors and barred windows - highlighting the atrocious working conditions in a country where workplaces often lack basic safety equipment and ... [Full Article]
British police and medics whose failures contributed to the deaths of 96 soccer fans in the country's worst sports disaster unfairly blamed the dead for the 1989 tragedy and sought to cover up their actions, newly disclosed documents revealed We... [Full Article]
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