US election results: Obama wins second term


Hurricane Sandy wreaks havoc in the US
Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc in the Eastern parts of the US this week. At least 181 people have been reported killed by this storm. Weather forecasters have been praised for correctly forecasting Sandy, lead... Read more »
Pakistan factory blaze kills more than 280 people
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Fires at two clothing factories in Pakistan left 283 people dead — many trapped behind locked doors and barred windows — tragedies that highlight workplace perils in a country whe... Read more »
61 Migrants die as their boat sinks off Turkey
At least 61 migrants including Palestinians and Syrians, more than half of them children, died after their overcrowded boat sank just tens of metres off Turkey’s western Aegean coast on Thursday, official... Read more »