Thai police have arrested suspects from four nations in connection with a $1 million heist at a jewelry fair. Police Lt. Col. Jamroon Plaiduang said Tuesday a Mexican man, a Turkish man, a Malaysian woman and a Thai man were …
Search teams have found some cockpit instruments in the wreckage of a Russian passenger jet that slammed into a cliff atop a dormant Indonesian volcano. But National Transportation Safety Commission chief Tatang Kurniadi said they have found the emergency locator …
An earthquake has shaken down walls and knocked out electricity in parts of far-northern Chile. No injuries have been reported, though. The U.S. Geological Survey calculates the magnitude as 6.2 and says it was centered about 41 miles (66 kilometers) …
Thirty-one people were injured and seven hospitalized after a fire erupted inside Formula One team Williams’ garage after its driver Pastor Maldonado won the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday. Governing body FIA said 31 people were treated by Catalunya Circuit …
Dozens of fledgling airlines that have sprung up to serve Indonesia’s island-hopping new middle class could jeopardize the archipelago’s recently improved safety reputation, aviation experts say. The trend threatens to erode higher standards established during what one analyst called a …
A New York judge has ordered an anonymous blogger to appear in court next week over accusations that the blog Alfredlittle.com wrote false reports about a Chinese company to drive down the stock. The blogger was served with a subpoena …
Officials say a fire that swept through a sprawling squatters’ colony on Manila Bay’s rim has left two people missing and some 10,000 others homeless. Several residents jumped into the bay, clutching small appliances, to escape Friday’s blaze in Manila’s …
Claimspro International (CPI), an independent division of SCM Insurance Services (SCM), offering loss adjusting and surveying services to London and the international market, has promoted Tim Cramer-Todd to executive Director. Cramer-Todd, formerly technical Director of CPI, has been with the …
An inferno at a three-story clothing store in the southern Philippines early Wednesday killed 17 employees, all women who were sleeping on the top floor, police said. Three women managed to dash out of a burning room and groped their …
Insurance company Allianz SE says net profits shot up more than 50 percent to (euro) 1.4 billion in the first quarter compared to a year ago as claims from natural disasters fell. Earnings a year ago were (euro) 915 million, …
