A malfunctioning Ukrainian naval drone has caused an explosion at a key Black Sea port in Romania.
Fireball seen after explosion at Mexico gas facility
Charred beyond recognition, the victim bodies were found near the doorstep in their modest one floor home, suggesting a desperate attempt to escape the flames.
Two men were injured in the explosion and were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
A large explosion has torn through a fireworks factory in northern Malta, damaging buildings several kilometres away.
Explosives store blast kills dozens in Myanmar village.
At least 46 people have been killed and 70 wounded in explosion in rebel-held area, local media report.
Insurgents say it was caused by explosives being used for mining close to the Chinese border.
Surveillance video caught the moment a powerful explosion surged through the tunnels of a coal mine in China.
The explosion took place at 19:29 local time on Friday at a coal mine in northern China.
More than 50 people have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in the central Chinese province of Shanxi that trapped dozens more. State news agency Xinhua reported that the gas explosion happened in Qinyuan county, about 520km (320 miles) southwest of Beijing, on Friday after the mine issued a carbon monoxide alert late on Friday. There were 247 workers underground at the time of the blast. It was unclear whether other workers remained trapped. President Xi Jinping called for rescuers to “make...
Blast occurs near Defence Ministry building in Bab Sharqi district of the capital.
Plumes of smoke from a suspected car bomb explosion outside an armament management centre in Damascus.
At least nine people were killed and some 30 injured in a blast at a market in the Pakistani town of Sarai Naurang.
About 30 people wounded in blast in town of Sarai Naurang, in Lakki Marwat district, northwestern Pakistan.
Officials are investigating what caused the explosion at a popular marina in southern Florida.
When a deadly blast rocked a small town in central China this week, killing 26 and injuring 61, hundreds of fireworks factories in the surrounding area were in peak production season for overseas orders, including for the 250th anniversary of American independence on July 4, industry insiders said. They added that fireworks producers in Liuyang, Hunan province – often called the “fireworks capital of the world” – were rushing to fill orders before a mandatory production ban from June to August...