At least three people were killed and 10 others went missing in a powerful natural gas line explosion that occurred in Johnson County, the US state of Texas on Monday, local media reported.
Finance ministers of eurozone countries agreed on Monday on final details of the 750-billion- euro (about $897 billion) rescue package designed to contain a spreading debt crisis.
The Obama administration on Monday condemned a suicide bombing attack earlier in the day in Afghanistan, vowing to work closely with the Karzai-led government to fight against terrorism.
China is increasingly influential with its leadership speaking out on the world stage for its fiscal consolidation, Jim Flaherty, the minister of finance of Canada, said Monday, after his trip to China and Republic of Korea.
Seven workers with a drilling crew working on a natural gas well in the US state of West Virginia were injured when their drill hit an underground pocket of methane gas and caused an explosion, officials said Monday.
Apple Inc on Monday unveiled the latest model of iPhone which is thinner and has new features such as higher resolution display and a front-facing camera.
Finance ministers of the 16- member Eurozone are meeting on Monday to finalize details of the rescue package agreed about one month ago to assure markets rattled by the European debt crisis.
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Molucca Sea, Indonesia at 22:27 Jakarta time (1527 GMT) on Monday,the US Geological Survey said.
Germany's cabinet agreed to slash the federal budget by 80 billion euros ($95 million) through 2014, setting an example to those debt-laden eurozone countries, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Monday.
The suicide-plagued IT manufacturing giant Foxconn said Monday that the company's decision to offer its Chinese mainland assembly line workers large wage hikes -- possibly causing a spike in operational costs -- may not damage company finances.
Senior high school graduates from quake-hit Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture will face an admission score threshold 10 points lower than the provincial average, said education authorities Monday.
Hong Kong Customs announced Monday that it had destroyed a cross-boundary marked oil smuggling syndicate with assistance of the Chinese mainland.