Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology Raed Fahmi was injured on Friday in a road accident in Jordan which killed six people including two Britons, police said. Police spokesman Mohammed Khatib said 28 other people were injured in the accident on the Dead Sea road to Amman in the Jordan Valley after their tourist bus crashed early on Friday. Khatib ...

Authorities say two young men have died and another is in serious condition after becoming trapped inside a grain bin in northwestern Illinois. The Carroll County sheriff's department says 19-year-old Alejandro Pacas and 14-year-old Wyatt Whitebread were pulled from the grain bin after ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - When someone collapses suddenly, mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing may not be necessary and could lower the chances of survival, researchers said in two studies on Wednesday that found chest compression alone is enough. The findings add to evidence that the simpler approach works best during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR. "Chest compression alone is at least as good, at least ...

More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research. The two new studies conclude that "hands-only" chest compression is enough to save ...

A Japanese tanker first thought to have been hit by an blast in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday then said to have been struck by a huge wave arrived in the United Arab Emirates, a port official said. The M.Star of the Mitsui OSK Lines arrived in Fujairah harbour under its own steam for repairs. The official WAM news ...

A mysterious explosion hit a Japanese oil tanker near Iran in the vital Strait of Hormuz early on Wednesday, spotlighting a potential threat in a chokepoint for global oil supplies. There were differing theories about the cause of the blast -- which did not cause any serious injuries or an oil spill -- ranging from a terrorist attack to an explosion of ...

At least six people died and more than 300 others were injured in an explosion when a chemical pipeline ignited in eastern China on Wednesday, state media reported. The blast occurred in the city of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, at about 10:00 am (0200 GMT), China National Radio said on its website. It said a pipeline carrying ethylene ...

At least two people died and up to 200 others were injured in an explosion when a chemical pipeline ignited in eastern China on Wednesday, state media reported. The blast occurred in the city of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, at about 10 a.m. (0200 GMT), China National Radio said on its website. It said a pipeline carrying ethylene ...

State media says an explosion at a factory in eastern China has injured about 100 people. The official Xinhua News Agency says the Wednesday morning blast occurred at a plastics factory in downtown Nanjing city in eastern Jiangsu province. Nearly 100 people were injured and rushed to ...

Mets left fielder Jason Bay has been diagnosed with a mild concussion and is out of the lineup for at least a few days. Bay hurt himself when he crashed into the wall Friday night while making a catch at Dodger Stadium. He played Saturday ...