Stock indices still look quite perky in London and New York despite what senior commentators dub the worst financial crisis since the Second World War. Yet Asian markets tell a different story and probably signal days to come.

When you are in the eye of a storm your emotions are relief after surviving through a tough time and still being in one piece. Yet danger still lies ahead as you move out of the eye and back into the storm, and you should be making sure you build a better life-raft while you...

A helicopter crash in Cranbrook, BC, east of Vancouver, killed 3 passengers on board and struck and killed a civilian on the ground. "A helicopter plunged to the ground and burst into flames in a residential neighborhood in western Canada on Tuesday, killing the three people...

13 students from Kordofan University were among the dead when 20 carriages of a train came off the rails near Al-Foula in Sudan during the night. At least 15 people are reported killed and 28 injured."At least 15 people, most of them university students, are reported to have...

"Engine failure has been blamed for a plane crash in which South Sudan's defence minister was killed along with at least 22 other people. "Two engines failed and there was nothing the pilot could do," said Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan."

At least nine people have been killed and 27 injured when a coach carrying European and North American tourists overturned and caught fire in Egypt's Sinai peninsula. The nationalities of the dead have not been confirmed, but one report quoted an official saying the dead...