A suicide bomber rammed an SUV loaded with explosives into a Catholic church holding Mass on Sunday in northern Nigeria, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 100 others in an attack that sparked reprisal killings in the city, authorities and witnesses said.

Three suicide bomb attacks on churches rocked a northern Nigerian state yesterday, killing at least 21 people and wounding about 100.

The American pilot of the passenger jet that crashed in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday reported engine trouble shortly before the crash, airline officials said.

Emergency workers in Nigeria fought fires and searched for bodies through the night after an airliner crashed, killing all 153 on board.

Robbers angered by a crowd burning one of their colleagues alive attacked a cattle market in north east Nigeria, killing at least 34 people in the latest violence fanning across the bloodied region, witnesses and an official said.

An explosion has struck a city in central Nigeria, causing unknown injuries, police said.

Terror attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people – the majority dying on the steps of a church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood pooled in dust from a massive explosion.

At least 25 people were killed today when an explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria’s capital.

At least 25 people were killed today when an explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria’s capital city.

An explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria’s capital today.

Religious rioting in the Nigeria city of Jos has killed at least 21 people in recent days, as authorities seem to be unable to curb rising violence.

At least 23 people including several children have died after heavy rains caused flooding in the south of Nigeria, officials said today.

Thousands of holidaymakers on the US east coast have been ordered to head home as Hurricane Irene approaches.

A large and powerful Hurricane Irene roared across the Bahamas archipelago, knocking down trees and destroying homes on a path that officials said posed the greatest threat to the country’s smaller, less-populated islands.

Thousands of rescuers dug through thick mud for survivors of deadly landslides and flooding as South Korea's military warned of the threat of buried land mines.

SUSPECTED members of a radical Islamist sect threw bombs at a drinking spot in Nigeria’s north-eastern town of Maiduguri yesterday, killing around 25 people, witnesses and military sources said.

Multiple blasts have rocked a city in Nigeria's restive north east where a radical Muslim sect is accused of a rash of targeted killings, authorities said.

Rioters set homes on fire and youths armed with machetes set up roadblocks through a Nigerian city plagued by violence between Christians and Muslims.

A typhoon slammed into South Korea today, killing three people in what is thought to be the strongest tropical storm to hit the Seoul area in 15 years.

South Korea staged a nationwide civil defence drill today amid simmering tensions with the North over the sinking of a South Korean warship.

Haitian families scrambled on to rooftops and screamed for help today in a city flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, as United Nations peacekeepers and rescue convoys tried in vain to reach them.

A suspected arson attack left South Korea's greatest landmark in ruins today, destroying the centuries-old wooden structure atop the Namdaemun gate that was deemed the country's top national treasure.

South Korea’s largest oil spill reached part of the country’s scenic and environmentally sensitive western shore today, as the Coast Guard battled high waves and strong winds to keep more oil from washing up on beaches.

A fire at a South Korean detention centre today killed nine foreigners and injured 18 others, mostly Chinese, who were awaiting deportation for illegal entry.