A powerful earthquake rattled Chile's remote northern Andes region near the Bolivian and Peruvian borders, killing at least eight people and causing widespread damage in several mountain villages.

Six police officers have died after their small plane crashed while they were on their way to investigate a road accident that claimed 22 lives in northern Chile.

A bus carrying workers to a copper mine collided head-on with a truck in northern Chile today, killing 22 people.