Disasters

A transformer explosion that caused a fire in a coal mine in western Turkey on Wednesday killed at least 201 workers. The accident is considered one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history.

To protest the greater access offered by the Philippine government to the U.S. under a 10-year agreement signed on Monday, militant groups in Manila burned the effigy of visiting U.S. President Barack Obama in an afternoon rally.

Naomi Watts suffered a major makeup malfunction at the after party of "Diana" premiere yesterday, September 5. The actress wore a LBD for the film after party and forgot to clear the powder off her nose.

Current nuclear-crisis embattled Japan, along with Ukraine, are set to hurtle into space a satellite that's specifically designed to monitor the amounts of radiation emitted by global nuclear power plants, such as that of the crippled Fukushima of 2011 and Chernobyl of 1986.

Occurrences of worldwide flooding has cornered the bulk of global insurance claims for the first half or six months of the year 2013, according to preliminary data released by Switzerland-based reinsurance giant Swiss Re on Wednesday.

Princess Beatrice of York just turned 25 on August 8. The infamous royal wedding Philip Treacy fascinator will forever be associated with the British royal, but there’s more to Princess Beatrice’s style than that odd choice of headpiece.

Suits Season 3, Episode 4 ("Conflict of Interest") is like Game of Thrones for seniors Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) and Louis Litt (Rick Hoffman), as well as Mike Ross (Patrick J Adams) and Katrina Bennett (Amanda Schull). The lords and their apprentices battle it out for supremacy. But together, they aim to protect the interests of a supposedly guilty client. Meanwhile, the King and Queen argue on the way the games are played.

Never mind what Victoria’s secret is. One of the brand’s Angels has a confession - Behati Prinsloo goes braless on the regular.

Kate Upton wears pants! The Sports Illustrated swimsuit model isn’t all sheer dresses, bikinis, and topless horse-riding videos, after all.

She’s a Vogue cover girl, a Youtube sensation, and an in demand model, but Kate Upton’s see-through dress at the “Casting By” after party was a bit of a sheer disaster.

A picture is worth a thousand words. The most shocking pictures are worth much more.

Australian airline Qantas announced that it would launched its new Qantas Club ad campaign featuring supermodel Miranda Kerr.

Lady Gaga arrived in Tokyo for another leg of her “Born This Way Ball” sporting a multi-colored mane that resembles the rainbow.

The red carpet affair of the 2012 Oscar Awards was an eventful part of the much-awaited ceremony, with stunts and bad ensembles tainting the most glamorous dress-off in Hollywood.

Australian top model and Victoria’s Secret Angel Miranda Kerr was named as the newest ambassador of Australia’s airline Qantas.

The Google team has fulfilled their promise to digitally archive images of areas in major and coastal cities in Japan that were damaged due to the earthquake and tsunami that struck in March 11, 2011.