Officers in Rome suspect the killing was part of the so-called "Coat Hanger Wars" within Italy's Chinese criminal networks.

ROME, April 16 (Reuters) - A senior figure in the Chinese underworld has been shot dead along with a companion in a mafia ... Chinese criminal factions originally centered in the northern city of ...

The fire in Chengde city, about 180km from the national capital Beijing, broke out at around 9pm local time and 20 people were confirmed dead by 3am ... a problem in China, with dozens of people ...

Twenty people were killed in a fire that broke out at a nursing home in China’s Hebei province, authorities said, adding that ...

QUITO, April 21 (Xinhua) -- At least five people died and six others were injured in an armed attack Sunday night in west Ecuador's coastal city of Manta ... "One of the dead was a Colombian ...

A huge 7.7 magnitude earthquake has hit central Myanmar, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). At least 144 people have died and 732 have been injured so far in the country, Myanmar ...

At least 20 people were killed in a major fire that engulfed a nursing home in northern China's Hebei ... in Chengde city, about 180km from the national capital Beijing, broke out at around 9pm local ...

Fire hazards remain a problem in China, with dozens of people killed in fire-related incidents last year. In January, a fire at a food market in Zhangjiakou city in Hebei province killed eight ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...