Survivors and witnesses of a plane crash in Nepal have described scenes of chaos when the aircraft went down, killing at least 49 people.

 Thousands of Iranians have spent a second night outdoors in bitterly cold temperatures after a devastating earthquake hit the west of the country.

 Dozens are feared dead after an avalanche crushed a luxury hotel in a mountainous area of central Italy hit by earthquakes on Wednesday,

 For survivors and relatives of victims of a landslide that struck with the force of half an atom bomb it is a time to grieve. For witnesses to a fatal avalanche at the Mount Everest base camp, it is time to climb again.

 Rescuers in Ecuador were losing hope on Tuesday of finding more survivors from an earthquake that killed nearly 500 people and dealt a shattering blow to the South American OPEC country's already fragile economy.

Touring a city ravaged by the earthquake that killed at least 413 people, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on Monday contemplated a rebuilding costing billions of dollars and a potentially "huge" impact on the fragile OPEC economy.

Guinea was declared free of Ebola on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still awaiting a countdown for the end of the epidemic. 

 More than 2,000 rescuers are searching for survivors of a landslide in eastern China that has killed at least 21 people.

 A major rescue operation is under way to save dozens of people thought to be trapped in rubble after a factory collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan.

 Ebola persists in the semen of male survivors much longer than previously thought, a study shows.

 The number of the people killed in the mudslide that swamped the Guatemalan village of El Cambray II Thursday night has risen to 107, the government announced Sunday.

 Malaysian authorities say a boat carrying at least 70 people has capsized off the country's west coast.

 Hundreds of people are feared dead after two boats carrying about 500 migrants sank off Libya, officials say.

 At least 11 people have died after a building collapsed near India's western city of Mumbai, police say.

Chinese salvagers have fully righted the ship which capsized on the Yangtze River, on which more than 400 people are thought to have died. 

Fourteen people have been rescued and seven are confirmed dead more than 24 hours after a passenger ship carrying 456 people capsized in China's Yangtze River,

 More than 50 people have been killed in a landslide in Antioquia province in north-west Colombia, officials say.

 Rescue work has resumed to find victims and survivors of the latest deadly earthquake to hit Nepal.

 Italian PM Matteo Renzi has led calls for more European Union action on sea migration after the latest deadly capsize of a boat in the Mediterranean.