Hamas announced today that it would freeze its rocket attacks on southern Israel, after Israeli war planes bombed the Gaza Strip. The Islamist group, which has run the blockaded coastal enclave since 2007, said it had come to an agreement with other ...

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- At least 26 people died Sunday when a ferry sank off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and an unknown number of people were missing, officials said.

China's leaders say they are making the country's coal mines safer places to work by closing small and illegal mines. They claim that this campaign has reduced the number of coalmine deaths by nearly a half over the last four years.