Cyprus police rescued five injured crew from the water following an explosion on a Maltese-flagged oil tanker off the island's south coast on Saturday, authorities said.

The death toll from an oil tanker explosion in central Pakistan last month has risen to at least 205 people, government officials said Monday, as more victims succumbed to their injuries. The tanker overturned on a main highwaywhile carrying some 40,000 litres of fuel on June 25.

Pakistan began Eid in mourning Monday as the death toll in an oil tanker explosion rose to 153, with scores injured after they were caught in a fireball while scooping up spilled fuel.

Argentina’s cabinet chief yesterday said journalists could work safely in the country after the reporter who broke the news of the mysterious death...