Disasters

Companies and individuals must be vigilant against dangerous cyber-criminal, says Hale

21 people dead and more injured after huge explosion at fireworks factory in Phu Tho province, Northern Vietnam

Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca goes ahead amid heightened security and fears over deadly virus.

JPMorgan posts first quarterly loss under chief executive Jamie Dimon

Charity to send volunteers to collect food for UK citizens for first time in 70 years.

Paul Tucker makes last appearance at Treasury Select Committee.

Methods used to calculate size of Deepwater Horizon catastrophe results in litigation.

Italy, Malta and Spain at receiving end as Mediterranean becomes preferred route into Europe.

UN official blames Italy's 'repressive' immigrant policies for mid-sea disaster in which people from Eritrea, Somalia and Ghana have perished.

US federal appeals judge orders lower court to examine settlement claims to check fraud.

Japan will also announce $50bn stimulus to offset bad effects of tax increase on economy.

BP denies misrepresenting scale of oil leak and says it followed US rules.

President used UN address to warn of gays being one of three threats 'more deadly than all natural disasters put together.'

Sinking of Concordia was unmitigated disaster - but the subsequent saga has actually raised Italian spirits, argues Charles de Chassiron.

Latest move comes after Freeh's report found issues in claims programme.

Workers want to get their monthly wage raised to $100 from $38.

BP also cancelled contracts to build bespoke extension to its Mad Dog oil project in Gulf of Mexico

Animal rights groups accuse Iranian space agency of Cold War techniques for space exploration.

Royal Society lists greatest threats that could spell extinction of humanity.

Radiation levels in pipes and containers that hold radioactive water have risen 18-fold.

New Orleans judge sees no fraud in Deepwater Horizon oil spill compensation claims.

US Treasury Department may hit debt ceiling in October.

War in Syria could push up fuel prices and hurt emerging economies.

Japan may tap into its $3.6bn emergency fund to pay for Fukushima clean-up.

Protest all you want but beware you're holding back social progression and economic growth, says Lianna Brinded

BP blocked from receiving billions of dollars in new federal contracts over criminal and civil charges.

Salamanca Group MD and ex Head of Kidnap for Ransom at Kroll speaks exclusively to IBTimes UK on cyber attacks

Judge Sally Shushan orders BP to pay Patrick Juneau despite claims of settlement programme fraud.

British charities condemn William Shawcross’s comments that high-paid chief will bring charity work into disrepute.

BP says it has discovered new evidence of fraud and conflicts of interest in the compensation programme