The sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly driver drag on.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Canadian miner Lundin must permanently close its Alcaparrosa copper mine in Chile, the South American nation's environmental regulator said on Thursday, after a massive sinkhole ...

The law that bans the United Nations agency that aids Palestinian refugees in Gaza went into effect on Wednesday.

A sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a dump truck hole on Tuesday has now doubled in wide after combining with a second ...

Emergency workers have been hampered by unstable ground since Tuesday, when a truck and its driver were swallowed north of ...

The driver, a 74-year-old man, is believed to be trapped inside the truck's cabin. He was conscious and communicating with rescue workers earlier but has not responded since Tuesday afternoon, ...

Rescue workers in Japan are trying to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole that appeared on Tuesday and has since widened.

Hopes faded for a 74-year-old man in Japan whose truck was swallowed by a sinkhole as a difficult rescue operation entered ...

A water main break in the dead of winter is one thing. Add a sewer line break, frigid temperatures, and a massive sink hole to the mix, and you have ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A new sinkhole was reported in far east El Paso on Mission Ridge on Thursday morning. The sinkhole was reported on Mission Ridge Boulevard. It's unknown at the moment ...

An approximately 12m deep sinkhole has formed on Second Avenue in Laudium, Centurion. Tshwane metro spokesperson Lindela Mashigo says the root cause of the sinkhole is yet to be determined.