Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

Police say the death toll in a standoff with miners trapped while working illegally at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa ...

Police said 78 bodies were retrieved in a court-ordered rescue operation, with 246 survivors also pulled out from deep ...

Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said on Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...

One of NASA’s two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk ...

South African rescue workers believe no one is underground anymore in the mine where dozens of workers died. So reports the ...

Authorities said that at least 78 bodies were recovered from the Stilfontein mine. A trade union federation has accused the ...