Thirty people, most of them homeless, have died of hypothermia in recent days in Ukraine, part of a surge of deaths across eastern Europe as the region grapples with an unusually severe cold spell.

Several fans of the British pop sensation One Direction required treatment for hypothermia after waiting outside all night to see members of the boy band who were making their first appearance in Montreal.

A strong earthquake in the central Philippines has killed at 13 people with at least 40 people still missing.

A prison riot in northern Mexico broke out early Sunday morning, leaving at least 40 people dead, a security official said.