A coal mine explosion in ​Colombia's Cundinamarca province killed nine workers and ‌left six others injured, the national mining agency said on Monday, several weeks after it issued risk control ​recommendations for the site.

A gas buildup triggered an explosion at a coal mine in Colombia’s central Cundinamarca department, leaving 14 miners trapped and two others evacuated, local authorities reported.

An explosion at an illegal coal mine in northeastern India has left at least 18 people dead, local authorities said.

At least four people have died, and three others are missing following a suspected coal and gas outburst at a coal mine in southwest China, authorities confirmed on Thursday.

Three people are trapped following a coal mine accident in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, local authorities confirmed on Friday.

An explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern Afghanistan's Samangan province early Wednesday, killing at least seven workers and injuring two others, a local police official said.

At least five people died in a mine explosion in northern Spain on Monday morning, the local emergency services confirmed.

Gunmen have killed at least 20 people in an attack at the Junaid Coal Company mines in Balochistan province, southwestern Pakistan, according to local police.