Avalanche in Kyrgyzstan: 5 died
An avalanche in the Issyk-Kul district in northern Kyrgyzstan, has left five people dead, the Central Asian state`s emergencies ministry said on Friday.
Latest Kenya ethnic clashes kill 69
Gangs armed with machetes and bows and arrows burned and hacked to death members of a rival tribe in western Kenya Sunday, as the death toll from the latest explosion of violence over disputed presidential elections rose to 69.
Large clash in Chechnya: 1 police officer killed, 6 wounded
One police officer was killed and six others wounded in a clash with militants in southern Chechnya on Wednesday, a police source in the Russian North Caucasus republic said on Thursday.
3 household gas explosions in a week: 15 died
At least seven people were killed and 12 injured in two separate household gas explosions in Russia on Monday.
Terrorist leader killed in Chechnya
The leader of an armed gang responsible for the murders of law enforcement members has been killed in an overnight operation in the Chechen capital, Grozny, said the Chechen interior minister on Tuesday.
22 killed in Pakistan suicide blast
A suicide bomber blew himself up among police deployed outside a court in eastern Pakistan ahead of a planned anti-government protest Thursday, killing at least 22 people and wounding more than 70, officials and witnesses said.
10 killed in Gaza airstrikes
Israeli aircraft launched an assault on the radical Islamic Jihad organization from the skies over Gaza, killing the group`s overall commander and eight other militants in three fiery strikes ending early Tuesday.
Russia seizes 4 Japanese fishing boats
Japan said Thursday that Russia seized four Japanese fishing boats in disputed waters between the two countries, calling the detention unacceptable and demanding an explanation from Moscow.
Bomb blasts in Algerian capital: 45 dead
Two car bombs, one of which targeted the U.N. refugee agency`s offices, killed at least 45 people including 10 U.N. staff members Tuesday, authorities said.
Bus blast kills 2 in southern Russia
A bomb exploded on a bus in southern Russia on Sunday, killing two people and wounding four others, officials said.
22 killed in 2 suicide attacks in Iraq
A female suicide bomber attacked the offices of an anti-al-Qaida group that has joined forces with the U.S., killing 12 people Friday in one of Iraq`s most violent provinces, police and the U.S. military said.
Suicide attack in Afghan capital as Gates visits
A Taliban suicide car bomber blew himself up near NATO troops in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, wounding 22 civilians as US Defence Secretary Robert Gates visited to assess rising extremist violence.
Third blast in two weeks in Ukrainian mine: 5 dead
The third blast in just over two weeks ripped through the Zasyadko coal mine in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, killing five people and injuring 66, the regional administration said.
Jet with 56 aboard crashes in Turkey
An Atlasjet plane crashed shortly before it was to land in central Turkey early Friday, killing all 56 people on board, the airline`s chief executive said.
Suicide car bomb in Kabul kills 2 civilians
A suicide car bomb targeting a U.S. military convoy in the Afghan capital Kabul killed two civilians on Tuesday, a senior police official said.
Tensions after French police attacked
Youths assaulted a police station, torched cars and vandalized stores in a weekend rampage that injured 21 police officers in this rundown Paris suburb.
Iranian warplane crashes in sea: report
An Iranian warplane crashed on Monday in the Sea of Oman south of the Islamic Republic, the state news agency IRNA reported. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties.
Pakistan suicide blasts kill 15
Twin suicide car bomb attacks killed 15 people in the Pakistani garrison town of Rawalpindi on Saturday, the military said, the eve of the return of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from exile in Saudi Arabia.
154 safe after ship hits ice, sinks in Antarctic
The first cruise ship built to ply the frigid waters off Antarctica became the first to sink there Friday. The red-hulled Explorer struck ice, taking on water as 154 passengers and crew members scrambled to safety aboard lifeboats and rafts. The ship later went to the bottom.
Bomb at Baghdad pet market kills 13
A bomb hidden in a box of birds killed 13 people and wounded 57 at a popular pet market in central Baghdad on Friday, police and witnesses said, describing the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in two months.
Blasts in three northern Indian cities kill 13
Nearly simultaneous explosions from homemade bombs planted outside courts in three northern Indian cities killed at least 13 people in what a senior government official said were terrorist strikes.
Bus blast kills at least 5 in south Russia
A blast ripped through a bus in Russia`s southern region of North Ossetia on Thursday, killing at least five people and wounding 10, local emergency workers said.
Bangladesh says reaches all cyclone-hit areas
Relief workers and the Bangladesh military on Tuesday reached the last remaining pockets of the country devastated by a cyclone that killed nearly 3,500 people along the Bay of Bengal.
Bangladesh storm toll nears 3,000
Four days after super cyclone Sidr killed nearly 2,600 people in Bangladesh, rescuers struggled on Monday to reach isolated areas along the country`s devastated coast and give aid to millions of survivors.
69 killed in Ukraine mine explosion
A raging fire hampered efforts to find trapped miners Monday as the death toll from a methane blast deep underground reached 69 - the worst disaster in years for Ukraine`s dangerous coal mining industry.