30 dead in Pakistan military blast
A blast tore through a security forces vehicle in restive northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 30 people and wounding dozens more, a senior security official said.
California fire crews aided by easing winds
A merciful easing of the winds fueling Southern California`s sprawling wildfires finally gave fire crews a chance to fight back against some blazes Wednesday, and weary residents could take solace in an overriding sign of hope: Just one person has died from the flames.
Eight injured after minibus explosion in south Russia
A suicide bomber blew herself up and injured eight in a minibus taxi in the Kazbekovsky District of Daghestan, a republic in Russia`s troubled North Caucasus, local police said on Tuesday.
Client attacked hairdresser in Omsk beauty salon
Police in Omsk, a city in southwest Siberia, are searching for a man who attacked a hairdresser in a city hairdressing salon, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
Raging California fires burn scores of homes
Wildfires blown by fierce desert winds Monday reduced hundreds of Southern California homes to ashes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and laid a hellish, spidery pattern of luminous orange over the drought-stricken region.
17-year-old man fell from plane into wood near Moscow
The body of a 17-year-old believed to have fallen from a plane has been discovered in a wood near Moscow`s Domodedovo airport, a Russian tabloid reported on Monday.
5 people remain trapped in Siberian mine
A Massive rescue operation is underway to find five people trapped in a disused tungsten mine in the Siberian republic of Buriatia. The Republic`s President is at the site of the accident, which has already claimed seven lives.
Reason of helicopter crash in west Siberia is proclaimed
Prosecutors in Kuzbass, western Siberia, said on Monday that a helicopter crash in which four people died was caused by poor visibility.
Wind-driven fires in Calif. kill 1
Nearly a dozen wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds spread across Southern California on Sunday, killing one person near San Diego, destroying several homes and a church in celebrity-laden Malibu, and forcing an entire community to evacuate.
Russia`s Far East wasn`t ready for snow cyclone
A snow cyclone in Primorye, in Russia`s Far East, has caused power outages in several areas and interrupted water supplies in Vladivostok, a spokesman for the city`s mayor said on Saturday.
6 die in storms in USA
A couple spending their first night in a new house were among at least six people killed as unusually severe October storms destroyed homes, downed trees and knocked out power in several states, authorities said Friday.
Experienced Russian robber arrested in Spain
Police in southeastern Spain have detained a Russian national on suspicion of committing at least 15 burglaries, a police department representative said Friday.
Blast at Manila shopping Mall kills 8
A powerful blast rocked a crowded shopping mall in Manila`s financial district Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens. Police in the capital declared the highest state of alert and did not rule out a bomb.
Blasts near Bhutto kill 126 in Pakistan
A suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed up to 126 people Thursday night, shattering her celebratory procession through Pakistan`s biggest city after eight years in exile.
Death toll in Ukraine gas blast reaches 21
The death toll following Saturday`s household gas explosion in Dnepropetrovsk, in south-central Ukraine, has risen to 21, including seven children, an emergencies ministry spokesman said on Friday.
Only one of three Russians missing in Himalayas rescued
Two of the three Russians trapped in India`s Himalayas have died in heavy snow, and one has been rescued, a senior official in the state of Uttarakhand said on Thursday.
Child "suitcase murder" shocks Sydney
The murder of a young boy whose body was stuffed in a suitcase and thrown into a lake in a Sydney park has shocked Australia`s biggest city.
7 kg of heroin is found in a flat of Tajik national
Tajik caught in Russia with around
The fate of the three Russians missing in India`s Himalayas is still unknown
Rescuers in India are searching the Himalayas for three Russians who went missing in the world`s highest mountain range at a height of 5 kilometers (16,400 feet) above sea level.
Another body found near helicopter crash site in east Russia
Rescuers have found a fifth body suspected to be from a Mi-2 helicopter which ditched into the sea two days ago near the western coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia`s Far East.
Auful car crash in Tatarstan: 10 died, 6 injured
Ten people were killed in a road accident early on Tuesday near Kazan, the capital of Russia`s Tatarstan republic, local emergencies service said.
Timoshenko puts blame for gas explosion in Dnepropetrovsk upon Russian company
Leader of BYT, born in Dnepropetrovsk, Yulia Timoshenko puts the blame for explosion of gas at an apartment block in the city of Dnepropetrovsk upon owners of Dneprogaz Company, a REGNUM correspondent quotes as saying it to reporters yesterday.
Russian senator drowned during fishing
A member of the Federation Council and a lawmaker of the Arkhangelsk regional legislature, Yuri Sivkov drowned during fishing.
Urals road crash kills six
Six people were killed in a major car crash in the Sverdlovsk Region of Russia`s Urals, local police reported.
Accident at Moscow Zoo: Female elephant killed a woman
An accident occurred at the Moscow Zoo: an elephant killed a zoo employee. The accident occurred when the animal was being loaded in a special machine to send it from the zoo to Spain.