Attack at US base in Iraq kills 2
A series of rockets or mortar rounds struck Camp Victory, killing two members of the U.S.-led coalition and wounding 40 other people on the sprawling headquarters for U.S. forces in Iraq, the military said Thursday.
Student opened fire at the Cleveland school
A 14-year-old suspended student opened fire in his downtown high school Wednesday, wounding four people as terrified schoolmates hid in closets and bathrooms and huddled under laboratory desks. He then killed himself.
Two militants killed in Daghestan
Two members of an illegal armed group have been eliminated in a special operation in Makhachkala, the capital of Daghestan, the republic`s interior minister said on Tuesday.
Two car bombs kill 14 in north Iraqi town
Two car bombs killed 14 people and wounded 30 in the northern Iraqi town of Baiji on Tuesday, police said, marking an increase in attacks as the holy Muslim month of Ramadan draws to an end.
Food poisoning in south Russia: 624 sick
A total of 624 residents of six towns in the Stavropol Territory, southern Russia, have fallen ill in a case of mass food poisoning that has hit nurseries, local emergencies officials said on Monday.
Consequences of fire in the Moscow Institute: one more man died
The death toll in the October 2 fire in the Institute of Governmental and Corporative Management in southeast Moscow has risen to ten, a Russian health department spokeswoman said on Monday.
Shootout in Chechnya: 4 policemen killed, 10 wounded
Four people have been killed and 10 wounded during an incident with firing on a police convoy in the Vedeno district of Chechnya.
Seven dead in Wisconsin after deputy opens fire
A sheriff`s deputy shot and killed six young people in the northern Wisconsin town of Crandon before being killed himself after a manhunt, according to media reports on Sunday, quoting police and witnesses.
Mi-2 crash in Russia`s Far East: another body is found
Rescuers in the Russian Far East found Saturday a body of a fourth passenger from a utility helicopter that crashed two days ago into the sea near the western coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia`s Far East.
Traffic accident in Egypt: 9 Russians injured
Two Egyptian nationals were killed and nine Russian tourists were hospitalized following a traffic accident in a tunnel under the Suez Canal, 150 kilometers (90 miles) from Cairo, a local source said.
Suicide car bomb struck US forces on the road to Kabul airport Saturday
A suicide car bomb struck US forces on the road to Kabul airport Saturday, killing and wounding several people including foreign nationals, witnesses and officials said.
Unknown assailants shooted down Italian embassy car in Moscow
An Italian embassy car came under fire from unknown assailants in Moscow, Russian police said on Thursday.
Sloppy safety system caused deaths in Moscow fire
Rescue workers have called off the search for any bodies in the debris following Tuesday`s fire at Moscow`s Institute of State and Corporate Management. Nine people died and up to 47 remain in hospital as a result of the incident, seven of the injured are in a serious condition.
Three Chechen militants arrested in Grozny
Police have detained three members of an illegal armed group in Grozny, the capital of Russia`s unsettled North Caucasus Chechen republic, a local police source said.
Gunman involved in attack on Dagestan in 1999 killed
The identity of the gunman killed in the Stavropol city of Neftekumsk last night was established.
Suicide blast in Kabul: 12 Afghan police killed
A suicide bomber killed 12 Afghan police on a bus in Kabul on Tuesday, a police official said, the second such attack in the capital in four days.
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 27 Afghan troops
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 27 Afghan troops and an unknown number of civilians on Saturday in an attack on an army bus in Kabul, officials said.
Teenagers attack Moscow nursery, one injured
Two teenagers have fired several shots at a nursery in northwest Moscow, a local police source said on Friday.
Myanmar crowds taunt troops as crackdown draws outrage
Crowds taunted soldiers and police who barricaded central Yangon on Friday to prevent more mass protests against Myanmar`s 45 years of military rule and deepening economic hardship.
Russian Supreme Court throws out acquittal in Armenian`s killing
Russia`s Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a jury`s acquittal of a man tried for the killing of an Armenian teenager, Russian news agencies reported.
Police confiscated caviar at airbase near Moscow
Police have seized 460 kilograms of black caviar in a raid at the Chkalovskaya airbase near Moscow.
Top policeman murdered in Ingushetia
The Chief of Police in the Sunzha district of Ingushetia has been killed after leaving a mosque. Abdurahman Neyriyev was attacked on his way home after night prayers. A police manhunt is underway for those involved.
Top militant leader killed in southern Russia
The body of Rappani Khalilov, one of the most wanted militants in Russia, was found under the debris of a house, attacked by special police forces on Monday. The operation took place in the suburbs of the town of Kizilyurt in the North Caucasian republic of Dagestan.
á Óontract soldier wounded in Ingushetia
An UAZ police vehicle and a police outpost came under fire leaving a policeman and a contract soldier wounded in separate shootouts in Russia`s North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, a local police spokesman said.
Indonesian quake toll rises
The toll from a severe earthquake on Indonesia`s Sumatra island last week has risen to 17 dead and 88 injured, a health ministry official said on Saturday.