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Georgia hunts down another tiger from flooded zoo Georgian police were hunting down a tiger who escaped from the capital's flood-ravaged zoo after after another tiger mauled a man to death before being killed.

20 June 2015

Fourteen dead, hundreds of zoo animals wiped out in Georgia floods Nine people were missing in Georgia's capital Tbilisi, a day after freak floods killed 14 people and swept away zoo animals, some of which were shot after being found prowling the streets.

16 June 2015

Lions, tigers on the loose in deadly Tbilisi floods Lions, tigers and even a hippopotamus escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, adding to chaos caused by severe flooding that killed at least 12 people.

15 June 2015

Deadly Kiev fuel blasts set off blaze near military unit Hundreds of Ukrainian firefighters battled to keep a blaze sparked by a deadly string of fuel depot blasts from engulfing a strategic military unit outside Kiev.

10 June 2015

First Germanwings crash victims' bodies repatriated The first bodies from the Germanwings plane that was deliberately crashed in the French Alps were repatriated to Germany.

10 June 2015

Singapore in mourning after students killed on Malaysia peak Singapore has declared Monday a day of national remembrance after at least six local students on an excursion and two adults accompanying them were killed in an earthquake.

08 June 2015

Nearly 400 dead in China ship sinking as search for bodies widens Rescuers extended their search for victims of a Chinese cruise ship sinking to include a vast stretch of the Yangtze rive, as the confirmed death toll rose to 396.

07 June 2015

'No possibility' of survivors in China ship sinking: official Authorities admit there is no hope for more survivors from a capsized Chinese cruise ship.

05 June 2015

Hundreds still missing after China cruise ship sinks Rescuers pulled at least three people from the wreckage of a capsized Chinese cruise ship as fears mounted for the more than 400 people still missing.

03 June 2015

Kazakhstan's Internet users make fun of Astana's bad weather Kazakhstan’s Internet users are making fun of the torrential rains that hit Astana in mid-May.

29 May 2015

FBI asked to probe if derailed train was struck by projectile The FBI is being called in to determine if a projectile struck a commuter train before it crashed in the US city of Philadelphia this week, killing eight people.

17 May 2015

Airbus holds first A400M test flight since deadly crash Airbus on Tuesday carried out the first test flight of a new A400M since one of the military transport planes crashed in Spain over the weekend.

13 May 2015

Movement of meltwater around Astana as observed from two satellites A lot of efforts were made to preserve Astana from flooding. Technology were one way to do that as daily photographs of areas around the Kazakh capital were made to control the situation.

13 May 2015

Airbus continues A400M tests, crash victims honoured Airbus said it would carry on with test flights of its A400M military transport plane despite the crash of one of the aircraft in Spain that killed four employees.

12 May 2015

Black boxes of crashed A400M plane found, aircraft grounded Spanish authorities found the two cockpit recorders of the Airbus A400M military plane that crashed near Seville airport, killing four people.

11 May 2015

Hundreds evacuated in flood-hit East Kazakhstan People have been evacuated from seven villages in East Kazakhstan Oblast as water flooded and damaged hundreds of houses.

30 April 2015

Nepal quake survivors clash with riot police, UN seeks $415 mn Desperate survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people clashed with riot police in Nepal's capital.

30 April 2015

Germanwings victims remembered in Barcelona memorial service Some 1,500 people attended a memorial service at Barcelona's iconic Sagrada Familia Cathedral, and paid homage to the 150 people killed in Germanwings plane crash.

28 April 2015

Facebook collecting Nepal quake aid donations Facebook was rolling out a donation button for contributions to victims of the massive earthquake in Nepal, and offered to match up to $2 million.

28 April 2015

Rise of water level in river near Kazakh capital continues Water continues to rise in the Nura River, placing emergency services on high alert in the capital of Kazakhstan Astana.

28 April 2015

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