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Freight train runs off the track in Aktobe Oblast, Kazakhstan
20 train wagons have run off the track in Aktobe Oblast, western Kazakhstan. 6 wagons caught fire.
05 August 2015
Bin Laden relatives killed in UK plane crash
Members of Osama Bin Laden's family were among the victims in the crash of a private jet in Britain.
01 August 2015
Car lands on cafe roof in Uralsk
In Kazakhstan's Uralsk, a Vaz 2110 car landed on the roof of a café during a police pursuit.
16 July 2015
Hurricane in Ekibastuz tears off roof of apartment building, knocks down trees
A powerful hurricane in Ekibazstuz has torn off a roof of a five-storey building and knocked down dozens of trees.
07 July 2015
Death toll from Pakistan train accident rises to 17: army
The death toll from a Pakistan rail accident has risen to 17, the army said Friday, the day after a special military train fell into a canal when a bridge partially collapsed.
03 July 2015
SCAT airplane catches fire in Aktau airport
SCAT airplane has caught fire in the airport of Aktau city in western Kazakhstan.
18 June 2015
Kazakh President expresses condolences in connection with China's Eastern Star ferry disaster
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev expresses his condolences to the Chinese people in connection to the deadly ship accident.
10 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
SUV crashes into kindergarten playground killing a 5 y.o. girl and injuring 8 children in Almaty
Black Toyota Land Cruiser has crashed into a kindergarten playground killing a five-year-old child in Almaty’s Taugul 1 Mikroraion.
29 May 2015
40m poplar tree topples on cars in Pavlodar
Strong wind has knocked down a 40-meters poplar tree in Pavlodar city, smashing the cars parked nearby. Luckily no one was hurt.
29 May 2015
Two-seat helicopter crashes in Kazakhstan
A two-seat helicopter has crashed in Almaty Oblast near Taldykurgan in southern Kazakhstan.
27 May 2015
'Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash killed in US car crash
Nobel Prize-winning US mathematician John Nash, who inspired the film "A Beautiful Mind," was killed with his wife in a New Jersey car crash.
25 May 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
16 dead in road collision in Kazakhstan
A terrible road accident in the south of Kazakhstan has left 16 people dead, three children among them.
22 April 2015
Up to 400 migrants died in boat capsize off Libya: survivors
Up to 400 illegal migrants died after their vessel capsized off the Libyan coast, said survivors who were brought to Italy.
15 April 2015
Morocco bus crash kills 33, mostly school athletes
More than 30 people, mostly schoolchildren returning from a sports meet, were killed Friday in Morocco when their bus caught fire.
11 April 2015
4 killed, 18 injured in bus rollover in Kazakhstan
4 people have been killed in a terrible road accident in eastern Kazakhstan.
30 March 2015
10 dead in road accident in Kazakhstan
A bus has overturned in Zhambyl Oblast, killing 10 passengers.
11 February 2015
Large hot water pipe rupture occurs in Almaty
An accident involving a hot water pipeline has occurred in Almaty, causing a major traffic jam.
11 February 2015
Pipeline explodes in western Kazakhstan
An explosion on a gas pipeline in West Kazakhstan Oblast has occured early this morning.
02 February 2015