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Kazakhstanis offer condolences over Russian plane crash in Egypt
Kazakhstanis were laying flowers in front of the Russian Embassy and Consulate General in Almaty and Astana expressing their deep condolences to families of the victims of Airbus 321 crash.
18 November 2015
Russia confirms bomb attack brought down Egypt plane, vows revenge
Russia's President Vladimir Putin vowed vengeance after Moscow confirmed that a bomb attack brought down a passenger jet over Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board.
17 November 2015
Poland ready to take Russia to court over 2010 crash: official
Poland is prepared to take Russia to court over what it sees as foot-dragging in the investigation of the 2010 air crash in which then president Lech Kaczynskidied.
11 November 2015
Black boxes in S.Sudan air crash recovered: state radio
Investigators in South Sudan have found the two black boxes from a Soviet-era Antonov plane which crashed last week killing at least 36 people.
10 November 2015
Curfew, mass arrests in Indian Kashmir ahead of Modi visit
Authorities ordered a curfew in parts of Indian-administered Kashmir after hundreds of separatist activists were arrested on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the disputed region
07 November 2015
Russian plane black boxes point to 'attack', Putin halts flights
Analysis of black boxes from the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt killing 224 people points to a bomb, sources close to the probe said, as Moscow halted flights to the country.
07 November 2015
Obama says bomb may have caused Egypt plane crash
US President Barack Obama raised the possibility that a bomb brought down a Russian plane that crashed over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
06 November 2015
France advises against non-essential travel to Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort
France advised its nationals against all non-essential travel to Sharm el-Sheikh following the crash of a Russian passenger jet that took off from the Egyptian resort at the weekend.
06 November 2015
UK says bomb may have downed Russian jet, halts Sharm flights
Britain halted flights to and from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh airport over concerns a Russian airliner that crashed in the Sinai peninsula may have been brought down by a bomb.
05 November 2015
At least 36 dead in S.Sudan air crash
At least 36 people were killed when a Soviet-era Antonov plane crashed just after take-off from South Sudan's capital Juba.
05 November 2015
Experts examine black boxes of crashed Russian jet
Investigators began examining the two black boxes from the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the probe would take time.
04 November 2015
Russian airline blames Egypt crash on 'external' factors
The Russian passenger jet that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board came down due to "external" factors, the airline said, as relatives began identifying their loved ones in Saint Petersburg.
03 November 2015
Plane carrying remains of Egypt crash victims lands in St Petersburg
A plane carrying the remains of scores of people killed when a Russian airliner crashed in Egypt landed in Saint-Petersburg early on Monday.
02 November 2015
Russia mourns victims of crashed Egypt plane
The flight had been bringing holidaymakers back to Saint Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, when it disappeared off radar screens while over the Sinai peninsula.
02 November 2015
Investigators probe deadly Russian plane crash in Egypt
International investigators have begun probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in a mountainous area of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone on board in one of the deadliest Airbus incidents of the past decade.
01 November 2015
Helicopter crashes in Libya with 23 on board: official
A helicopter with 23 people on board crashed Tuesday near the Libyan capital but the cause was unclear, a security official said.
28 October 2015
At least 42 dead in French pensioners coach crash
At least 42 people, most of them elderly, were killed when a coach collided with a lorry and caught fire in southwest France, in the country's worst road accident for three decades.
23 October 2015
Ukraine PM blames MH17 downing on Russian security service
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk blamed Russia's security service for last year's downing of the MH17 airliner over pro-Kremlin separatist territory in the east of the ex-Soviet state.
13 October 2015
Seattle bus crash victims identified, families flown in
Investigators combed through the wreckage of two buses that crashed in Seattle, as authorities released the names of the four foreign students who died in the accident.
26 September 2015
Germanwings, Lufthansa heads remember France crash victims
The heads of the firm and parent company Lufthansa gathered near the crash scene to remember victims in France.
25 September 2015