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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

Hurricane Patricia hits, spares Mexico of major damage so far Record-breaking Hurricane Patricia rumbled across western Mexico, uprooting trees and triggering some landslides but causing less damage than feared so far for such a massive storm.

24 October 2015

Mosque blasts kill 55 in NE Nigeria Two bomb blasts ripped through mosques in northeast Nigeria, killing at least 55 people and injuring more than 100.

24 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

At least 11 dead in SW Pakistan bus explosion: officials At least 11 people were killed and many more wounded when a powerful bomb ripped through a passenger bus in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province.

20 October 2015

Seven children among 13 killed in Pakistan landslide Thirteen people including seven children were crushed to death in Karachi Tuesday when a rare landslide struck their thatch huts as they slept.

13 October 2015

Malaysian premier vows to help Indonesia combat haze Visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged to help Indonesia fight forest fires blanketing Southeast Asia in haze as foreign aircraft joined operations to douse the blazes.

12 October 2015

Massive clean-up after 20 killed in French Riviera floods Volunteers and firefighters began the gruelling task of cleaning up French Riviera towns strewn with mud and debris, as the death toll from floods which tore through the region rose to 20.

06 October 2015

Sixteen dead as heavy flooding hits French Riviera Violent storms and flooding along the chic French Riviera overnight have killed at least 16 people and left another five missing.

05 October 2015

Indonesia forest fires could become worst on record: NASA The forest fires blanketing Southeast Asia in choking haze are on track to become among the worst on record, NASA has warned.

02 October 2015

Aral Sea poses threat to the world: Nazarbayev President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has addressed the problem of the Aral Sea during the 70th session of the UN General Assembly.

29 September 2015

Irtysh River to be used for salvation of dying Aral Sea: Kazakh Ministry of Energy Ministry of Energy suggests using the Irtysh River to save the Aral Sea, one of the worst environmental disasters located in Kazakhstan.

29 September 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

California fires destroy over 1,500 homes More than 1,500 homes have been destroyed in two immense fires that have torn through California over the last week, causing millions of dollars in damage.

22 September 2015

Wildfires threaten California's treasured Sequoias Wildfires sweeping through California are threatening an ancient grove of giant Sequoia trees considered a national treasure.

16 September 2015

All missing people found after Japan floods: authorities Japanese authorities said they had found all the people left missing after massive floods that devastated large areas north of Tokyo.

15 September 2015

Japan warns tourists on Mount Aso after eruption Japan warned tourists to keep away from popular Mount Aso after it began belching smoke and ash into the air, the latest eruption in one of the world's most volcanically active countries.

14 September 2015

What's in a name? Thais avoid linking Uighurs to Bangkok blast The police investigation into the Bangkok shrine blast increasingly points towards a game-changing attack on Chinese tourists by Uighur militants or sympathisers.

14 September 2015

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