Dozens hurt in powerful Prague gas blast
A powerful gas blast ripped through a four-storey building in Prague's historic centre on Monday, injuring 43 people including foreigners, and causing panic in the Czech capital.
Cranes clear Bangladesh disaster site as hopes fade
Cranes began clearing the wreckage of a ruined garment factory complex in Bangladesh on Monday after the "last survivor" of the country's deadliest industrial disaster was killed by a fire.
Fire at Russia psychiatric hospital kills 38
Thirty-eight people, mostly psychiatric patients, were killed in a fire that raged Friday at a psychiatric hospital in the Moscow region, trapping the inmates inside behind barred windows.
Bangladesh toll hits 273 as US vows to help crackdown
Bangladeshi rescuers pulled dozens more people alive from a razed garment factory building Friday as the US pressed for a crackdown on deadly negligence of safety norms in the clothing industry.
Fire leaves 300 people without housing in Astana
Six gas bottles exploded in a dormitory in Astana causing a fire and damaging the dormitory in Astana.
Bangladesh garment trade under fire as disaster toll rises
Rescuers in Bangladesh Thursday hunted for survivors in a collapsed building as the death toll rose to 152 and criticism mounted of foreign firms that source cheap clothes from the country.
Equipment failure blamed for MIG-31 crash in Karaganda oblast
Equipment failure was the main reason of the MIG-31 military aircraft crash in Karaganda oblast.
Many feared dead as Bangladesh building collapses
At least three people were killed and many more are feared dead after an eight-storey building housing a market collapsed Wednesday on the outskirts of Dhaka.
Race to find survivors after 'nightmare' Texas blast
Rescuers in Texas on Thursday combed through rubble in a painstaking search for survivors after a massive blast at a fertilizer factory killed as many as 15 people and destroyed dozens of homes.
Gunman shoots police officer at MIT: media
A gunman shot and seriously wounded a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer in an eruption of gunfire at the prestigious university late Thursday.
ERA-GLONASS prototype to be compulsory in Kazakhstan by 2017
ERA-GLONASS system will become compulsory for new cars starting from January 1, 2017 in Kazakhstan.
Mexico fireworks explosion kills 9, injures 70
A small truck loaded with fireworks for a religious event exploded in central Mexico on Friday, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens, with one witness saying he saw "bodies flying" as people ran for cover.
Causes of lethal fire at ArcelorMittal Aktau being investigated
An investigation has started at ArcelorMittal Aktau plant in Kazakhstan where a fire claimed one person’s life and injured two others.
ArcelorMittal to pay 2.5 million tenge to family of Aktau fire victim
One of three victims of the fire in ArcerlorMittal Aktau plant in Mangistau oblast of Kazakhstan died in the hospital.
Stone dam protects Astana from floods: Emergency Situations Minister
Astana Maslikhat (local executive body) increased the anti-flood budget 15-fold in 2013.
Helicopter's blades damaged during emergency landing in Almaty oblast
After landing on uneven icy surface in Kazakhstan the helicopter flipped to one side “damaging the blades and windows”.
Divers scour Russian lake after meteor strike injures 1,200
Divers scoured the bottom of a Russian lake on Saturday for fragments of a meteorite that plunged to Earth in a blinding fireball whose shockwaves injured 1,200 people and damaged thousands of homes.
Meteor strike in Russia hurts almost 1,000
A plunging meteor which exploded with a blinding flash above central Russia , set off a shockwave that shattered windows and hurt almost 1,000 people in an event unprecedented in modern times.
Helicopter makes emergency landing in Almaty oblast
The helicopter with tourists onboard was performing a Burundai-Karaozek flight.
Over $2 million allocated for floods protection in Almaty oblast
Over 300 million tenge ($2 million) have been set aside for prevention of emergency situations in Almaty oblast.