China high-speed train kills four rail workers: reportA Chinese high-speed train killed four maintenance workers after a communication failure, state media reported Tuesday, the latest fatal incident on the country's flagship rail network.
Rescue workers among six dead in Latvia supermarket cave-inSix people including two rescue workers were killed and 35 others injured on Thursday when the roof of a supermarket collapsed in a suburb of Latvia's capital Riga, emergency services confirmed.
22 November 2013
Almaty flea market fire sum upVice-Minister of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan Zhanbolat Smailov led the alarm response group of the Ministry of Emergency Situations that worked at the fire site.
19 November 2013
Updates on petroleum train accident near AktauAkim (Governor) of Mangystau Oblast Alik Aidarbayev visited the train driver who was injured when the petroleum train flared at the Mangystau Oblast Hospital.
India bus crash inferno kills 44: policeAt least 44 people were killed Wednesday when their bus was engulfed in flames after crashing on a highway in southern India.
Mexico candy factory blast kills one, injures 40A powerful blast rocked a US-owned candy factory in northern Mexico on Thursday, killing one person and injuring more than 40 as rescuers searched for any other victims.
25 October 2013
Australia firefighters brace for horror dayFirefighters in Australia braced for hot, dry winds and soaring temperatures Wednesday with lightning also posing a problem as they battle to prevent a week-long bushfire disaster getting worse.
23 October 2013
'Female suicide bomber' kills five on bus in RussiaA suspected female suicide bomber set off a blast on a bus packed with students in southern Russia, killing at least five people and raising security fears.