Huge explosion as freight train derails near Baltimore
A freight train plowed into a garbage truck and derailed Tuesday near the US city of Baltimore, triggering a fire and a massive explosion that injured a driver and was reportedly felt for miles.
Kazakhstan to create rescue team at Caspian Sea
Kazakhstan Emergency Situations Ministry will form a rescue team at the Caspian Sea.
ISS crew ready for spacewalk after 'serious' ammonia leak
The ISS crew were preparing for an emergency spacewalk to fix a "very serious" leak of ammonia from the orbiting laboratory's power system seeping into space.
Russian helicopter carrying nine crashes in Siberia
A Russian helicopter carrying nine people, including senior rescue service officials, has crashed in the Irkutsk region of southern Siberia.
Bangladesh building collapse death toll passes 650: army
The death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster surpassed 650 Monday after dozens of bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a nine-storey building housing garment factories.
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.
