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Desperate Afghan-Pakistan quake victims appeal for aid Desperate survivors appealed for food and blankets after a devastating earthquake killed more than 360 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

28 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

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

Four soldiers drown during military exercise in Kazakhstan Four soldiers have drowned during the second stage of Center 2015 military drills in Aktau, Kazakhstan.

25 September 2015

Indonesia water-bombs forest fires to fight haze Helicopters water-bombed raging forest fires that have cloaked parts of Indonesia in thick haze and pushed air quality to unhealthy levels in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia.

14 September 2015

Mecca crane collapse highlights city's development boom The deadly collapse of a construction crane in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca has highlighted the controversial pace of high-end urban development in the birthplace of Islam.

14 September 2015

Crane collapse kills 107 at Mecca's Grand Mosque ahead of hajj At least 107 people died when a massive construction crane crashed into Mecca's Grand Mosque, with scores more injured, Saudi authorities said, days before the annual hajj pilgrimage.

12 September 2015

Fires in US state of Washington largest in its history A group of wildfires blazing in the western US state of Washington have become the largest in the state's history, and 2015 has become the state's worst fire year on record.

25 August 2015

Huge blaze breaks out at steel plant near Tokyo's Haneda airport: official A huge blaze broke out Monday at steel plant near Tokyo's Haneda airport as television images showed plumes of thick black smoke and flames shooting up into the air.

24 August 2015

Chemical experts assess China blast site after 50 killed A Chinese military team of nuclear and chemical experts began work Thursday at the site of two massive explosions in the city of Tianjin.

14 August 2015

Typhoon Soudelor makes landfall in Taiwan Typhoon Soudelor made landfall in Taiwan ripping up trees and tearing down billboards as it battered the island with fierce winds and torrential rain.

08 August 2015

Freight train runs off the track in Aktobe Oblast, Kazakhstan 20 train wagons have run off the track in Aktobe Oblast, western Kazakhstan. 6 wagons caught fire.

05 August 2015

Australia says 'confident' searching in right area for MH370 Australia said it was confident the search for MH370 was being conducted in the right area with aircraft wreckage being washed to La Reunion consistent with currents from the zone they are scouring.

31 July 2015

Rains, floods kill 81 in Pakistan: disaster agency Torrential rains and flooding have killed 81 people in Pakistan over the past two weeks and affected almost 300,000, the disaster management agency said Tuesday, warning of more bad weather to come.

29 July 2015

France evacuates 10,000 campers as Provence burns French officials evacuated 10,000 people from three different campsites as hot winds fanned fires in drought-hit Provence in the middle of the summer holiday season

28 July 2015

20 killed in Russian military barrack collapse in Siberia Twenty Russian soldiers have been killed after their military barracks collapsed in Siberia.

13 July 2015

China evacuates over 865,000 as super typhoon nears Super typhoon Chan-hom barrelled towards eastern China near commercial hub Shanghai, prompting the evacuation of more than 865,000 people.

11 July 2015

Hurricane rips off roofs in Pavlodar Oblast A hurricane blasted through Pavlodar Oblast in northeastern Kazakhstan.

09 July 2015

Kazakhstan's Kostanay oblast hit by tornado, 12 injured Sarykol village of Kostanay oblast in northern Kazakhstan has been hit by a tornado on June 26.

03 July 2015

Death toll from Pakistan train accident rises to 17: army The death toll from a Pakistan rail accident has risen to 17, the army said Friday, the day after a special military train fell into a canal when a bridge partially collapsed.

03 July 2015

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