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Erdogan arrives at site of mine explosion

Erdogan arrives at site of mine explosion

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived at the site of a mine explosion in  Bartin province, Anadolu Agency reports. As a result of an explosion in a mine in northern Turkey, 40 people were killed. "President …

Tractor hits mine in Fizuli

Tractor hits mine in Fizuli

In the Fizuli district of Azerbaijan, a tractor was blown up by a mine, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs' press service reported. As a result of the incident, no one was injured. The investigation is underway. …

Forest fire near Tbilisi localised

Forest fire near Tbilisi localised

A fire in the Shavnadaba forest near the Georgian capital of Tbilisi has been localised with the help of air assets, including specialised Turkish firefighting aircraft which have been combating Borjomi forest fires in the …

Tourist rescue operation continues in Georgia

Tourist rescue operation continues in Georgia

Georgian rescuers continue to search for four tourists stuck in Mount Tetnuldi. Earlier, they managed to find another two tourists - they were taken by helicopter to the Mestia hospital. As for the four remaining tourists, according to …

Woman dies after falling into Kura in Tbilisi

Woman dies after falling into Kura in Tbilisi

The operation to rescue a woman who had fallen into the Kura lasted for several hours in Tbilisi. It became known that the rescuers managed to pull the woman out of the water alive, but she died in the hospital due to multiple …

Bodies of all killed in helicopter crash transported in Georgia

Bodies of all killed in helicopter crash transported in Georgia

In Georgia, search operations were completed at the crash site of a helicopter of the border police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country, a message published on the page of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia in social …

Head of first-aid post accidentally dies in Armenia

Head of first-aid post accidentally dies in Armenia

In one of the military units of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, the head of the first-aid post died. The accident took place on Friday, July 15th. According to the report, the servicewoman received injuries not compatible with life. …

Fire breaks out in center of Tbilisi

Fire breaks out in center of Tbilisi

On Tuesday, July 12, a fire broke out in a residential building in the center of Tbilisi. The fire broke out on the third floor of a building on Tamar Mepe Avenue. The fire quickly spread to several apartments because of wooden …

Elderly couple gassed to death in Tbilisi

Elderly couple gassed to death in Tbilisi

In Tbilisi, according to preliminary data, elderly spouses died from a gas leak, Rustavi 2 TV channel reports. The bodies were found by a utility company employee in the bathroom of an apartment in the Didi Digomi district in the …

People evacuated from Tashkent underground

People evacuated from Tashkent underground

This morning, a failure in the movement of trains occurred in the Tashkent underground, the underground press service reported. The incident happened on the Chilanzar line at about 10:50. Due to power failures, the train stopped at the …

Shooting occurs in Tbilisi

Shooting occurs in Tbilisi

The second case of shooting was recorded in Tbilisi over the past 24 hours, local media inform, specifying that this time the victim was a man under 40 years old. It is clarified that the victim himself turned to the doctors for help …

Two earthquakes hit Georgia

Two earthquakes hit Georgia

On Saturday, May 21, two earthquakes occurred in Georgia in two hours, the National Center for Seismic Monitoring of the Institute of Earth Sciences informs. The first earthquake with a 3.6-magnitude occurred at 06:12 local time (05:12 …

 PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban team fails to reach Moscow

PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban team fails to reach Moscow

The players and coaches of the Krasnodar basketball club Lokomotiv-Kuban could not get to Moscow for the semifinal matches of the VTB United League with CSKA Moscow, as they were evacuated from the Stavropol airport along with other …

Shots heard in Derbent's centre, one man wounded

Shots heard in Derbent's centre, one man wounded

This afternoon there was a shooting in the center of Derbent, one person was wounded,  the press service of the republican administration of the Investigative Committee of Russia reported. The incident happened on …

North Ossetia resident lost two fingers due to firecracker

North Ossetia resident lost two fingers due to firecracker

A resident of the Prigorodny District suffered from careless handling of pyrotechnics,  the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for North Ossetia informs. On January 5, a 47-year-old resident of the Oktyabrsky rural …

Teenager from Chechnya crashes to death falling from minaret

Teenager from Chechnya crashes to death falling from minaret

In Chechnya, an investigation was initiated on the death of a 17-year-old resident of the Kurchaloevsky district, the press service of the republic's prosecutor's office reports. According to the department, the teenager fell …

Mine collapses in Georgia

Mine collapses in Georgia

Two people are under the rubble as a result of the rubble collapse at a coal mine in the Georgian city of Tkibuli, the Emergency Management Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia informs. According to preliminary …

Explosion occurs at the Armenian Air Force base in Gyumri

Explosion occurs at the Armenian Air Force base in Gyumri

Today there was an explosion in Gyumri, there is a wounded man. Armenian media write about this. As reported by Sputnik Armenia, at about 14:00 (13:00 Moscow time) an explosion took place outside the wall of the Armenian Republic Air …