emergency situations in the East

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Thousands mourn Kazakh skating Olympic medalist Denis Ten

Thousands mourn Kazakh skating Olympic medalist Denis Ten

Thousands of mourners packed into a sports hall to remember Kazakh figure skater Denis Ten on Saturday, two days after he was stabbed to death in the street in Almaty. The Olympic bronze medalist, who turned 25 in June, was knifed in broad …

8 dead, over 480 poisoned in Iran by toxic mushrooms

8 dead, over 480 poisoned in Iran by toxic mushrooms

At least eight Iranians including a baby have died over the past days after eating toxic mushrooms in western and northwestern regions of the country, Iran Front Page reports. Over 480 others have been poisoned during the past few weeks and are …

Children hospitalzied after march rehearsal  in Kazakhstan

Children hospitalzied after march rehearsal in Kazakhstan

Eight schoolchildren were hospitalized after rehearsals for the festive march dedicated to May 7th in Uralsk, the Health Department of the West Kazakhstan Region reports. The first call to an ambulance was received today at 9.12 am from …

Black box of Iran’s doomed plane found

Black box of Iran’s doomed plane found

Iranian search and rescue teams dispatched to Mount Dena southwest of the country managed to find the black box of the ATR 72 plane that recently crashed in the area, killing all 65 people on board, a senior official said, Tansim News Agency …

Russian and Turkish airliners almost collided over Istanbul

Russian and Turkish airliners almost collided over Istanbul

According to the Turkish media, yesterday, a dangerous rapprochement happened between two Boeing-737 aircrafts - the Russian (Pobeda) and the Turkish (Pegasus) airplanes at the Istanbul Ataturk airport. As explained at the airport, the …

Gas explosion damages tax office in Ankara

Gas explosion damages tax office in Ankara

Turkey's state-run news agency says a gas explosion has occurred at a tax office in the Turkish capital of Ankara, ABC News reported. There was no immediate report of any casualties. The Anadolu Agency said the explosion …

Burning oil tanker sinks off China after one week

Burning oil tanker sinks off China after one week

An oil tanker burning in the East China Sea for more than a week has finally sunk, Chinese media say, BBC reports. The Sanchi and a cargo ship collided 260km (160 miles) off Shanghai on 6 January, with the tanker then drifting …

Tajik President’s helicopter kills airport chief

Tajik President’s helicopter kills airport chief

The head of the airport of the Tajik city of Khoro, Dildor Maksudshoev, died, escorting a helicopter with President Emomali Rahmon to Dushanbe. "When the presidential helicopter began to take off, Dildor Maksudshoev was standing …

Student dorm burns in Istanbul

Student dorm burns in Istanbul

A fire occurred at a dormitory in Istanbul, local media report. Firefighters extinguished the fire in the shortest time. The cause of the fire has not been established yet. So far, no casualties have been reported. …

Turkish firemen still battle wildfire in country

Turkish firemen still battle wildfire in country

The forest fire, which broke out in the Turkish province of Mugla on Sept. 6, continues, the country’s media reported on September 7. According to the report, despite all attempts, firefighters failed to put out the fire, …

One girl killed another injured by tram in Pavlodar

One girl killed another injured by tram in Pavlodar

A tram hit two girls in Pavlodar, one of the victims died, the head of the press service of the Department of Internal Affairs of Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan, Ruslan Ospanov said. The tragedy occurred today at 07.43 local time at the …

Arab states to allow Qatar use emergency air corridors

Arab states to allow Qatar use emergency air corridors

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain will allow Qatari planes to use air corridors in emergencies, the Saudi state news agency SPA said, citing a statement from the Saudi aviation authority. "Nine corridors …

Russian girl dies in Turkey

Russian girl dies in Turkey

A girl from Russia died after swimming in a pool of one of Turkey’s resorts, the local media reported. It is known that an 11-year-old Russian girl felt bad after swimming in the pool, then she fainted and later she had a cardiac …

Russian tourist drowns in Dead Sea

Russian tourist drowns in Dead Sea

A 67-year-old tourist from Russia drowned in the Dead Sea on Saturday, according to emergency services in Israel, IOL reports. "The man lay unconscious on the beach without a pulse and was not breathing," said Shanee Gamliel, …

6 buses completely destroyed by fire in Turkey

6 buses completely destroyed by fire in Turkey

On Friday night, six interurban public transport buses were destroyed by fire at a bus station nearby the bus terminal in Bursa, Turkey, News.am reports. According to the Cumhuriyet newspaper, those in charge of the bus …

Explosion hits chemical plant in Eastern Uzbekistan

Explosion hits chemical plant in Eastern Uzbekistan

An explosion hit chemical plant Farg’onaazot, a producer of nitrogen fertilizers, in the east of Uzbekistan, resulting in several victims, the country's Emergencies Ministry said in a statement. The …