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Passenger plane crashes in Almaty

Passenger plane crashes in Almaty

A Bek Air plane with 100 people on board crashes after take off near Kazakhstan's Almaty airport this morning.   The aircraft lost altitude after take-off and crashed into a two-story building at 7:22 a.m. local time …

Death toll from landslide in Tashkent metro rises to 6

Death toll from landslide in Tashkent metro rises to 6

Six bodies were uncovered at the scene following a landslide in the open section of a construction site of the Yunusabad metro line, Uzbekistan's Emergency Ministry said. Earlier, the ministry said five workers were …

Five people killed by landslide in Tashkent metro

Five people killed by landslide in Tashkent metro

Five people were killed by a landslide in the open section of a construction site of Yunusabad metro line in Tashkent, Uzbekistan's Emergency Department said. The accident took place on December 18at about 10 a.m local time. …

Power stations for engine warming-up to be created in Nur Sultan

Power stations for engine warming-up to be created in Nur Sultan

The power plants for warming up car engines in winter are being installed in Nur-Sultan. According to the akim of the Kazakh capital, Altai Kulginov, the project is designed to improve the ecological climate in the city. The technology of …

Iran starts gasoline rationing and hikes prices

Iran starts gasoline rationing and hikes prices

Iran introduced gasoline rationing and price hikes on November 15 with an official saying that the revenue would be used for subsidies for 18 million needy families, state television reported. According to State TV, the price of a liter …

Turkey's Atlasglobal stops Tbilisi-Istanbul flights

Turkey's Atlasglobal stops Tbilisi-Istanbul flights

Turkish airline Atlasglobal will stop Tbilisi-Istanbul flights from November 9. The message was received by passengers who had tickets for the Tbilisi-Istanbul flight. The information was confirmed by TAV Georgia company, which …

Open skies regime launched in airports of 11 Kazakh cities

Open skies regime launched in airports of 11 Kazakh cities

The open skies regime has been launched in the airports of 11 cities of Kazakhstan from November 1, 2019, the Kazakh Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development reported. The cities are Nur-Sultan, Shymkent, Aktau, …

Electric trains may appear in Almaty

Electric trains may appear in Almaty

Mayor of Almaty Bakytzhan Sagintayev at the meeting on social and economic development of the city addressed the internal migration and a transport issues. According to him, a major flow of migrants comes from the …

Passenger buses catch fire in Almaty and Nur-Sultan

Passenger buses catch fire in Almaty and Nur-Sultan

Two passenger buses has caught fire in Kazakhstan this morning. The first bus caught fire in Almaty, the Emergency Situations Committee of the Interior Ministry of Kazakhstan said. A call about the flame was reported at …

Damaged Sabiti tanker to reach Iran in late October

Damaged Sabiti tanker to reach Iran in late October

According to the executive director of the National Iranian Tanker Company, Nasrollah Sardashti said today, that the attacked Sabiti tanker will reach Iran no earlier than on October 21. “In the next 9-10 days, the tanker will …

Is 'tanker war' with Iran over?

Is 'tanker war' with Iran over?

The British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero seized by Iran in July has started to move out of the port of Bandar Abbas where it has been held, the Swedish owner of the tanker Erik Hanell said. “The ship …

Flynas launches regular Riyadh-Baku flights

Flynas launches regular Riyadh-Baku flights

Saudi Arabia’s second largest national airline, Flynas, launches regular flights from Riyadh to Baku. The direct flights from Riyadh to Baku, which will be operated throughout the year, will begin on October 2, …

Train derailment kills 5 people in Iran

Train derailment kills 5 people in Iran

At least 5 people have been killed and 92 injured as the result of a train derailment in Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province. The incident took place yesterday, as the train with some 250 passengers was on a 1,500-kilometer …

Vehicle carrying refugees overturns in Turkey, killing six

Vehicle carrying refugees overturns in Turkey, killing six

At least six people have been killed in a road accident in Turkey this morning, which involved a vehicle carrying refugees, NTV reported. According to the TV channel, the accident occurred in the Reyhanli District of the Hatay …

Iran releases UK-flagged oil tanker

Iran releases UK-flagged oil tanker

Iran’s authorities have freed the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Strait of Hormuz, Sky News Arabia reported. The Iranian government's spokesman …

Saudi Arabia joins US-led maritime coalition

Saudi Arabia joins US-led maritime coalition

Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it joined a U.S.-led coalition to secure the Mideast’s waterways amid threats from Iran after an attack targeting its crucial oil industry, The Globe and Mail reports. The kingdom’s decision to …

Scandalous Iranian tanker no longer sailing to Iskenderun

Scandalous Iranian tanker no longer sailing to Iskenderun

Supertanker Adrian Darya 1, which the U.S. is seeking to seize for carrying Iranian oil, is no longer signaling the port of Iskenderun in Turkey, Bloomber reports. The vessel has showing “for order” as its destination, …

Six people injured in blast rocking Turkey's HPP

Six people injured in blast rocking Turkey's HPP

An explosion occurred this morning at a section of a hydroelectric power plant in Turkey’s Sivas province. Sivas governor Salih Ayhan said that three vehicles were submerged on a highway near the plant, which is located in …