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At least 14 injured in Chicago funeral shooting

At least 14 injured in Chicago funeral shooting

Fourteen people were hospitalized after a shoot-out at a funeral in Chicago Tuesday, police said. Their "conditions are unknown at this time," Chicago Police Department First Deputy Superintendent Eric Carter said at a …

Passenger plane crashes in Russia's Siberia

Passenger plane crashes in Russia's Siberia

An Angara airline An-24 plane made an emergency landing this morning in the city of Nizhneangarsk in Russia's Buryatia after one of its engines failed.  The crew of the An-24 jet was reporting a failure of the control systems, …

Death toll in Kazakhstan's Arys explosion increases

Death toll in Kazakhstan's Arys explosion increases

Two people were killed, 165 people injured and roughly 40,000 people were evacuated after an explosion rocked a military depot in Kazakhstan's city of Arys, the Kazakh Ministry of Internal Affairs announced. Kazakh Prime Minister …

Four injured in Almaty car accident

Four injured in Almaty car accident

Four people were injured in a car accident in Kazakhstan. The accident occurred at the corner of Tole Bi and Yassaui streets in Almaty when Mercedes-Benz and Audi 100 collided.  The injured were taken to the nearest …

Accident in Urus-Martan district of Chechnya claims two lives

Accident in Urus-Martan district of Chechnya claims two lives

Yesterday, two people died as a result of an accident in the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya, the press service of the Republican Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. The causes of the accident have not yet been clarified, it is only …

Road accident in Armenia’s Lori, driver dies on spot

Road accident in Armenia’s Lori, driver dies on spot

One person has died after a major road accident in Armenia's Lori Province yesterday. A car went off road on the Vanadzor-Bagratashen motorway at around 10pm, crashed into a tree and ended up on the bank of Debed river. …

Iran's Hormozgan hit by 5.3-magnitude earthquake

Iran's Hormozgan hit by 5.3-magnitude earthquake

Iran's Hormozgan was hit by a magnitude-5.3 earthquake, damaging buildings and injuring at least five people. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was of 5.3 magnitude, while the Emirati National Center of Meteorology …

Azerbaijan hit by two earthquakes

Azerbaijan hit by two earthquakes

Two earthquakes hit Azerbaijan yesterday, the Republican Seismological Survey Center (RSSC) of the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences reported. An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 was recorded at 23:19 local time, eight kilometers …

Eight people confirmed dead in Moscow apartment fire

Eight people confirmed dead in Moscow apartment fire

Eight people, including two children, died in a fire in an apartment building in downtown Moscow late on Sunday, a spokesperson for the Russian Investigative Committee’s Head Department for Moscow Yulia …

 Tupolev-22M3 bomber crashlands in Murmansk region

Tupolev-22M3 bomber crashlands in Murmansk region

A Tupolev-22M3 bomber has crashlanded at a military airdrome in the Murmansk Region today, a source in the law enforcement said. "A Tupolev-22M3 bomber crashlanded while trying to land at an airdrome of the long-range aviation in …

Bus crash in Turkey's Amasya kills two, injures over 30

Bus crash in Turkey's Amasya kills two, injures over 30

A passenger bus has crashed in the Turkish province of Amasya, killing 2 people and injuring more than 35 others. All the victims are citizens of Turkey. According to the Turkish media reports, the wounded have been taken to …

Israeli Foreign Ministry hit by tear gas grenade explosion

Israeli Foreign Ministry hit by tear gas grenade explosion

Three employees of the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem were injured yesterday, after they opening a tear gas grenade, thinking it was a dummy, Jerusalem police reported. Following this event, the Foreign Ministry personnel were …