Fierce wildfires raging across Russia are a risk to the top-secret capital of its nuclear research industry, officials admitted last night. Two soldiers were killed yesterday fighting blazes dangerously close to the highly sensitive town of Sarov, despite claims in …
Hundreds of rescuers scrambled Tuesday to try to locate more than 60 workers trapped in a Siberian hydroelectric plant after an accident on Monday. But with only two survivors recovered, the acting chief executive of RusHydro, which owns the plant, …
More than a day after a freight train derailed and exploded on the Italian coast, officials raised the death toll to 17, including two small children and an unidentified man who subsequently died of severe burns, news agencies reported. The …
More than 200 people are believed dead after an Air France passenger jet disappeared over the Atlantic on a flight from Brazil. Officials said they had “no hope” for Air France Flight 447 which dropped off the radar three hours …
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck L’Aquila, Italy before dawn Monday, killing more than 150 people, injuring 1,500 and leaving tens of thousands homeless. (April 6)