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US: engineer of derailed train can't remember what happened

The man at the helm of a train that derailed in the US says he cannot remember what happened. Rescuers pulled an eighth body out of the wreckage on

USA

Investigation into cause of deadly Philadelphia train crash

At least seven people are now known to have died and scores of others injured in the derailment

USA

At least five dead and dozens hurt in Philadelphia train crash

An investigation has been launched in the US after an Amtrak passenger train with more than 200 passengers on board derailed in north Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

Pakistan

Ambassadors of Norway and Philippines killed in helicopter crash in Pakistan

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Rogue Russian spacecraft falling back to earth faster than expected

Progress is falling back to earth faster than expected. The unmanned Russian spacecraft, which failed to reach the International Space Station with

France

Germanwings co-pilot 'practised fatal descent' on earlier flight'

The findings come from French investigators who said Lubitz reduced altitude on a flight from Dusseldorf to Barcelona several times.

Republic of North Macedonia

Fourteen migrants hit by train and killed in former Yugloslav republic of Macedonia

Fourteen migrants have been hit by a train and killed in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia. It happened near the city of Veles, as the group

Spain

Pollution alert after a fuel-laden trawler sinks off Canary Islands

A Russian fishing trawler full of fuel has sunk off the Canary Islands. The Oleg Naydenov caught fire over the weekend while in Las Palmas port when

China

[WATCH] Two dead as climbing frame collapses in China

Two people were killed and another 15 injured when a net climbing frame structure collapsed under the weight of visitors trying to view a flower gala

Japan

Asiana Airlines plane skids off Japanese runway

Japan

Japan: passenger planes skids off runway at Hiroshima airport

Around 20 passengers have suffered minor injuries after a planned skidded off the runway at Hiroshima airport in western Japan. The Airbus A320

Turkey

Turkey: Company executives go on trial over Soma mine disaster

Protesters are calling for harsh sentences, as mining company executives go on trial over Turkey’s worst ever industrial accident

China

PX chemical fire reignites at Zhangzhou plant

One of three containers that caught fire at a chemical plant in China’s eastern city of Zhangzhou burst into flames again on Tuesday evening. The

Russia

Russia says 'no threat' to environment as nuclear submarine fire put out

Firefighters have reportedly put out a blaze on a Russian nuclear submarine which was undergoing repairs at a northern shipyard. The state-owned

Russia

Russian nuclear submarine catches fire while undergoing repairs

A Russian nuclear submarine reportedly caught fire in a shipyard in the north of the country on Tuesday. News agencies say the vessel was undergoing

Morocco

Spanish potholers die in Morocco mountains

Two Spanish cavers have died while a third is being treated in hospital after being trapped for days at the bottom of a ravine in Morocco’s Atlas

Malaysia

Senior officials killed in Malaysia helicopter crash

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s chief of staff as well as a former ambassador to the United States were among six people killed in a

Brazil

Brazil: Four dead in helicopter crash

A pilot and three passengers died when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed onto the roof of a condominium in Sao Paulo, south eastern

Russia

At least 56 dead in Russian trawler disaster

Rescue workers say at least 56 people have died after a fishing trawler sank off Russia’s far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. With 63 people now

Russia

Russian air sea rescue in hunt for missing sailors after trawler sinks with 132 on board

Air sea rescue services are continuing the search for 15 missing sailors after a Russian trawler sank off the Kamchatka peninsula. The Dalniy Vostok