Accidents
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Fire on crude oil cargo train disrupts rail service in India
TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – A massive fire broke out Sunday on a freight train carrying crude oil in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with no casualties reported, police said.
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At least 8 killed in explosion at pharmaceutical in S India
TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – An explosion and fire at a pharmaceutical factory in India’s southern state of Telangana killed at least eight people and injured several others, authorities said Monday.
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At least 10 people killed in Colombia landslide
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed at least 10 people and injured eight others Tuesday near the Colombian city of Medellin.
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15 university students die in Malaysia bus accident
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) – At least 15 people have died after a bus carrying students from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (Upsi) and a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) collided on a Malaysian highway in the early hours of June 9.
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Intruder arrested in Windsor Castle grounds
TEHRAN, Jun. 03 (MNA) – A man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the grounds of Windsor Castle.
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7 hospitalized after shooting near Auburn Gresham church
TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – Seven teens were hospitalized Saturday morning after a shooting near St. Sabina Church in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood, according to police.
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Man arrested after car hits number of pedestrians in UK
TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – Three people have been left with serious injuries after a car crashed into pedestrians in Leicester in the United Kingdom.
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Bus collides with trailer truck in Iran's Semnan, 26 injured
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – A bus traveling from Tehran to Shahroud collided with a truck in Semnan Province of Iran on Wednesday morning, killing the bus driver and injuring 26 others.
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By: Haddadi Asl & Ranginkaman
Fire erupts in warehouse of Asia Insurance Building in Tehran
TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – A fire broke out in the warehouse of the Asia Insurance Company’s Building on Shahid Gharni Street in Tehran on Saturday.
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Rain, winds, lightning strikes kill 45 in UP, northern India
TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – At least 45 people have been killed in a thunderstorm and storm in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Rail chaos as 300 Sydney train passengers trapped
TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – More than 300 people have been freed from a train near Strathfield station after high voltage wires collapsed on it.
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Indonesia searches for 19 after landslide at gold mine
TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – Indonesian rescue teams were searching for 19 people missing after heavy rain caused a landslide at a gold mine in its easternmost region of Papua, officials said on Monday.
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At least 15 killed in head-on road crash in South Africa
TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) – A night-time collision between a packed minibus taxi and a pick-up truck has killed 15 people in rural South Africa, a transport official said on Sunday.
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7 people killed in car collision in US Idaho (+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – Seven people died after a pickup truck and a tour van collided on Thursday evening in the US state of Idaho near Yellowstone National Park, Idaho State Police said on Friday.
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12 killed in Philippines after bus slams into vehicles
TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA) – A speeding passenger bus slammed into a row of vehicles lined up at a highway toll booth Thursday in the northern Philippines, killing at least 12 people, including children, police said.
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Israeli PM Netanyahu’s convoy injures motorcyclist in Quds
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) – A vehicle in the convoy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was involved in an accident outside of his office in Al-Quds on Tuesday evening.
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Restaurant fire kills 22 in northeast China’s Liaoning
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) – A restaurant fire in northeastern China killed 22 people on Tuesday in the latest in a series of similar deadly incidents around the country.
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Pezeshkian orders probe into Shahid Rajaee Port blast
TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered an investigation into the cause of the incident occurred on Saturday at Shahid Rajaee Port.
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11 killed in RSF drone attack on Sudan displacement camp
TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – A suspected drone attack by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary has killed at least 11 people at a displacement camp in River Nile state, authorities said.
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Passenger truck falls into a ravine in Pakistan, killing 13
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – A speeding truck carrying laborers, women and children fell into a ravine in southern Pakistan, killing at least 13 people and injuring 20 others, police said Tuesday.
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8 killed, 25 injured in traffic collision in southern Egypt
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – At least eight people were killed and 25 others wounded on Saturday in a traffic collision in southern Egypt's Minya province, provincial media office said in a statement.
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Small plane crashes into Nebraska river and kills 3 on board
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – Three people died when a small airplane crashed into a river in eastern Nebraska on Friday night, authorities said.
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5.8-magnitude quake hits Kashmir
TEHRAN, Apr. 12 (MNA) – A 5.8-magnitude earthquake with epicenter in Pakistan struck Jammu and Kashmir at around 1 pm on Saturday, an official said.
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Five killed, eighteen injured in traffic accident in Crimea
TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – Five people were killed and eighteen injured in a collision between a bus and a truck on a major highway in Crimea, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry announced on Monday.
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Fire breaks out at Disney's Epcot park in Florida (+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, Mar. 23 (MNA) – A fire broke out at Disney's Epcot theme park in Orlando, Florida on Saturday afternoon sending crowds fleeing in panic.
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Multiple gunshot victims reported in New Mexico
TEHRAN, Mar. 22 (MNA) – Multiple gunshot victims were reported in Las Cruces, New Mexico, a CBS News affiliate said on Saturday, citing the police department.
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1 dead, 2 missing in Ecuador Bridge collapse
TEHRAN, Mar. 21 (MNA) – At least one person was killed and two others were missing after a busy 200-meter (656-foot) suspension bridge in Ecuador collapsed, tipping several vehicles into a river, local authorities said.
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London Heathrow Airport closed because of fire, power outage
TEHRAN, Mar. 21 (MNA) – London’s Heathrow Airport was closed early on Friday and will remain shut through the rest of the day, bringing one of the world’s busiest airports to a halt after it lost power because of a nearby fire.
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At least 100 passengers freed from Pakistan train siege
TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Armed forces in Pakistan's Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying more than 400 passengers and taken a number of them hostage, military sources said on Tuesday.
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Two suicide bombings kill 9 people and injure 25 in Pakistan
TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Attackers launched two suicide bombings to breach a wall at a military base in northwestern Pakistan while others stormed the compound and were repelled in violence that killed at least nine people and injured 25 others.