India saw a sharp 79 per cent rise in road accident deaths due to red-light jumping in the year 2020 compared to 2019, a latest report said. However, the number of total road accidents and the fatalities declined by 18 percent and 12.

India experiences 79 per cent rise in road accident deaths due to red-light jumping in 2020

The case of the 2009 accident of a Yemenia Airways flight that killed 152 people, but miraculously left a 12-year-old girl alive began on Monday in a French court.

Sole survivor of catastrophic 2009 Yemeni crash recalls the horror of the tragedy, which killed 152 people

A probe was ordered into an incident in which four military college cadets lost their lives in Canada. The tragic incident took place on the Royal Military College campus in Kingston, Ontario.

Canada: Incident at military college claims lives of four cadets 

At least 35 people died and 71 were injured in Zimbabwe when a bus carrying churchgoers to an Easter gathering veered off the road and plunged down a gorge, police said Friday.

At least 35 killed, 71 injured in Zimbabwe crash ahead of Easter gathering

Ten people were killed after a tourist bus collided into a car in southern Egypt on Wednesday. Among those killed include four French, one Belgian and five Egyptian tourists.

10 tourists, including 4 French and a Belgian, killed in horrific Egypt bus crash

The Taliban commander’s sneakers had soaked through from the melting snow, but that was the least of his problems. It was avalanche season in the Salang Pass, a rugged cut of switchback roads that gash through the Hindu Kush mountains in northern Afghanistan like some man-made insult to nature, and he was determined to keep the essential trade route open during his first season as its caretaker.

‘Fighting was easier’: Taliban take on a treacherous, avalanche-prone pass

Two tourists died while 21 others got injured in an accident in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district. A minibus skidded off the road at Hari Ganiwan area of Kangan and turned turtle killing two female tourists on the spot and injuring 21 others in the bus.

Two tourists dead, 21 injured in an accident in Ganderbal district of Kashmir

Power failures were reported in many parts of Taiwan on Thursday following what the presidential office said was "an incident" at a power plant. The blackouts occurred after 9 am (0100 GMT) across the island, from the capital Taipei to central Taichung city and southern Pingtung county, reports said.

Mass blackouts reported across parts of Taiwan, 5.5 million homes affected

Eighteen people missing at sea near the Malaysian holiday island of Langkawi were rescued, officials said Sunday, after their boat capsized due to bad weather. The coast guard said the 18 were picked up by fishermen late Saturday after their boat vanishing earlier that afternoon had triggered a search.

Eighteen missing off Malaysian island rescued

A training session on water rescues for firefighters in suburban St. Louis became a real-life experience when the crew had to jump into action to save two teenagers.

Watch: When a training session turns into a life-saving mission. Firefighters rescue teens from a icy death

Were you looking forward to making a fried bologna sandwich loaded with crisp vinegar-brined potato chips? Or whipping up deviled egg tostadas with salsa macha? You may have to dive to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Cookbooks overboard? A shipping accident delays two major releases. 

Hollywood star Alec Baldwin found himself in the eye of a storm as he fired a prop gun killing one and injuring another on the set of his film Rust.

Alec Baldwin shooting accident: What's the latest?

Billionaire JR Ridinger’s $51 million superyacht, Utopia IV, rear-ended and sunk a gas tanker in the Bahamas. The Utopia seems to have hit the stern of the tanker, the Tropic Breeze, off the coast of New Providence Island, said reports.

In boat accident, billionaire’s $51 million superyacht sinks gas tanker in Bahamas

Bodies of at least 28 Europe-bound refugees are washed up on the country's western coast after their boat capsized in the sea.

At least 28 migrants drown in Libya boat mishap

A rescue worker in Florida was in for a shock recently when the official found two alligators hanging from an SUV window at the site of an accident. Although witnessing injured persons is normal for rescue workers called in at any accident site, but sometimes they also do get surprised.

A bizarre accident? US official finds two alligators in SUV at mishap site

At least 53 migrants were killed in Mexico after the truck they were hiding in hit a retaining wall. The accident also injured several dozen people, who were taken to hospitals in the area.

At least 53 migrants killed in cargo truck accident in Mexico

Six workers died and two more were in "critical condition" Sunday after a methane explosion at an ArcelorMittal mine in Kazakhstan, the company and the emergencies ministry said.

Six dead in mine blast in Kazakhstan

The death toll from an explosion and fire at the Elastic factory in Russia's Ryazan region has risen - 15, according to a spokeswoman for the ministry of emergency situations on Friday.

15 killed after explosion at factory in Russia’s Ryazan region

In a freak accident, a 60-year-old patient in South Korea, who was undergoing an MRI scan, died after he was hit in the head by a 60kg oxygen cylinder that was sucked into the machine due to its strong magnetic force.

South Korean patient dies after oxygen cylinder sucked into MRI machine hits him

After ascending about 4,000ft, 35 of 39 miners, who were trapped at a mine in Ontario, Canada, have finally made it to the surface. They had a grueling half-day climb.

35 of 39 trapped at Canada mine finally make it to surface

Nine people, including two Chinese giot killed and two others were injured on Thursday after a crane collapsed at construction site in Nairobi. Workers were trying to dismantle the crane when it came crashing down, ZJCC, the Chinese counstruction company behind the project said.

Crane collapse in Nairobi claims nine lives

A cargo ship ran aground and broke into two off northern Japan, the coastguard said Thursday, with the crew of the Panama-flagged vessel taken to safety. Aerial images showed the separated stern of the Crimson Polaris tipped upwards and the other part of the stricken boat listing into the sea.

Watch: 39, 910-tonne ship splits in two and spills oil off Japan's coast

At least 10 people were killed after a passenger van suspected of transporting two dozen undocumented migrants was in a Texas road accident, state officials and a witness said Wednesday.

At least 10 dead in Texas road accident near Mexico border

Five months after she fell down at Democratic Republic of the Congo and broke her leg, actress Ashley Judd is now slowly recovering. The 53-year-old actress updated her fans about her health on Instagram.

Ashley Judd goes on a hike 5 months after suffering a fall and breaking her leg in four places

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