A Russian An-26 military transport aircraft reportedly crashed over occupied Crimea, resulting in the deaths of all 29 people on board, with Russia's defense ministry attributing the incident to a likely technical malfunction. News agencies have confirmed the casualty count.
Multiple explosions ripped through Burundi's economic capital, Bujumbura, after an electrical fire broke out at a military arsenal on Tuesday, sowing panic across the city.
Fire crews were called to a two-story apartment building on Pirie Street in Wellington, New Zealand, at the base of Mount Victoria, following a gas leak that prompted an evacuation.
A Russian drone attack on Ukraine's Poltava region has resulted in at least one fatality and several injuries, including children. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has expressed openness to an Easter ceasefire, holding discussions with the Finnish president and planning a video call with US representatives to convey a ceasefire offer.
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has relieved all fire safety inspectors in the National Capital Region (NCR) as part of an ongoing crackdown on corruption within the agency, aiming to establish new standards for transparency.
The independent inquiry into Hong Kong's deadly Tai Po blaze continues, with focus on property management's awareness of deactivated fire alarms and the fire service's water tanks being out of action to provide water supply during the incident.
Bharat Pankhania, the mayor of Bath, England, has resigned after suggesting that the antisemitic attack that set fire to four Hatzolah ambulances in London was committed by Jews, amplifying the idea that it was a 'false flag' operation.
China is doubling down on mega chemical plants to secure the “industrial gold” needed for its green technology and to scale the coal-based production of chemicals whose global supply is stalled by…