Strong winds caused a sandstorm in Qinghai province, northwest China. Due to the storm, the cities of Haixi, Tibet and Mongolia were covered with a cloud of dust. Transportation was disrupted. The wind speed reached 53 kilometers per hour,…

A commuter train carrying about 200 passengers in Somerville, Massachusetts, caught fire while crossing the Mystic River on the railway bridge. Panicked passengers jumped out the windows of the train during the incident. A passenger was…

India's Punjab State Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann visited the city of Sultanpur Lodhi to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of its cleansing from the sacred Kali Bein River. Prime Minister Mann drank a glass of water from the river to show that…

Fire and smoke erupted from the debris of silos in the port of Beirut, Lebanon. According to Lebanese authorities, a series of fires have erupted in recent days as a result of the fermentation of grain remains left inside the silos that…

A sinkhole opened up in a swimming pool at an Israeli private company's employee party. One person in the pool died after falling into the sinkhole, and another was injured. The body of one person who fell into the sinkhole was found after…

Two people were injured in an explosion at a natural gas pipeline owned by state oil company Pemex in the city of Chacaltianguis in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The injured were taken to hospital. 800 people living in the area close to…

A tour boat collided with a water taxi as it passed under the Erasmus Bridge on the Nieuwe Maas River in Rotterdam, Netherlands. While the tour boat stopped after a while, the water taxi sank. Rescue team was dispatched to the area. 6…

Police rescued a 6-month-old baby in a parked car on Orlicka Street in Prague, Czechia. Baby’s mother came to the scene after the incident, saying she left her baby on board for a swift shopping and leaving the front car window so that the…

A tornado struck Lianyungang City in east China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring 25, according to the local emergency management bureau. The tornado swept through 11 villages in four Lianyungang townships.…

A ceremony was held in the Sri Lankan parliament yesterday for the newly elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Wickremesinghe, 73, took the oath of office before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya. Wickremesinghe will rule until November…