MOSCOW - The death toll from a deadly blaze that ripped through a Russian nightclub last weekend has risen to 124, investigators said Wednesday. The fire at the Lame Horse club, in the Ural Mountains city of Perm, broke out early Saturday when an in
MOSCOW - The fire chief of a Russian city where a nightclub blaze killed 118 revelers was fired Tuesday and authorities said fire records for the club appear to have been falsified. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, visited the site Tuesday
PERM, Russia - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lambasted local officials on Tuesday for failing to enforce fire safety rules at a nightclub where 118 revelers died in a blaze at the weekend. Russia's most deadly fire in decades was sparked wh
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan - A missile strike from a US drone aircraft killed three suspected militants in Pakistan's lawless northwest tribal belt early Tuesday, security and intelligence officials said. The attack targeted a car in Aspalga village, abou
MOSCOW - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lambasted fire and health officials Tuesday in a city where 113 people died in a weekend nightclub inferno and promised compensation to victims' families. Some mourners outside the Lame Horse nightclu
BAGHDAD - An Iraqi election official says discussions are under way to set a new date for the country's parliamentary elections. The elections had been scheduled for Jan. 16, but officials are now studying at least a six-week delay until late Februa
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Somali government replaced its police and army chiefs Sunday ahead of a planned military offensive, the Somali information minister said. The reshuffle came as fresh clashes between insurgents and government forces in the ru
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - At least three people were killed and 13 others wounded in an accidental blast at a building in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, officials said. It was a low intensity explosion caused by a chemical reacti
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