Plane crashes in eastern China, casualties unknown
November 8th, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by BNO News
LISHUI, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- A plane crashed near a city in eastern China on early Monday evening, state-run media reported on Tuesday, but only few details were released. It is unknown ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
European airlines cancel more than 500 flights as volcanic ash spreads
May 24th, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by BNO News
EDINBURGH (BNO NEWS) -- Numerous airlines on Tuesday morning were forced to cancel hundreds of flights to and from Scotland and several other regions as the latest volcanic ash crisis continued to ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Iceland volcano ash could reach Britain: Report (Lead, changing dateline)
May 23rd, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 23 (IANS) Ash from an Icelandic volcano eruption could reach northern Scotland by Tuesday as there are no signs of winds that might sweep it away, a media ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Plane Crashes At Anchorage With Four On Board
July 29th, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
July 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A local training mission took a tragic turn on Wednesday as the C-17 plane crashed at the Elmendorf Air Force Base. The crash reportedly took place ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Man Charged in Flagstaff Wildfire:Campfire Not Properly Put Out
June 21st, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
June 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Randall Wayne Nicholson is facing class 2 misdemeanor charges, which can lead to a fine of $750 and a four month prison term after failing to ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Three killed in US natural gas line explosion
June 8th, 2010 - 6:40 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 8 (IANS) At least three people were killed and six injured while 10 others went missing after a powerful explosion in a natural gas line in Texas state, media reports ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Icelandic Met Office says no eruption at Hekla volcano
April 20th, 2010 - 12:27 am ICT by BNO News
REYKJAVIK (BNO NEWS) -- The Icelandic Meteorological Office on Monday said the Hekla volcano in the southern part of the country had not erupted.Live footage from the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service initially ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Report: Second volcano in southern Iceland erupts
April 20th, 2010 - 12:01 am ICT by BNO News
REYKJAVIK (BNO NEWS) -- The Hekla volcano in southern Iceland erupted on Monday, according to images broadcasted by local media, while another volcano - the Eyjafjallajökull glacier - continues to ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
SECOND VOLCANO IN SOUTHERN ICELAND ERUPTS
April 19th, 2010 - 11:37 pm ICT by BNO News
REYKJAVIK (BNO NEWS) -- The Hekla volcano in southern Iceland erupted on Monday afternoon.Live images from the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service showed a huge plume of smoke rising from the ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Iceland volcano ash disrupts air traffic
April 15th, 2010 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Oslo/London, April 15 (DPA) Air traffic in several northern European countries including Britain, Norway and Sweden was disrupted Thursday due to ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland.
Drifting ash from the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Karachi blast that killed 42 on Muharram was not suicide attack: Pak investigators
January 5th, 2010 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Jan. 5 (ANI): Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has confirmed that the Asura blast, which killed 42 people in Karachi on December 28, was not a suicide attack.On Monday, the ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Chemical plant explosion of American Acryl in Seabrook, Texas
December 10th, 2009 - 12:29 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Seabrook, Dec 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In an incident that is bound to raise the hackles of the environmentalists, there was a large chemical plant explosion near Seabrook early this morning. And it ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Eruption underway at Nicaragua’s San Cristobal volcano
September 7th, 2009 - 10:49 am ICT by BNO News
CHINANDEGA, Nicaragua (BNO NEWS) -- Fresh activity has been recorded at Nicaragua's highest volcano, according to the U.S. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center on Sunday, saying an eruption is underway.The San Cristobal Volcano ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
California wildfire rages, only 5 percent contained
September 2nd, 2009 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Sep 2 (DPA) A raging California wildfire continued to grow Tuesday, burning more than 48,000 hectares and sending an ominous plume of smoke over the Los Angeles metropolis.
The Station ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
California wildfire doubles in size, threatens 12,000 homes
September 1st, 2009 - 1:03 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 31 (DPA) A raging California wildfire doubled in size Monday and two firefighters were killed when their vehicle tumbled down a mountain as they were fighting the region's ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Australian bushfires like 1500 Hiroshimas, says expert
May 21st, 2009 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, May 21 (ANI): The devastating February bushfires that killed 173 people across Australia generated enough energy to fuel 1,500 atomic bombs, the bushfires royal commission has been told.The Sydney Morning ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Is there a Tsunami round the corner - Major earthquake rocks Tonga?
March 20th, 2009 - 3:58 pm ICT by GD
An undersea volcano in Tonga is sending out volumes of smoke & ash thousands of feet in to the air. A series of earthquakes rocked Tonga, a 170 island archipelago between Australia ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Hamas targets Israel nuke plant after top commander’’s killing
January 2nd, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Tel Aviv, Jan. 2 (ANI): Israel has killed a top Hamas commander and members of his family, prompting the Palestine-based militant outfit to redirect its rocket missiles on Israel''s main nuclear ... Read more...
Posted in World |