Italy motorway crash: Six dead as tanker explodes near Brescia

Workers cleared over major Canada rail disaster

A Canadian jury has found three former rail workers not guilty of criminal negligence for their connection to the Lac-Megantic disaster five years ago. On 6 July 2013, a runaway train filled with petroleum crude oil derailed in the small eastern Quebec town. Forty-seven people were killed in the tragedy and much of Lac-Megantic’s downtown core was destroyed. The trial began on 2 October in a Quebec Superior Court in Sherbrooke, 100km (62 miles) west of Lac-Megantic. Locomotive engineer Tom H

20 Jan, 2018

Sixteen people injured as Sydney train hits railway buffer

Sixteen people have been taken to hospital after a train struck a railway buffer on the outskirts of Sydney, police say. The accident happened at the end of a railway line in Richmond, in the city’s north-west, about 10:00 local time on Monday (23:00 Sunday GMT). A 21-year-old man suffered a broken leg. Another 15 people were treated for minor injuries, paramedics said. Police said they were investigating why the train did not stop. “These people are very lucky – it was chaos – things could

22 Jan, 2018

Several people killed after gunmen attack luxury hotel in Kabul

Several people were killed and at least six wounded when four gunmen attacked Kabul?s famous Intercontinental hotel on Saturday. The gang reportedly also took hostages from among staff and guests, and set the building ablaze. Interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahim said people had died and others had been injured but could not give details of casualty numbers. At least two of the four attackers were killed as Afghan special forces engaged the gunmen in the hotel, it was reported. The soldie

21 Jan, 2018