Death toll jumps to 38 in Russian gas blast
Moscow: The number of dead from a New Year’s Eve gas explosion in a Russian apartment block jumped to 38 on Thursday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the rubble of the partially collapsed building.
Russian news agencies quoted the emergencies ministry as saying a 38th body had been recovered, leaving only three people unaccounted for.
Taliban kill 8 police in northern Afghanistan
Kabul: An Afghan official says the Taliban killed eight police in an attack on their post in the provincial Capital of the northern Baghlan province. Safdar Mooseni, the head of the provincial council, says police battled the insurgents for four hours before reinforcements arrived and repulsed the Taliban onslaught, which also wounded two police.
