A methane explosion tore through a coal mine in southern Siberia, killing 35 people and injuring seven others, emergency officials said today.

At least 16 people were killed when a methane explosion tore through a coal mine in Siberia, emergency officials said.

Investigators today combed through the wreckage of a Russian passenger jet that crashed into a Ukrainian field during a severe thunderstorm, killing all 170 people aboard.

An airliner careered off a rain-slicked runway, ploughed into adjacent garages and burst into flames in the Siberian city of Irkutsk early today.

A Russian passenger plane skidded off a rain-soaked Siberian runway early today, ploughed through a concrete barrier and burst into flames killing at least 124 people.

A Russian passenger plane crashed on landing in the Siberian city of Irkutsk early today, killing around 150 passengers, Russian news agencies reported.

A train collided with a bus at a level crossing in a southern Russian region today, killing six people and injuring several others, an emergency official said.

A fire broke out early today in a home for the mentally ill outside Moscow, killing seven people and injuring 12 others.

A concrete roof over a swimming pool in the Ural Mountains region collapsed today, killing at least three people – including two children – and injuring 11 others, an emergency official said.

Rescuers today pulled three bodies from a huge hangar in Kazakhstan after the roof collapsed at Russia’s main space launch site.