At least 34 people were killed and more than 25 injured when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on subway trains during the morning rush-hour in Moscow, Russian officials said.

Two explosions blasted Moscow’s underground system this morning as it was jam-packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 34 people and wounding more than 25, emergency officials said.

An apartment block west of Moscow partially collapsed after a suspected gas explosion today, killing three people and possibly trapping others under the rubble.

A fire broke out at a hospital in southern Moscow early today, killing at least four patients and forcing the evacuation of dozens of other patients, an emergency official said

Veterinary workers have discovered bird flu in a flock in the central Russian region of Tambov, the Emergency Situations Ministry said today.