At least eight school children were killed and 12 others were injured Thursday when a school bus skidded off the mountain road and fell into a deep gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.
A speeding train derailed and overturned outside of Cairo on Tuesday, killing 19 and injuring over 100 new military recruits.
The Shanghai municipal government has ordered an overhaul of fire prevention measures across the city after a market fire left five people dead and 14 others injured on Sunday night.
A market fire that occurred Sunday evening in Shanghai had claimed six lives and injured more than ten as of 3 a.m. Monday, said the local fire fighting authorities.
More than 200 casualties including at least 60 deaths were caused in a stampede on New Year's Eve in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, public television RTI reported on Tuesday.
A train crashed with a school bus in southern Egypt, leaving 40 children killed, official Ahram-online reported on Saturday.