3 killed as cargo plane crashes in China: media

China launched services Wednesday on the world's longest high-speed rail route, the latest milestone in the country's rapid and — sometimes troubled — super fast rail network.

US company IDs 7 people killed in Afghanistan cargo plane crash; 6 from Mich., 1 from Ky. DETROIT (AP) — The friend of one of seven Americans killed in a cargo plane crash near an Air Force base in Afghanistan described him as an experienced navigator who performed well under pressure.

At least four people were killed when a Russian-made cargo plane crashed seconds after takeoff in a fireball near residential apartments in Karachi Sunday, Pakistani officials said.The Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft had been bound for the Sudanese capital Khartoum with eight people on board, according to officials.It slammed into buildings under construction in the sensitive Dalmai neighbourhood, where the Pakistan Air Force and Navy have residential apartments and offices close to Jinnah International airport, witnesses said.

A powerful earthquake jolted China’s Sichuan province Saturday near where a devastating quake struck five years ago, killing at least 70 people and leaving more than 2,000 hurt, prompting worries the death toll will climb.

An explosion in a central China colliery on Monday left 46 miners trapped, state media reported, in the latest accident to hit the country's notoriously dangerous mining sector.The blast happened near Pingdingshan city in the central province of Henan, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing the State Administration of Work Safety.State television said that a store of gunpowder kept underground at the Xingdong No. 2 Mine had detonated at about 1:40 a.m. (1740 GMT) with 72 miners working at the time.

BERLIN, Germany — Two helicopters crashed into each other in mid-air during a police training exercise at Berlin's Olympic Stadium on Thursday, killing at least one person.

SANIKILUAQ, Nunavut — Investigators have located the flight data recorder that may hold clues to a plane crash that claimed the life of a six-month-old infant in Nunavut.