Incidents

Twelve people were killed and scores injured in an explosion in Minsk metro during the evening rush hour on Monday, Kazakhstan Today reports.

7.1-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, Fukushima prefecture. A tsunami warning issued by Japan's Meteorological Agency was canceled, Kazakhstan Today reports.

Three children have died and 35 people have become ill from drinking nitrite-tainted milk in China's northwestern Gansu province, according to Xinhua news agency, Kazakhstan Today reports.

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit Luhuo county in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province in South West China according to Xinhua News, Kazakhstan Today reports.

A spokesman for a Washington nuclear power plant has said that a small amount of hydrogen gas trapped in a pipe ignited in a brief, six-inch flame Thursday when workers cut into the pipe, the Associated Press reported on Friday.

The latest strong aftershock to hit Japan Thursday night damaged Onagawa NPP, which now leaks radioactive water, Kazakhstan Today reports.

The gunman who allegedly opened fire in a Rio de Janeiro school this morning killed 12 children before shooting himself, officials said, Kazakhstan Today reports.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Tokyo for over a minute on Thursday night, Kazakhstan Today reports.

Some South Korean schools close amid fears over radioactive rain, Kazakhstan Today reports.

5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia on April 6, 2011, Kazakhstan Today reports.