A passenger plane has crashed in Afghanistan's Deh Yak district.
There's still no clarity on who was operating the flight, or details on the casualties.
It was initially reported to be a plane from the state-owned Ariana Afghan Airlines, but the company later denied the claims.
The area in which the plane came down, has a strong Taliban presence.
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At least 15 workers were killed when an avalanche buried a mountain camp they were preparing in central Nepal for foreign climbers, a rescue official said on Thursday, in the deadliest incident of the autumn climbing season ending this month.
SpaceX launches 13th long-duration astronaut crew to ISS
A SpaceX rocket lifted off from Florida on Thursday with a crew of two US astronauts, a Canadian astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut headed to the International Space Station (ISS) for a science mission devoted to human health and performance in orbit.
Indonesia arrests captain of capsized ferry, police say
An Indonesian police spokesperson said on Thursday the captain of a ship that capsized in the Java Sea last month has been arrested and will face criminal charges for his role in an accident that killed at least 78 people.
Zimbabwean businessman, close to ruling elite, killed in helicopter crash
Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo, his wife and several others were killed on Wednesday in a helicopter crash, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said.
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survives lethal execution attempt
Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of lethal injection late on Wednesday, prison officials said, foiling the state's first attempt to put a woman to death in two centuries.
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