Incidents

A five-star hotel, part of a three-tower complex, in Shenyang, China, has caught fire caused by fireworks while people were celebrating the Lunar New Year, the agency reports.

A powerful blast in an industrial district in the Turkish capital Ankara killed 3 and injured about 30 people, the agency reports.

The Ministry of Emergency of Kazakhstan has evacuated 131 Kazakhstan citizens from Egypt, Kazakhstan Today reports.

A man and a woman were sentenced to five year-imprisonment for forcing two Nigerian women to Dubai with promises of work and then forcing them into prostitution, the agency reports.

A slavik militant has been named prime suspect in Moscow airport bombing that claimed 35 lives, the agency reports.

Michael Jackson's doctor has pleaded not guilty and is ready to go to trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the superstar's death, the agency reports.

Police have arrested at least 11 people for allegedly trafficking babies in Bulgaria and Greece, the agency reports.