KABUL: A senior Afghan Army general was killed Thursday in a helicopter crash in western Afghanistan, and two British soldiers died in a blast in the south on Wednesday, officials said.
The general, Fazaludin Sayar, one of four regional commanders, was in charge of the entire west of the country.
His helicopter, an Mi-17, hit bad weather in the morning and went down in the Adraskan District of Herat Province, the Defense Ministry said. All 12 others aboard also were killed, it said. The helicopter had been headed to a neighboring province, …

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) — An accident aboard a nuclear-powered Russian navy submarine doing a test run in the Pacific Ocean killed more than 20 people Sunday, the navy said.
The nuclear reactor aboard the submarine was operating normally and radiation levels were normal, navy spokesman Capt. Igor Dygalo said.