Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised on Saturday over the crash of an Azerbaijani Airlines plane, though he stopped short of accepting that it might have been hit by Russian fire. Putin did admit that Russian air defences were at work when the passenger plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, and the Kremlin said Putin apologised to Azerbaijani leader …

Many feared dead, 32 rescued in plane crash At least 32 people have survived after a passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines and carrying 62 passengers and five crew members burst into flames as it crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Kazakh authorities said on Wednesday that at least 29 of the survivors, a tally that is believed …