A Boeing 707 cargo plane flying from the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan has crashed in Iran's Alborz province after it overshot the runway during landing. All 16 people on board the aircraft but one are presumed dead.

After two Afghan airlines including the state-owned Ariana Afghan Airlines were ranked lowest in terms of safety in a new list from product rating website AirlinesRatings.com, the civil aviation authority in Kabul said the website was not ‘valid’ and its classification was not ‘credible.’