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Flash floods kill 17 in Afghanistan
Kabul : At least 17 people have been confirmed dead and scores of houses washed away as flash floods swept through several villages in Shinwari district and adjoining areas in Afghanistan's Parwan province, an official said on Monday
The…
Floods kill 91 in Yemen’s rebel-held areas
Sanaa : Yemeni rebels have said 91 people have been killed by recent flash floods, triggered by heavy rain, in areas under their control in the north of the war-devastated country.
At least 140 buildings collapsed and 5,699 others were…
13 killed, 5 injured as truck falls over bus in Pakistan
Islamabad : At least 13 people were killed and five others injured after a truck fell over a passenger bus in Rahim Yar Khan city of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, local media reported.
A passenger bus fell into a sinkhole at Feroza…
41 killed in fire at Coptic church in Egypt
Cairo : At least 41 people have died in a fire at a Coptic church in Giza near Cairo, the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt announced on Sunday.A source at the Health Ministry confirmed the number of deaths to dpa news agency."The number of…
8 migrants dead as boat sinks off Tunisia’s coast
Tunis : Eight migrants died and two remain missing after a boat carrying 30 migrants sank off the Kerkennah Islands near the southeast coast of Tunisia, the Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported.
On Wednesday, security personnel retrieved…
Wildfires spread in mountains of France
Paris : Wildfires were still rampaging across southeastern France, with several firefighters injured and thousands of residents evacuated.In the mountains of Diois in the department of Drome, wildfires that broke out on Friday are still not…
20 people killed in multiple road accidents in Tanzania
Tanzania : At least 20 people were killed and 15 others injured after three vehicles and a tractor were involved in multiple collisions in Tanzania's northern district of Kahama in Shinyanga region, police said.
The Shinyanga regional…
9 dead, 7 missing in record rainfall in South Korea
South Korea : Nine people have been confirmed dead and seven others remain unaccounted for in this week's record rainfall that battered Seoul and South Korea's central and eastern regions, officials said on Wednesday, adding that more than…
77 injured, 17 firefighters missing in Cuba crude oil tank fire
Havana : A massive blaze in a crude oil tank in the port of Matanzas in Cuba caused several explosions that have left at least 77 people injured, local authorities said, adding that 17 firefighters were reportedly missing Local newspaper…
10 killed in Pennsylvania house fire
Washington : Ten people died after a house fire in the US state of Pennsylvania , according to the state police.Authorities responded to the fire at a two-storey home in Nescopeck, Luzerne County, at 2.42 a.m. on Friday, where 14 people…