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Over 1,000 killed in Turkey, Syria after powerful earthquake
Turkey/Syria : More than 1,000 people were killed and over 6,530 others injured in Turkey and Syria after a massive earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck a wide area near the two countries' border, according to authorities.…
Avalanches kill 8 in Austria
Austria : Eight people, including a Chinese national, were killed in separate avalanches in western Austria since Friday, Austrian police have said. The 32-year-old Chinese skier was buried and killed in an avalanche in Oetztal in the state…
Avalanche in Afghanistan kills 2, injures 3
Afghanistan : Two people were killed and three others injured in an avalanche that hit a village in Raghistan district of Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, an official said on Saturday.
The avalanche took place in Sar Asyab area late…
5 dead in Chile forest fires
Chile : At least five people died in Chile due to raging forest fires, which have consumed at least 8,333 hectares of land, official sources said.
Interior Minister Carolina Toha told reporters that four people had died in the commune of…
18 killed in Pakistan road accident
Islamabad : At least 18 people were killed and several others injured after a passenger coach collided with a trailer in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Friday.
The accident took place late Thursday night near…
3 dead, 32 wounded in Egypt’s hospital fire
Egypt : At least three people were killed and 32 others wounded in a fire that broke out on Wednesday at a charitable hospital in the capital Cairo, said the Egyptian Health Ministry in a statement.
The accident took place at the…
Landslides in Indonesia kill 2
Indonesia : At least two people were reportedly killed in floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rain in the eastern Indonesian province of South Sulawesi, an official has said.
"Two were killed by landslides since Wednesday.…
7 killed, dozens injured as tour bus overturns in Brazil
Sao Paulo : At least seven people were killed and another 22 injured on Tuesday when a tour bus heading for Iguazu Falls overturned in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, police said.
According to Parana's Federal Highway Police, the…
10 children killed as boat capsizes in Pakistan
Pakistan : Ten children were killed when a boat capsized in a dam in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, an official said. The boat with 25 children onboard capsized in Tanda Dam of Kohat earlier in the morning, and the divers…
44 killed as bus falls into ravine in Pakistan
Lasbela : At least 44 people were killed a when a bus they were travelling in fell into a ravine in Pakistan's Lasbela district on Sunday. The vehicle carrying 48 passengers was proceeding towards Karachi from Quetta, Lasbela Assistant…