Between 15 and 17 people are missing after a vessel sank off the coast of Liberia, the West African state’s government and coastguard said on Sunday. Search and rescue operations are ongoing, Liberia’s Maritime Authority Commissioner Eugene Lenn Nagbe told reporters in the capital Monrovia. Coastguards have pulled 11 people from the water, he said. A coastguard […]
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At least 23 killed in landslide, wall collapse in India monsoon rains
At least 23 people were killed after several homes were crushed by a collapsed wall and a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India’s financial capital Mumbai, authorities said Sunday. A falling tree demolished a wall in the eastern suburb of Chembur during Sunday’s early hours, burying nearby residents, the National Disaster Response Force […]
Fuel truck blast kills 13 in Kenya
Police said Sunday that 13 people were killed and many others seriously burned when an overturned petrol tanker exploded in western Kenya as crowds thronged to collect the spilling fuel. The fuel truck collided with another vehicle and toppled over late Saturday near Malanga, some 315 kilometres (195 miles) northwest of Nairobi, on the busy […]
Nine killed, dozens missing after boats capsize in Indonesia storm
At least nine people were killed and dozens more are missing after a string of boats capsized in a storm that battered Indonesia’s section of Borneo island, a local rescue agency said Friday. The accident happened early Wednesday in waters off the coast of West Kalimantan where waves as high as five metres (16 feet) […]
25 dead in Ivory Coast coach and minibus crash
At least 25 people were killed and 31 injured in a crash involving a coach and a minibus in Ivory Coast, the transport minister announced late Thursday. “All measures have been taken to determine the exact causes of the tragedy, as well as where responsibility lies,” Amadou Kone said in a statement, adding the accident […]
Hotel collapse in eastern China leaves one dead, 10 missing
A hotel collapsed in eastern China Monday, leaving at least one person dead and 10 others missing, state broadcaster CCTV reported. Rescuers had pulled seven survivors from the rubble of the budget Siji Kaiyuan hotel in the popular tourist city of Suzhou, CCTV said. CCTV said the rescue was “fully under way,” adding that authorities […]
Turkey bus crash kills 12 people: reports
Twelve people died and 26 others were injured when a bus carrying migrants crashed in eastern Turkey on Saturday night, local media reported, quoting authorities in the prefecture of Van. Among the dead were 11 migrants and a person who helped organise their illegal transport, the authorities were quoted as saying on Sunday. The injured […]
At least 27 killed in two road accidents in Algeria
At least 27 people died in two road accidents in Algeria overnight, including when a bus smashed into a truck, local media reported Saturday. In one crash on Friday night, a bus and truck collided on a road connecting Constantine to the Mediterranean port of Jijel in the northeast of the country, leaving 18 dead […]
Florida condo tower death toll rises to 79
The death toll from the collapse of an apartment building in Florida has risen to 79, after 14 bodies were recovered from the rubble, authorities said Friday. “It is a staggering and heartbreaking number that affects all of us very, very deeply,” said Miami-Dade county mayor Danielle Levine Cava. Champlain Towers South, a 12-story building […]
Iran investigating blast in Tehran, no casualties
Iran’s authorities said Saturday they are investigating a midnight blast in northern Tehran that caused no casualties or damages, local media reported. The blast occurred at 00:52 AM (2022 GMT) at the capital’s Mellat park, according to deputy Tehran governor Hamidreza Goudarzi. “The cause of the blast is under investigation. It caused no financial damages […]