Turkish rescuers on Thursday began evacuating hundreds of villagers by sea after a deadly wildfire engulfed the outer edges of a thermal power plant storing thousands of tonnes of coal. An AFP team saw firefighters and police fleeing the 35-year-old Kemerkoy plant in the Aegean province of Mugla as bright balls of orange flame tore […]
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Three dead, two missing under Belgium school collapse
Three construction workers were confirmed dead and two still missing on Saturday, a day after a school construction site partially collapsed in the Belgian city of Antwerp. The city’s fire department tweeted that three bodies had been found under the rubble. “Despite this terrible toll, the rescue work continues unabated until we are also able to […]
Ryanair passenger jet makes emergency landing in Berlin
Polish police said Monday they were investigating a fake bomb threat that forced a Ryanair passenger plane travelling from Dublin to Krakow to make an emergency landing in Berlin. “We were notified by the Krakow airport that an airport employee received a phone call saying an explosive device had been planted on the plane,” said […]
Cyclone Tauktae likely to hit Karachi, coastal belts with raindust, gusty winds
The Meteorological Department on Saturday issued an alert about the Cyclone Tauktae, saying that it will cause raindust and thunderstorms along with gusty winds in Karachi. The alert reported that the intense low-pressure area over Southeast Arabian has intensified into a cyclonic storm – Tauktae – and lay centered at a distance of about […]
More than 100 arrested at London climate protests
More than 100 people have been arrested in ongoing climate change protests in London that brought parts of the British capital to a standstill, police said Tuesday. Demonstrators started blocking off a bridge and major central road junctions on Monday at the start of a civil disobedience campaign that also saw action in other parts […]
Protest leaders dismiss Sudan emergency, demand Bashir quit
Sudanese protest leaders on Saturday dismissed veteran President Omar al-Bashir’s declaration of a state of emergency and vowed to keep up nationwide demonstrations until his “regime is overthrown.” Bashir’s three-decade rule has been rocked by two months of protests that a deadly crackdown has failed to suppress and on Friday he imposed a nationwide state […]