Six people died, including two police officers in their twenties, when a routine missing persons investigation turned into an hours-long siege at a remote Australian property, police said Tuesday. Four officers arrived at a tree-lined property near the small town of Wieambilla late Monday afternoon. “As soon as they entered the property, they were inundated […]
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Yemen war has killed or maimed over 11,000 children: UN
More than 11,000 children are known to have been killed or maimed in Yemen’s civil war since it escalated nearly eight years ago, the United Nations said Monday. “The true toll of this conflict is likely to be far higher,” said the children’s agency UNICEF about the casualties of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. “Thousands […]
131 civilians killed in DR Congo by M23 rebels: UN
M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 29-30 according to preliminary findings, the UN mission in the country said. Authorities in Kinshasa had said that some 300 people, almost all civilians, had died in M23 attacks in the village of Kishishe in the eastern North Kivu province. […]
Seven killed in north Afghanistan as blast hits vehicle with oil workers
At least seven people were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday when a blast hit a vehicle carrying oil workers in the northern province of Balkh, while another blast in the eastern city of Jalalabad injured six people. “Today at around 7am a blast took place in… Balkh on a bus which belonged to Hairatan oil […]
Wedding wars: One dead, five injured in a fight over ‘rasgulla’
One person was killed and five more injured in a fight over a ‘rasgulla’ at a wedding in the Etmadpur area of Uttar Pradesh’s Agra. The incident happened on Wednesday night. According to reports, the wedding of Javed and Rashid, both brothers, was scheduled to take place in Vinayak Bhawan with the daughters of Usman. […]
UK woman dies after being shot down by companion
RENNES: A UK woman died after being shot by her companion during a wild boar hunt in France on Sunday, in what a prosecutor described as a “dramatic accident”. The 67-year-old was wounded “above the heart” and taken to hospital in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, where she died around midday, prosecutor Nicolas Heitz said. Her 69-year-old companion […]
Venezuela floods kill 22 after heavy rains
CARACAS: At least 22 people died and 52 were missing after five small rivers in central Venezuela flooded due to heavy rains, Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said Sunday. The downpour on Saturday night swept large tree trunks and debris from surrounding mountains into the community of Tejerias, 40 miles (67 kilometers) southwest of Caracas, […]
Man arrested for killing his wife, daughter
D.I.KHAN: The Dera Police on Monday arrested a man on a charge of murdering his wife and daughter over a domestic dispute here in ‘Chota Bazar’ area in the jurisdiction of City Police station. According to a police spokesman, Jamil Rajput, a resident of ‘Chota Bazar’, allegedly killed his wife and a daughter over a […]
Gunmen kill 10 people at pool hall in Mexico
Armed attackers killed 10 people in a pool hall in an industrial region of central Mexico plagued by drug cartel-related violence, authorities said Thursday. The massacre happened on Wednesday night in the municipality of Tarimoro in Guanajuato state, according to the regional prosecutor’s office. The bodies of nine men were found at the scene and another man […]
Six reported killed as Iran protests spread over woman’s death
Protests have spread across Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini after the young woman was arrested by the morality police, as a rights group said Wednesday two more protesters were killed overnight, raising the toll to six. Public anger has flared since Iranian authorities on Friday announced the death of 22-year-old Amini, who had been held for allegedly wearing a hijab headscarf in an “improper” way. Activists said the woman, […]