The death toll from the recent earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 3,342, while thousands more have been injured and displaced, media reports said on Monday. The earthquakes have injured 16,470 people and displaced 17,345 others, Reuters reported, citing Venezuela’s Ministry of Information. The Venezuelan government earlier announced that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and More
At least 19 people have been killed and more than 100 others wounded in clashes at a prison in Sri Lanka, media reports said on Sunday. Violence broke out at the prison in Negombo, about 35 kilometres north of the capital Colombo, on Sunday and continued into Monday, Al Jazeera reported, citing local media and More
At least 20 students have been killed after a wooden boat carrying them home from state examinations capsized in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local authorities said. According to the Associated Press, the incident occurred on Friday when the overcrowded boat sank near the confluence of the Sankuru and Kasai rivers in Kasai Province. More
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that lasting peace in the Middle East cannot be achieved without regional support, adding that Israel must not be allowed to derail a US-Iran agreement. He made the remarks during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Istanbul on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported. “No solution that More
US President Donald Trump has offered to help find a solution to end the war in Ukraine during a 90-minute telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a media report said on Sunday. Reuters, quoting Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, reported that Trump made the offer during the call on Saturday ahead of next week’s NATO More
Health officials in France, Belgium and the Netherlands have reported a total of 3,700 excess deaths during a severe heatwave in June, warning that the figures are preliminary and may increase further. According to Reuters, experts said the heatwave, which lasted from 20 to 28 June, was among the most intense ever recorded in Europe, More
Polish border police have announced the detention of 54 migrants, including 15 Afghans, while they were attempting to enter the country “illegally” from the Lithuanian border. In a statement posted on X on Friday, Polish border police said the group included 15 Afghans, 30 Pakistani nationals, and nine Bangladeshi citizens. The statement said: “An attempt More
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 1,502, according to official figures. Reuters reported that government data released on Friday showed 473 people have died from the disease. The confirmed cases have been reported in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, More
At least 40 people were killed and eight others injured after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in the mountainous Danasar area of Zhob District on Friday, according to media reports, the accident occurred near the border between Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Officials said the bus was traveling from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan More
Four people have lost their lives, eight others have been injured, and ten more remain missing after a collision between a truck carrying returning migrants and a Toyota Prius on the Kabul–Nangarhar highway in Laghman province. Nazeefullah Abuhuraira, spokesperson for the Laghman Traffic Department, told Pajhwok that the incident occurred on Thursday night on the More
