At least 18 people, including four police officers, were wounded in twin explosions in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Tuesday, media reports said. At least two explosive devices detonated in a busy civilian area of the capital earlier in the day, Al Jazeera reported. According to Syria’s Interior Ministry, 18 people, including four police officers, More
Severe storms and a landslide in China have left at least eight people dead, one missing and hundreds injured, while rescue teams continue searching for 16 people trapped after a landslide in Gansu province. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported that 33 people were trapped after the landslide struck Tanchang County in Gansu, with 17 people More
At least 11 people have been killed and 56 others injured following a Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, media reports said. According to Al Jazeera, Ukrainian officials said the attack, which hit Kyiv early on Monday morning, killed at least 10 people inside the capital and one more in surrounding areas. More
At least six people, including five children, were killed when a group of buildings collapsed in India’s financial capital Mumbai amid heavy rains, officials said. According to Reuters, two to three multi-storey houses collapsed in a slum area in Mankhurd, leaving five young children and one woman dead, civic authorities said. Heavy rains also triggered 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
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 six people were killed and 22 others injured when a bomb exploded inside a café in the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to media reports. The BBC reported that Syria’s Interior Ministry said the explosive device had been planted inside a café in the Hijaz district, about 100 meters from the Palace of Justice. More
