At least 23 people were killed and 11 others injured in an explosion at a supermarket in Mexico, media reports said on Sunday. The blast occurred on Saturday at a Waldo’s store in central Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora state, according to Al Jazeera. “Sadly, a number of the victims we’ve found were minors,” Sonora More
At least 21 people have been killed and 25 others injured after heavy rainfall triggered a landslide in Kenya, according to media reports. Al Jazeera reported that the disaster occurred in the mountainous Chesongoch area of Elgeyo-Marakwet County, where intense rainfall is common during the short rainy season. Kenyan Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said that More
The White House has limited journalists’ access to the offices of the press secretary and other senior communications officials in the West Wing, near the Oval Office, a media report said Saturday. According to Reuters, a new regulation issued Friday restricts accredited journalists from freely entering the offices of Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and other More
At least 26 Palestinians have killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, media reports said on Wednesday. According to Reuters, citing local health officials, Israeli warplanes carried out the raids on Tuesday, killing at least 26 Palestinians. Witnesses said the attacks continued into early Wednesday across various parts of the enclave. Since the More
At least 20 people have been killed after a fire broke out following a collision between a private bus and a motorcycle in southern India, local media reported. Reuters, citing Indian outlets, said the crash occurred on the highway connecting the tech cities of Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The impact caused a fuel leak that sparked More
At least 46 people have been killed in a major road accident in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, a media report said on Thursday. The collision took place just after midnight (21:00 GMT on Tuesday) near the town of Kiryandongo, about 263 kilometres (163 miles) from Kampala. The crash happened when two buses travelling from opposite directions More
Afghanistan defeated the Maldives 3–0 in their second match of the Central Asian Volleyball Championship on Thursday. The ongoing championship is being held in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The match between Afghanistan and the Maldives took place this afternoon, with Afghanistan securing a clear 3–0 victory. Afghanistan lost the opening match to Sri Lanka. More
At least 35 people have died after a fuel tanker overturned and exploded in Nigeria, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday in Niger State when the vehicle skidded off the road, spilling petrol that ignited shortly after the crash, according to Aishatu Saádu, FRSC sector commander in the state. Victims were rushed More
Israel has killed at least 97 Palestinians and wounded 230 since the start of the ceasefire and violated the truce agreement 80 times, Al Jazeera reports. The Gaza Government Media Office said the Israeli military has killed dozens of Palestinians in a wave of air raids that it said were in response to a ceasefire violation by More
At least 15 people have died in a traffic accident in Brazil, according to media reports on Sunday. The Federal Police of Brazil said the incident occurred at night in the state of Pernambuco, in the country’s northeast, when a bus veered off the road, Reuters reported. Police confirmed that 30 people were on board. More
