Police say a manhunt has been launched after the attack in the southeast of the country, were mass shootings have lately become common. Seventeen people, including 15 women, have been killed in two houses in close proximity to each other in a rural town in South Africa, according to the police. A search was under … Read more
Floods brought on by Typhoon Yagi have killed at least 226 people in Myanmar, state media have reported. The death toll could rise with several dozen people missing, state media said on Tuesday. Yogi, which swept across the region over the past week or so, battered the central provinces of the conflict-torn Southeast Asian country. … Read more
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Reuters — An environmental activist who protested mining and hydro-electric projects in northern Honduras in an effort to preserve tropical forests and rivers has been killed, police said on Sunday. Juan Lopez was shot dead on Saturday night by several men as he headed home in his car from church, an official told Reuters, speaking on … Read more
The Israeli military has said there is a “high probability” that three hostages found dead in a tunnel at the end of last year were mistakenly killed in a strike that also took the life of Hamas’s northern Gaza brigade chief, Ahmed al-Ghandour, in November. The families of Col Nik Beizer and Sgt Ron Sherman, … Read more
CNN — Israeli airstrikes in central Syria late Sunday have killed more than a dozen people and injured at least 40 others, state-run Syrian news agency SANA reported Monday. SANA said there had been several explosions and “air defense engagements” in the central region of Syria, including in the Tartous and Hama governorates, that resulted … Read more
Truck carrying people and cattle crashes head-on with tanker in Agaie area in the north-central Niger state. A fuel tanker has collided with another truck in Nigeria, causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people, according to the country’s emergency response agency. The fuel tanker was also carrying cattle in the Agaie area in … Read more
A fire has broken out at a girls’ school in central Kenya just two days after a boarding school inferno killed 21 boys at another school. Firefighters were battling a blaze at a girls’ school in central Kenya, just two days after an inferno killed 21 boys at another school. The latest inferno, reported on … Read more
More than 100 killed in failed Congo jail break at overcrowded prison The Washington Post Attempted prison break in DRC kills at least 129 people CNN Dozens Die in Congo Jailbreak Attempt After Stampede and Gunfire The New York Times DR Congo government says 129 killed in attempted prison break Reuters.com Jailbreak attempt at Congo prison kills 129 people … Read more
Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo says 24 people were shot dead while others suffocated in the crowd. Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have said at least 129 people were killed while trying to escape from the central Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa. In a statement posted on X early on Tuesday, … Read more
Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan arrested over alleged violations of industrial safety law. The head of a South Korean lithium battery maker has been arrested over alleged violations of industrial safety law following a factory fire that killed 23 people. Suwon District Court approved a warrant to arrest Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan over his role in … Read more