Police convoy attacked by gunmen with rocket-propelled grenades in Punjab province in area known to have criminal hideouts. Gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades have ambushed a police convoy in eastern Pakistan’s Punjab province, killing at least 11 officers and wounding seven, authorities say. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the Rahim Yar … Read more
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said a short-range projectile was behind the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and accused the United States of supporting the attack which it blamed on Israel, state TV reported Saturday. The televised statement, which reiterated a call for retaliation, said a rocket with a seven-kilogram (about … Read more
Celeste Smith, Dolan Reynolds, and Emily Mikkelsen 18 hours ago KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — Kernersville police still haven’t said what they think led up to a shooting at a Food Lion on Union Cross Road on Wednesday morning. Investigators say Marco Antonio Vargas Arellano, 40, of Burlington, was found shot inside that store. Dillon Kiger, 38, … Read more
Typhoon Gaemi live: Storm hits China, forcing thousands to flee after 25 killed in Taiwan and Philippines The Independent See powerful typhoon ‘bounce’ off island like pinball CNN Typhoon Gaemi hits China after deaths in Taiwan and Philippines BBC.com Typhoon Gaemi Causes Deadly Floods In Philippines, Taiwan The Weather Channel Typhoon Gaemi Reaches China as Cargo Ship Sinks Off … Read more
The boat carrying 300 people had left The Gambia and capsized near Nouakchott, according to UN migration agency. At least 15 people have died and more than 150 are missing after a boat carrying 300 passengers capsized near Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. “Approximately 300 people boarded a pirogue in … Read more
Nikola Blazekovic/AFP/Getty Images Police cars are stationed in front of a retirement home where at least five people were killed in a shooting in Daruvar, Croatia on July 22, 2024. CNN — At least six people died after a gunman entered a home for the elderly in Croatia on Monday and started shooting, according to … Read more
Initial investigation shows that the truck had crossed into the opposite lane while trying to overtake another vehicle. A head-on collision between a truck and a bus on a highway in the Bolivian Andes has killed 22 people and injured 16 in the country’s worst road accident this year, according to police. Fourteen of the … Read more
As China grapples with extreme weather conditions, authorities say bridge collapsed after heavy rains and flash floods. At least 11 people have died and dozens more are missing after the partial collapse of a highway bridge in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi amid heavy storms and flooding, according to the authorities. The incident took … Read more
Cinthya Carbajal/AFP/Getty Images Relatives of the passengers wait for news about their loved ones outside the Mariscal Hospital in Ayacucho, Peru, on July 16, 2024. CNN — At least 29 people are dead in Peru after a bus plummeted over 650 feet into a ravine on Tuesday while traveling from the capital Lima to the … Read more
The US had announced a humanitarian truce between Kinshasa and the M23 rebel group on July 5. Two children and two teenagers have been killed in a bombardment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local sources have told AFP news agency. The United States announced a humanitarian truce on July 5 between Kinshasa and … Read more