Siege tactics since March on Gaza’s people have brought famine-like conditions throughout the Gaza Strip. Starvation in Gaza. An entire population deprived of food after months of Israel blocking vital supplies and waging relentless attacks. Experts say the strategy means long-term damage for the health of Gaza’s people. So what are the consequences of Israel’s … Read more
Facebook Tweet Email Link Associated Press — A regional passenger train derailed in southern Germany, killing at least three people and seriously injuring others on Sunday, authorities said. Federal and local police said the cause of the crash near Riedlingen, roughly 158 kilometers (98 miles) west of Munich, remains under investigation. Photos from the scene … Read more
Rescuers were searching for trapped survivors after the incident in the impoverished Lyari neighbourhood of Karachi. A five-storey building has collapsed in Pakistan, killing at least eight people and injuring nine others, officials said, with rescuers searching through the rubble for more trapped victims. The incident occurred on Friday, shortly after 10am (05:00 GMT) in … Read more
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Authorities say at least four people dead and 32 missing after vessel sinks off resort island. At least four people are dead and dozens of others are missing after a ferry carrying 65 people sank off Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, authorities have said. Rescuers are searching for 32 people after the … Read more
Israel still pummeling northern neighbour despite ceasefire; latest attacks follow Friday’s deadly strike on Nabatieh. Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon on multiple vehicles have killed three people as attacks continue despite a November ceasefire with the armed group Hezbollah. Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said on Saturday that one person was killed in an “Israeli … Read more
Nine people from one extended family were killed at the Swat River, while others died in rain-related incidents elsewhere. Flash floods have killed at least nine people in northern Pakistan after pre-monsoon rains swept away dozens of individuals. District administrator Shehzad Mahboob said on Friday that the nine people who were killed were from one … Read more
Five people killed after Iranian missile crashes in Israel’s South The Jerusalem Post After ceasefire, IDF says it detected new launch of ballistic missiles from Iran The Times of Israel Iran attacks Israel despite US strikes on nuclear sites, Trump calls for ‘peace’ Fox News ‘Nothing left’: Israelis wake to devastation after US attack on Iran Yahoo 4 killed … Read more
An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board has crashed in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline says. Firefighters doused the smoking wreckage of the plane, which would have been fully loaded with fuel shortly after takeoff on Thursday, and an adjacent multistorey building. The airline said … Read more
Suspected shooter reported to have died by suicide as country mourns after one of its worst mass shootings. Nine people have been killed and at least 10 injured in a shooting at a school in the Austrian city of Graz. Police were deployed to the BORG Dreierschutzengasse school in Austria’s second largest city on Tuesday … Read more
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A passenger bus skidded off a cliff in Sri Lanka’s tea-growing hill country on Sunday, killing 21 people and injuring 35 others, a police spokesman said. The accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday near the town of Kotmale, about 86 miles east of Colombo, the capital, in a mountainous … Read more