‘A tragedy and a calamity have befallen us,” the Wasit province governor says. At least 61 people have been killed and several more are missing in a huge fire at a hypermarket in Kut city in eastern Iraq, according to Iraq’s Interior Ministry. The ministry said on Thursday that 14 charred bodies had been found … Read more
TOKYO — A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later, authorities said Monday. Officials urged people to be aware of the harsh conditions at the country’s tallest peak during its off-season. The … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescue workers on Saturday pulled a man from a collapsed subway construction site near the capital of Seoul and continued searching for another believed to be trapped inside. Im Gwang-sik, an official with Gwangmyeong city’s fire department, said the survivor was trapped about 30 meters (98 feet) underground … Read more
A British mountaineer and her American companion who had been stranded in the Himalayas for three days without food have been rescued. Fay Manners, 37, and Michelle Dvorak, 31, had been climbing the Chaukhamba mountain in northern India, when they issued an SOS message on Thursday, with nothing further being heard from them. The pair … Read more
An Algerian man who had been missing for 26 years has been found in his neighbor’s house, just a few minutes’ walk away, the country’s justice ministry said this week. The man only identified as Omar B. had vanished at the age of 19 during the Algerian Civil War in 1998, and his family assumed … Read more
Woman rescued 10 years after Chibok kidnapping in Nigeria BBC.com One Sister Fled Boko Haram. The Other Was Trapped. Their Lives Will Never Be the Same. The Wall Street Journal Pregnant Woman Rescued Days Ago Was Abducted 10 Years Ago as Schoolgirl PEOPLE Nigerian woman rescued 10 years after kidnap by Boko Haram in Chibok The Guardian She Was … Read more