11. After Britain abolished the slave trade, colonial powers replaced it with the “coolie” system, shipping more than 2 million Chinese and Indian workers to plantations worldwide under conditions abolitionists called “a new system of slavery.” After Britain abolished the Atlantic slave trade in 1807 and slavery itself in 1833, plantation owners across the colonial … Read more
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A former student opened fire at a high school in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people, before killing himself, an official said. The 18-year-old attacker fired randomly inside a vocational high school in Siverek, Sanliurfa province. He later killed himself with the same shotgun after being “cornered by … Read more
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren. The tally was changed “after a verification exercise and a … Read more
A grizzly bear is on the loose after attacking a school group in Canada, leaving 11 people injured, two critically. The incident happened on Thursday afternoon on a walking trail in the town of Bella Coola, in the province of British Columbia (BC). Residents have been warned to remain indoors while armed officers try to … Read more
An unknown number of pupils have been abducted by armed men from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, marking the second school kidnapping in less than a week. The latest attack targeted St Mary’s School in Papiri, Niger state, where authorities had already ordered the temporary closure of all boarding schools due to rising security … Read more
Indonesia’s national search-and-rescue agency said more bodies discovered in the rubble, a week after school collapse. Published On 6 Oct 20256 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Rescue workers have uncovered more bodies at the site of a collapsed school in Indonesia, raising the death toll to at least 60. … Read more
Authorities say six people are still alive under the rubble of the school and in contact with rescue workers. Published On 1 Oct 20251 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share At least 91 people remain trapped under building rubble following a school collapse in Indonesia, government authorities said. Indonesia’s National … Read more
Rescue teams race to find survivors after deadly school building collapse in western India. At least four children have been killed and 17 others injured after the roof of a school building collapsed in India’s western state of Rajasthan, according to local reports. The tragedy took place on Friday morning shortly after daily prayers at … 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
A teenage student at a French high school in the western city of Nantes stabbed four other students during a lunch break on Thursday, killing one of them and injuring the others before he was overpowered and arrested, the authorities said. The police did not immediately identify the assailant, but French news outlets said that … Read more