The Rohingya mainly leave from huge camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, where more than a million refugees forced to flee across the border from war-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine state live in squalid conditions.
The explosions began at the main ammunition depot of the Burundi National Defence Force (FDNB) in Musaga, in the southern suburbs of Bujumbura, the country’s economic hub.
“2025 was the deadliest year ever recorded on the Eastern migration route… with 922 people dead or missing — double the number from the previous year,” Tanja Pacifico, head of mission for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Djibouti, told AFP.
A US KC‑135 aerial refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq, killing all six crew members, the US military said Friday, adding that the incident was not caused by “hostile fire.”
The death of Emurua Dikirr MP Johana Ng’eno adds a sombre chapter to a recurring Kenyan tragedy: the loss of high-ranking officials in aviation accidents.
The entire Alpine range has had one of its deadliest winter seasons in many years amid heavy snowfall and rain.
He was part of a group visiting Chad for the International Festival of Saharan Cultures in the city of Amdjarass, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the Sudan border.
Families have criticised the slow pace of the recovery operation, with more than 50 giving DNA samples in the hope of finding their missing relatives.
Dressed in dark clothing, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia shook hands with emergency services workers near the spot where the mangled wreckage of the two trains remains.
Flags flew at half-mast on public buildings, television anchors wore black, and cabinet ministers curtailed public appearances as Spain observed the first of three days of national mourning.
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