Accidents
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Three Sisters Drowned in Sea in Joint Suicide: UK Coroner
Three British sisters who drowned in the sea in southern England in May died by suicide, a coroner ruled on Thursday at an inquest.
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Military plane crash kills 32 in Nigeria
It is one the worst air disasters in recent years in Africa’s most populous country.
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Gaza Apartment Block Collapse Kills 21, Including 12 Children
The six-storey building, which had four apartments per floor, crumbled overnight onto nearby homes and tents in the Tal al-Hawa area of Gaza City, according to the civil defence agency, which works as a rescue…
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DR Congo School Fire Leaves at Least 14 Children Dead
The M23 in a statement later reported a toll of “24 dead, including 19 girls and five boys”, as well as “29 people receiving treatment in medical facilities
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Bus Crash in Egypt’s Sinai Kills 22, Including 10 Jordanians
A passenger bus overturned on a desert highway in Egypt’s eastern Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, killing 22 people and injuring 28 others, authorities said.
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Tens of Thousands Flee Fire Near US City of Reno
Around 24,000 were still under evacuation orders on Monday, officials said, down from over 40,000 at its peak. Tens of thousands more have been put on alert and told to have bags ready to go…
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Fire in Kenya girls’ school dorm kills 16
“We have 16 fatalities. It’s an unfortunate incident,” education minister Julius Migos Ogamba told reporters at the scene.
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17 killed, Seven Rescued off Libya After Week at Sea: Red Crescent
The Libyan Red Crescent said Wednesday that a patrol boat recovered 17 bodies and rescued seven people during an operation to assist a stranded vessel off the North African country.
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Nearly 900 Rohingya Refugees Dead, Missing in Shipwrecks in 2025: UN
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.
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‘Dozens’ Killed in Burundi After Arsenal fire: Security Sources
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.
