Iran continued to reel under a communication blockade amid the ongoing anti-government protests across the country that flared up on Thursday after exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi’s rallying cry. At least 62 people have been killed since the protests began last month, the Associated Press reported quoting activists. An anti-Iranian regime protester holds up a…
Indonesia’s landslide (Photo credit: AP) A landslide on Indonesia’s Java island has left at least 11 people dead, an official said Saturday, while rescuers continue searching for 12 others who remain missing.“As of Saturday afternoon, the number of victims who were found dead is 11, while 12 more are still being searched for,” local search…
Hurricane Melissa’s confirmed death toll climbed to 44 on Thursday, according to official reports, after wreaking destruction across much of the northern Caribbean and picking up speed as it headed toward Bermuda. Jamaica residents(AP) Jamaica’s information minister told Reuters at least 19 deaths had been confirmed, but authorities were continuing search and rescue efforts. The…
More than 66,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry has said. The ministry said in its daily report on Sunday that the death toll has now climbed to 66,005, with a further 168,162 injured since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack which sparked the war. Among the dead were 79 who…
MOSCOW (AP) — The death toll from last week’s fire at an industrial plant in Russia’s Ryazan region has risen to 24, with at least another 157 people injured, officials said Monday. The fire broke out Friday at the Elastik plant in Shilovsky district, around 250 kilometers (155 miles) southeast of Moscow. Emergency crews continued…