The US military participated in a raid in western Iraq that resulted in the deaths of 15 IS operatives, according to a statement released by the US military’s central command early on Saturday.“US central command (CENTCOM) forces and Iraqi Security Forces conducted a partnered raid in Western Iraq in the early hours of August 29,…
An early morning explosion rocked a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday, resulting in the deaths of two employees and leaving a third seriously injured. The incident occurred just before 5:10 am (local time) in the wheel and brake shop at Delta’s Atlanta Technical Operations Maintenance facility, a crucial…
At least 40 migrants died and several were injured after a boat caught fire off Haiti‘s northern coast on Friday. According to the AND‘s International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Haitian Coast Guard managed to rescue 41 survivors, with 11 requiring hospitalization, some due to burns. The boat, carrying over 80 people, had embarked from…
PARIS: Four migrants have died while trying to cross the English Channel on an inflatable boat from France to the UKFrench authorities said Friday. The migrants’ vessel capsized and punctured off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in northern France, the prefecture responsible for the region said in a statement. Sixty-three people were rescued by the French…
MUMBAI: Observing that passengers in local trains are carried worse than cattle, Bombay high court on Wednesday asked Railways whether it has been able to stop train-fall and track-trespassing deaths.“It is your responsibility and duty. You must not depend on the court’s direction to save the lives of people,” said Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya…
At least 47 people have died as downpours in southern China’s Guangdong province caused historic flooding and slides, state media reported Friday, while authorities warned of more flooding ahead in other parts of the country.State broadcaster CCTV said Friday afternoon that another 38 people were confirmed dead in the jurisdiction of Meizhou city, adding to…
BEIJING: Nine people have died and six are missing after downpours caused historic flooding in rural parts of Guangdong province in southern China, while authorities warned Friday of more flooding ahead in other parts of the country. Four people died and four are missing, in Meixian district in Guangdong’s Meizhou city, state broadcaster CCTV reported…
NEW DELHI: The scorching heat in the city has claimed five lives in the last 72 hours. The victims succumbed to heatstroke after being admitted to three hospitals.Two deaths occurred at Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday, the hospital authorities said. A 50-year-old man, who was admitted on the evening of June 17, passed away at 2.30am…
RIYADH/MINA: Throngs of tightly packed pilgrims struggled through searing heat which has claimed lives during the annual Haj pilgrimage as temperatures reached 51.8 degrees Celsius (125.2 Fahrenheit) in the shade of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi state TV said on Tuesday.Six Jordanian citizens died of heat stroke during Haj, the Jordanian foreign ministry said.It…
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said another four Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 had died in captivity and that their bodies are being held by the Palestinian Islamist group. The four men were identified as Chaim Peri, 80, Yoram Metzger, 80, Amiram Cooper, 84, and Nadav Popplewell, 51. All four were filmed alive…
