An alleged Israeli airstrike near Syria’s capital of Damascus reportedly led to the deaths of three Syrian soldiers Several Syrian military servicemen have been killed after missiles targeted an area in the vicinity of Damascus, Syria’s state media reported. The country’s anti-missile defenses shot down most of the projectiles that have also inflicted material damage, […]
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At least 59 killed in mining blast – media
An explosion struck a mining site in Burkina Faso, known for its rapidly growing gold mining industry A powerful explosion near a gold mining site in Burkina Faso has killed at least 59 people, according to media reports citing witnesses and “regional authorities.” Over 100 people were reportedly injured in the blast. The explosion occurred […]
Officer killed as helicopter plunges into water
The accident in California, US comes shortly after a similar incident in Florida on Saturday A police helicopter crashed into the water in Newport Bay, California on Saturday evening – the same day that another helicopter crashed into the ocean in Miami Beach, Florida. Following the latest accident in California, both pilots were rushed to […]
Cashier shot maskless customer, then killed self
The angry gas station employee opened fire on a customer who refused to wear a mask and walked out without paying A Las Vegas gas station cashier shot a 26-year-old customer after he refused to wear a mask in the store, before pointing the gun on himself and committing suicide, police have revealed. The unnamed […]
Pentagon unsure about key detail in raid that killed ISIS leader – media
Pentagon is still uncertain about civilian casualties and who had detonated a bomb that killed the terrorist leader, reports say Senior US military officials involved in the raid that took out Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi in northern Syria earlier this month told several news organizations on Thursday that more […]
Paris attacks suspect reveals whether he killed anyone
Salah Abdeslam complained that people ‘have not stopped slandering him’ since the 2015 massacre Salah Abdeslam, who faces life imprisonment for his alleged role in the 2015 Paris massacre, told a French court on Wednesday that he has never killed or hurt anyone. “I wanted to say today that I didn’t kill anyone, and I […]
Dozens killed by fallen power cable
24 women and two men were fatally electrocuted after the line snapped over a city market The collapse of a high-voltage power cable onto a market in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulted in 26 deaths and two serious injuries on Wednesday. DRC Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde announced […]
Dozens killed in fighting after ISIS attack on prison – reports
Thousands have had to flee the Syrian city where Kurdish-led militias are battling terrorists after an attempted prison break The Syrian northeastern city of Hasaka has seen large-scale clashes between Kurdish-led militias backed by the US, and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorists since Thursday evening. The terrorists had sought to break into a major […]
Hundreds injured & killed in Saudi strikes
Saudi-led coalition’s bombing left hospitals in Yemen overwhelmed with dead and wounded victims Scores of people have been killed and potentially hundreds have been injured by airstrikes in Yemen, the latest escalation in the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s war against Houthi rebels in the shattered country. Targets struck on Friday reportedly included a prison and an […]
Hamsters killed over Covid ‘resurrected’ in protest
A project in Hong Kong will see 2,000 pixelated hamsters created and sold as NFTs to spread awareness about the mass culling A Hong Kong group has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) project that will “mint into existence” 2,000 pixel art hamsters to protest a government decision to cull the pet rodents over concerns about […]
Death row inmates sue to be killed by firing squad
A trial is scheduled to take place to determine the constitutionality of the current form of killing by lethal injection Two death row inmates in the US state of Oklahoma are petitioning a judge to allow a firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection, arguing it would be quicker and have less room for […]
Soldier killed by deer at presidential palace
A sergeant in the Paraguayan presidential guard died after being attacked by a gifted non-indigenous deer A Paraguayan soldier has died after he was run through and gored by an axis deer from India in the gardens of the country’s presidential palace. He was declared dead in a military hospital. Speaking on Tuesday, military spokesman […]
At least 12 killed in stampede at Hindu shrine
Pilgrims flocking to a popular Hindu shrine in Indian Kashmir lost their lives on the first day of the new year At least 12 people were killed and scores were injured, including seriously, after a row broke out outside a Hindu shrine in a small town in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, sparking a deadly […]
Dozens killed in ferry inferno (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
More than 35 passengers have died and dozens more were injured in a massive blaze that broke out on board a ferry in Bangladesh in the early hours of Friday. Most of those on board were still sleeping when the vessel caught fire mid-river around 3am local time on Friday. It only took about 10 […]
1 soldier killed as Syria air defenses respond to ‘Israeli aggression’ – state media
Syrian air defenses shot down “most of” the incoming missiles that were reportedly launched by Israel from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights in a fresh attack on the country’s territory, Syria’s state media reported. The Israeli military reportedly pummeled several areas in southern Syria with missiles shortly after midnight on Thursday local time, […]