A quarter century of deadly gun violence in US schools
AFP : A shooting rampage Wednesday in the US state of Georgia that left two students and two teachers dead and nine wounded is only the latest in a tragic and relentless cycle of...
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Presidents of Egypt, Turkey seek common ground
Al Jazeera : Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has concluded his first visit to Turkey since he took office in 2014, in what constitutes the next step in mending the ties between the two...
UK inquiry finds ‘dishonesty-greed’ behind Grenfell fire deaths
Al Jazeera : Incompetence, dishonesty and greed were behind the 72 “avoidable” deaths in the Grenfell Tower fire in London, a report into the 2017 tragedy has concluded. Delivered on Wednesday following a six-year...
81 killed Boko Haram attack in Nigeria
AFP : At least 81 people died and several were missing after an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria’s northeastern Yobe State, local officials told AFP on Tuesday. “Around 150 suspected Boko...
At least 20 missing on Myanmar-Laos border
AFP : At least 20 people are missing, feared dead, following a boat mishap on the Mekong river in the “Golden Triangle” area between Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, officials told AFP on Wednesday. The...
UN weather agency warns of ‘red alert’ after record heat
AFP : Rising temperatures should trigger a global “red alert,” the United Nations’ weather and climate agency chief said Wednesday, after global heat indices again smashed records in August. The world saw record average...
Mother, daughters killed in new wave of strikes on Ukraine
BBC : A mother and her three daughters were among seven people killed in Ukraine’s western city of Lviv, during a fresh wave of Russian attacks. A baby and another girl were also killed,...
129 killed in DR Congo prison break attempt
CNN : More than 120 people have been killed in an attempted mass breakout from the largest prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the latest in a series of violent attacks on jails...
41 killed in Russian missile strike
Al Jazeera : Two Russian ballistic missiles struck an educational facility and hospital in central Ukraine’s Poltava city, killing at least 41 people and injuring another 180, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.Many people were...
Tropical storm triggers landslides in Philippines, 11 dead
Agency : Floods and landslides killed 11 people after a fierce tropical storm dumped heavy rain on the Philippines for a second day, officials said on Monday.Tropical Storm Yagi slammed into the main island...
Israel recovers hostage bodies from Gaza as West Bank violence rages
AFP : Israel announced on Sunday its troops had found six dead hostages in a Gaza tunnel, as Israeli police said a “shooting attack” in the occupied West Bank killed three officers. The deadly...