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TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) – Seven illegal migrants were found dead in a refrigerated truck which was left abandoned on the shores of Qarabulli town, around 65 kilometers east of Tripoli. Libyan authorities found the truck with 34 African migrants held inside, seven of whom appeared to have died of suffocation. According to the migrants, smugglers packed them into the back of the truck to transport them to a boat which they would use to cross […]
China (Reuters) – At least one person was killed, six others were injured and seven more were missing after an explosion happened Monday morning at a petrochemical company in east China’s Shandong Province. It was learned that a liquefied gas tanker exploded at around 01:00 Monday and the fire spread in the loading area of the Linyi Jinyu Petrochemical Co. Ltd. in the Lingang Economic Development Zone in the city. Rescue teams evacuated workers and […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Amnesty International said Tuesday the United States-led coalition was not doing enough to protect civilians in the battle to retake Iraq’s Mosul with cases of entire families killed in their homes. Iraqi authorities launched the battle to retake the second city from the Islamic State group in October with support from coalition air strikes, recapturing its eastern side from the jihadists in January. Amnesty’s Donatella Rovera said field research in east […]
XINJIANG, China (Reuters) — An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hit China’s far western region of Xinjiang on Thursday (December 8), the China Earthquake Administration said, with tremors shaking buildings near the epicentre about 100 km (60 miles) west of the regional capital of Urumqi. There were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties from the quake, which struck at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). A police office in Hutubi county where the […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — An explosion hit a minibus in Kabul early Monday on the main road to the eastern city of Jalalabad, police said. There were fears of numerous casualties with more than two dozen ambulances at the scene, according to an AFP journalist. 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of central Indonesia on Thursday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The undersea quake hit about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of the popular holiday island of Lombok at 12:13 pm (0413 GMT), at a depth of 29 kilometers, said the US Geological Survey. Indonesia’s disaster agency said officials were […]
According to Saudi civil defense officials, 717 deaths were recorded in the stampede that occurred during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia with 800 others recorded as injured. Said stampede occurred in Mina which is near Mecca. <em>(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
BY ADREES LATIF AND JONATHAN ALLEN MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. Tue Feb 3, 2015 11:57pm EST A car sits crushed into the front of a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro North Railroad commuter train near the town of Valhalla, New York, February 3, 2015. CREDIT: REUTERS/MIKE SEGAR (Reuters) – A crowded New York commuter train struck a car near suburban White Plains during Tuesday evening’s rush hour, sparking an explosion and a fire that killed seven […]
