Tripoli, Lebanon (AFP): Two migrants died and another 200 were rescued when their boat sank off Lebanon’s northern coast, from where increasing numbers make the risky journey to flee a collapsed economy. An AFP correspondent in the impoverished port city of Tripoli said men, women and children — mostly refugees from Syria but also ...
ANKARA (AA) – An explosion outside the military airport in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul left several people dead and injured, local media reported on Sunday. Abdul Nafay Takoor, the spokesman for the Interior Ministry of the interim government, said that several people were dead and injured in the explosion, without giving the exact figur...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): The Israeli army carried out a missile strike on Damascus International Airport on Monday that killed four people, including two Syrian soldiers, according to a human rights monitor. The attack — which occurred around 2:00 am (2300 GMT) — put the airport out of service, according to Syria’s state news a...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – A boat carrying 200 people sank off Lebanon’s coast on Saturday, according to the military. The army said naval forces headed to the site of the sinking, off the coast of Selaata, north of Beirut, and proceeded to rescue the people who were possibly trying to migrate. The statement said the […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – At least 2 people died after a small plane crashed in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday. In a statement, police said that the plane crashed near the airport in the city of Prijedor. An investigation into the accident has been launched. Local media reported that a flight instructor and his […]
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Forty-six Ivorian soldiers in Mali were each sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison by a Malian court for attacking the security of the nation. Three others who were previously released were given the death penalty in absentia. The soldiers also received fines of more than $1,600 apiece following two days [&hellip...
AYDIN/IZMIR, Türkiye (AA) – Eleven people were killed and several injured Friday in two separate industrial accidents on the Aegean coast of Türkiye. Four people were killed in a crane accident at a construction site, according to the Governor of Izmir, Yavuz Selim Kosger. The crane was installed at a 32-storey construction site when it ...
ISTANBUL / NEW DELHI (AA) – India launched a probe after authorities in Uzbekistan on Thursday said that 19 children in the country had died because of side effects of a cough syrup manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical firm. Ajay Kumar Jain, a top official of the Food Safety and Drug Administration Department in India’s […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Two Bangladeshi citizens died while two others sustained bullet wounds after Indian border forces opened fire on a group of people who allegedly crossed the border to smuggle cattle. The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down the Bangladeshi nationals early Thursday along Bangladesh’s northern Lalmo...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Fourteen spectators have been killed and 29 injured after a car rammed into a crowd of onlookers at a bikers’ parade at a carnival in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar, an official said. Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Maikano Hassan, told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday the car [&hel...
