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Iraq

Fire at wedding in Northern Iraq kills more than 100 people

There was no official word on the cause of the blaze, but the Kurdish television news channel Rudaw aired footage showing fireworks shooting up from the floor of the event and setting a chandelier aflame.

27/09/2023

World News

Why fresh fighting in Azerbaijan may spark new war with Armenia

Azerbaijan’s launch of reportedly intense artillery firing in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Tuesday raised fears that another full-scale conflict with Armenia could be underway, less than three years after a war that killed more than 6,000 people.

20/09/2023

Libya

Derna death toll expected to rise to over 20,000 in dam disaster

Engineers blame years of neglect for the failure of the two dams above Derna.

16/09/2023

Morocco

Panic as aftershock rocks Moroccan village near quake epicentre

A mountainous village in Morrocco felt more tremors on Wednesday following last week's earthquake that rocked the country.

14/09/2023

Libya

Libyans plead for international help after deadly flooding

Libyans in the country's worst flood-hit city of Derna are pleading for international help as search teams combed through the devastation looking for bodies.

14/09/2023

Libya

Libya floods: More than 2,300 people dead and thousands still missing

Emergency workers uncovered hundreds of bodies as they dug through the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and 10,000 people were reported still missing after floodwaters broke through dams and smashed through the city, washing away entire neighbourhoods.

12/09/2023

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WATCH: Burials, damages and emergency services in Morocco

In the remote quake-hit Moroccan mountain village of Imi N'Tala, a man walks through the rubble cradling his small dead son, wrapped in a red blanket.

12/09/2023

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Gambian national football team donates blood for Morocco quake victims

The Gambia's national football team players donate blood at a centre in Morocco's Marrakesh after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country.

12/09/2023

Spain

Morocco earthquake: How can Europe help?

Thousands have been killed in the devastating quake that struck Morocco on Friday night.

11/09/2023

Russia

Massive explosion at petrol station in Russia kills at least 35 people

A massive explosion at a petrol station in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan killed 30 people and injured more than 100, local officials said on Tuesday.

15/08/2023

USA

At least 36 people have died in fires burning through Hawaii

At least 36 people have died in the Lahaina fire in Hawaii, Maui County wrote in a statement posted to the county website Wednesday evening.

10/08/2023

Ukraine

Russia 'improves position' in northeast, West lining Putin's coffers

All the latest developments from the Ukraine war.

10/08/2023

World News

Pyrotechnic explosion north of Moscow hospitalises at least 19

The warehouse is privately rented from a factory that makes medical equipment and optical equipment for Russia's security forces.

09/08/2023

Georgia

Rescuers still looking for survivors of a deadly landslide in Georgia

Rescue operations are continuing and the government is investigating any possible violations of safety regulations in the area.

07/08/2023

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At least 30 people dead after a train derailed in Pakistan

As rescue workers continue to search the wreckage of the train, officials say they expect the death toll to rise.

06/08/2023

Portugal

Pope blasts Portugal's Catholic hierarchy for ignoring sexual abuse

The pope said that ignoring the clergy sexual abuse scandal for so long marred the Catholic Church and drove people away from it.

03/08/2023

World News

Devastating fires tear through the Mediterranean region

More than 40 people - most of them in Algeria - have been killed as devastating fires destroy homes, businesses and trigger mass evacuations.

26/07/2023

New Zealand

A gunman in New Zealand kills 2 people ahead of Women's World Cup

A gunman stormed a high-rise construction site in downtown Auckland early Thursday morning, shooting at terrified workers and killing two people as New Zealand prepared to host games in the FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament.

20/07/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine war: French missiles, NATO friction, nuclear attack fears

All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine

11/07/2023

Italy

Six dead and dozens more injured in fire at Italian retirement home

Several people have died and dozens more were injured after a fire broke out at a retirement home in northern Italy.

07/07/2023