Tag: casualties

Major storm kills at least three in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: A major storm left three dead, two missing and more than a dozen injured across Sri Lanka, authorities said Thursday, as powerful winds toppled...

Death toll climbs to 184 in Egypt mosque attack

CAIRO: The number of people killed in an attack on a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai on Friday has risen to 184, state television reported. A...

Train derails in northern India killing three

NEW DELHI: Thirteen coaches of an express train derailed in northern India early Friday throwing sleeping passengers from their seats in a new disaster that...

Smog-related accidents leave two dead, dozens injured

LAHORE: Smog has taken the lives of at least two people while injuring dozens of others in the last 24 hours in the Kasur. Traffic around...

One killed, three injured in road accident in Karachi

KARACHI: A traffic incident early Thursday left one dead, three others injured near the city's Mosamyat area, on University Road, according to reports. The deceased was...

Two children die as car ploughs into classroom in Sydney school

SYDNEY: Two young children were killed and three seriously injured Tuesday when a car ploughed into their classroom at a Sydney school, with witnesses...

Three gunned down in shooting at Colorado Walmart store

Three men were shot dead at a Walmart store in Colorado on Wednesday evening, police said, in the latest case of US gun violence. There...

Freak storm batters Europe, kills six

BERLIN/PRAGUE: Strong winds battered northern and central Europe on Sunday, killing at least six people in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, with authorities...

Several injured in Munich knife attack: police

BERLIN: Several people were injured Saturday morning in the southern German city of Munich by a man wielding a knife who fled the scene,...

37 killed, scores missing as floods, landslides ravage Vietnam

At least 37 people were killed, another 40 are missing as floods and landslides ravaged northern and central Vietnam on Thursday, disaster reports AFP. Heavy rains...

At least 21 dead, hundreds missing as winds fan California wildfires

Firefighters facing a resurgence of high winds on Wednesday struggled to halt wildfires that have killed at least 21 people, destroyed 3,500 structures and...

Wildfires in California leave 10 dead, thousands evacuated

SANTA ROSA, Calif: A spate of wildfires fanned by strong winds swept through the US state of California on Monday, leaving at least 10...

Suicide bomber blows up near Shia mosque in Kabul, kills 6

KABUL: A suicide bomber posing as a shepherd blew himself up near a Shia mosque in Kabul on Friday killing at least six people, police...

13 people killed, many injured by car bomb explosion in Afghanistan

KABUL: As many as 13 people, including both Afghan army soldiers and civilians, were killed and 18 wounded by a car bomb in the southern...

India violated ceasefire along LoC, working boundary 563 times in 2014-15

India violated the ceasefire at the Line of Control (LoC) and working boundary 563 times between 2014-15, according to reports on Monday. In 2015, India...