QUITO, Ecuador — Armed gunmen attacked a group of people in Ecuador ’s coastal city of Guayaquil killing eight people and injuring eight others, the Interior Ministry said, the latest in a string of violent incidents in the South American country. At around 7 p.m. local time on Saturday, armed men arrived in a vehicle … Read more
A Pakistani official says heavy rains have killed eight people, mostly children, and injured 12 in the country’s northwest PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Heavy rains killed eight people, mostly children, and injured 12 in Pakistan’s northwest, an official said Saturday. Downpours in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province caused rooms to collapse, crushing the people inside, … Read more
Several gunmen opened fire Friday night at Crocus City Hall, a popular concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow, Russian state news agencies reported. Dozens of people were reported injured or killed and the building was on fire in the most deadly terrorist attack in Russia in more than a decade. “People in camouflage, at … Read more
SYDNEY — Falling rocks inside a gold mine in Australia killed one worker and left another with life-threatening injuries, rescuers said. Another 29 workers inside the mine when the collapse happened Wednesday took refuge in a safety pod and later returned to the surface, Victoria state police said. The two miners were trapped by the … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Suspected members of a separatist group killed 11 people and injured several others in a nighttime attack on a police station in southeastern Iran, state TV said Friday. The deputy governor of Sistan and Baluchistan province, Ali Reza Marhemati, said senior police officers and soldiers were killed and injured in … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — A series of Israeli strikes targeting a senior Hamas commander in the northern Gaza Strip left scores of dead and wounded in a crowded refugee camp Tuesday as Israel expands its assault by air and land. The Gaza Health Ministry and the director of Gaza’s … Read more
ISLAMABAD — A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country’s national disaster authority said. The United Nations gave a preliminary figure of 320 dead, but later said the figure was still being verified. Local authorities gave an estimate of 100 people killed and 500 … Read more
Up to date August 14, 2023 at 5:18 a.m. EDT|Revealed August 14, 2023 at 2:12 a.m. EDT On this picture provided by the Protection Forces for Southern Ukraine on Monday, firefighters work to place out a hearth in a grocery store throughout a Russian drone and missile strike in Odessa. (Defence Forces Southern Ukraine/by way … Read more