Fourteen people have been killed when a concrete roof above the entrance of a railway station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad collapsed. At least three other people were rescued on Friday and hospitalised with serious injuries, Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said. He
Emergency teams in Spain are continuing their efforts to locate dozens of people still missing in what is the worst flooding disaster in generations. More than 200 people are known to have died, with most fatalities happening in the Valencia region, but the death toll is expected to
Israeli airstrikes targeted residential structures in northern Gaza, resulting in what Palestinian officials have described as "brutal massacres." According to Gaza’s Government Media Office, 84 people, including over 50 children, perished in these attacks.
A drug trafficking-related shooting has left a teenager and four others seriously wounded in the western French city of Poitiers, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said Friday. The 15-year-old boy is between life and death after the gunbattle erupted in front of a restaurant
Trump has just attacked former Vice-President Dick Cheney and his daughter, the former Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney, who he calls a "stupid person". Both are Trump critics and have endorsed Kamala Harris. Speaking on stage in Arizona, he says: "I don’t blame
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has expressed hope that a ceasefire to end Israel’s attack on Lebanon could be announced within days as Israeli media published what it said was a draft truce agreement providing for an initial 60-day cessation of fighting. Mikati
A migrant died on Wednesday as he tried to cross the Channel to Britain, French authorities said, bringing to 57 the number of deaths this year linked to crossings in overcrowded dinghies. With British and French authorities seeking to crack down on people smuggling gangs, activists
Israel must immediately address the “catastrophic humanitarian situation” in Gaza, the US envoy to the UN has warned, as the deadline approaches to improve the flow of aid or face cuts to American military assistance. “Israel’s words must be matched by action on
North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, which flew for 86 minutes - the longest flight recorded by an ICMB - and over 1,000km (621 miles) before falling into waters off its east coast, South Korea's military said. The launch comes at a time of deteriorating
Spain is enduring its worst flooding disaster in decades, with at least 95 people dead and dozens more missing, after huge rains swept the eastern province of Valencia and beyond. Torrential rain on Tuesday triggered flash floods which swept away bridges and buildings and forced people
Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah authorised a wave of violence across Canada that included extortion and homicides, a senior Canadian government official said. David Morrison, Canada’s deputy foreign minister, told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that he had confirmed
At least 93 people are dead or missing after an Israeli air strike on the town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says, in an attack that the United States called "horrifying". Rescuers said a five-storey residential building was hit, and videos on
South Africa has filed "evidence of a genocide" committed by Israel in Gaza with the International Court of Justice, the office of President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a statement. The document "contains evidence which shows how the government of Israel has violated the
More than 43,020 Palestinians have been killed and 101,110 injured in Israel’s military offensive in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023, the Gaza health ministry announced in a statement on Monday. It said that at least 19 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes and bombardment on Monday,
Chad’s presidency said at least 40 soldiers were killed by unidentified assailants during a Sunday night attack on a military base in the country’s west. President Mahamat Deby Itno visited the base early Monday morning and announced the launch of a military operation to
An estimated 10,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia to train and fight against Ukraine in “the next several weeks”, the Pentagon has announced, significantly increasing the estimated number of soldiers deployed by North Korea and raising fears the war in Ukraine
Iran has executed German-Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd, following his conviction for "leading terror operations", state media is reporting. Sharmahd was sentenced to death last year for "corruption on Earth", having been accused of leading a US-based
A huge Mayan city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under jungle canopy in Mexico. Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the southeastern state of Campeche. They found the hidden complex - which they have
Israel's parliament has voted to pass legislation banning the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) from operating within Israel and Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, within three months. Contact between Unrwa employees and Israeli officials will also be banned, severely
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Indians against an emerging online fraud known as "digital arrest". Some people have reportedly been scammed out of millions of rupees by fraudsters, who contact their victims via video call posing as police or tax officials