World news about “Victims” published by euronews.
Leave me in peace! It is an issue that is increasingly coming under the spotlight: what to do about stalking, harassment and similar forms of violence. For the victims it is a… 10/06/2013
UK testing new ways to offer protection from violenceThere is increasing pressure on countries around the world to improve the legal protection offered to victims of domestic violence, stalking, gender-based… 10/06/2013
Gunman goes on the rampage in California In California five people including the gunman have been killed and several injured in a string of shootings. Police have confirmed a man dressed in black… 08/06/2013
Turkey: Friday prayers in Taksim square Friday in Gezi park in Istanbul, Muslims have held symbolic prayers for the two protesters and one policeman who lost their lives in the unrest which has… 07/06/2013
19 year old left brain dead in a scuffle with far-right skinheads in ParisClément Méric, a 19-year-old left-wing activist, was left brain dead after a violent scuffle with far-right skinheads at around 6pm near Saint-Lazare train… 06/06/2013
Swiss police seek gunman after Turks shot in Zurich Police in Switzerland are searching for an unidentified gunman who shot and injured two men in Zurich. The victims, both Turkish men, are in hospital where… 31/05/2013
Westerners ‘killed in government ambush’ in Syria Three westerners including an American and a Briton are reported to have been killed in a government ambush in the Syrian town of Idlib, according to a… 31/05/2013
More Baghdad blood spilt More carnage in the Iraqi capital. Two civilians have been killed and 13 others injured in the mainly Shi’ite Karrada district in central Baghdad. A bomb… 30/05/2013
Six former Bosnian Croat leaders are jailed for ethnic cleansing Former Bosnian Croat leader Jadranko Prlic is one of six to have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms by a UN tribunal in The Hague for war crimes. The… 29/05/2013
Two killed by motorcycle bomb in Peshawar Two people have been killed and ten injured after a bomb exploded at a Shiite muslim holy site in Northwestern Pakistan. No one has admitted planting the… 29/05/2013
Bomb blasts heighten security fears in Iraq Iraq’s prime minister is to overhaul the country’s security strategy and personnel. Nuri al-Maliki’s announcement comes against a background of a wave of… 28/05/2013
Outbreak of swine flu kills 17 in Venezuela In Venezuela 17 people have died and another 250 have been infected from an outbreak of H1N1 flu. The virus, more commonly known as swine flu, swept around… 28/05/2013
Dramatic bridge collapse near Seattle Residents of Mount Vernon, Washington are counting their lucky stars after a dramatic bridge collapse. Cars were sent plunging into the icy Skagit river… 24/05/2013
Niger suicide attacks fuel fears Mali conflict could spread There are fears that militant violence in West Africa is spreading after a double suicide attack in Niger which left more than 20 people dead, mostly… 24/05/2013
Militants attack French mine and army barracks in Niger Islamist suicide bombers have struck at an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger. In Agadez in the north, at least 20 soldiers were killed… 23/05/2013
Deadly balloon crash in Turkey – nocomment Amateur video shows a hot air balloon collision in Turkey that killed three Brazilian tourists and injured 24 other people The balloon was flying over… 22/05/2013
Frantic search for survivors in tornado-hit Oklahoma Emergency workers are searching for survivors in the US town of Moore, Oklahoma State, after a deadly tornado hit on May 20. Officials confirmed that 24… 21/05/2013
Iraq ‘bleeding from north to south’ At least six people have been killed in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, after three car bombs exploded near a market on Tuesday May 21. A local resident… 21/05/2013
Battle for Qusair inflicts heavy losses in Syria Fierce fighting for the Syrian rebel stronghold of Qusair has inflicted heavy losses on all parties including Lebanese militants Hezbollah. The battle for… 20/05/2013
Israeli police think twice over robbery as motive for bank shootout Police in Israel are investigating a shootout at a bank in the southern city of Be’er Sheva in which a man killed four people before turning his gun on… 20/05/2013
Roof collapse at Cambodia shoe factory At least two people were killed when part of a shoe factory collapsed in Cambodia on Thursday. A concrete roof fell down at the plant in Kampong Speu… 16/05/2013
Tornadoes tear through Texas killing 6 Six people have died as storms have sparked as many as 10 tornadoes across northern Texas. The hardest hit areas are the two neighborhoods of Rancho Brazos… 16/05/2013
Costa Concordia hearing re-opens The pre-trial hearing into the sinking of the cruise liner the Costa Concordia last year has resumed in Italy. According to his lawyers, Francesco… 14/05/2013
Security concerns grow in Libya after deadly Benghazi attack A car bomb has exploded outside a hospital in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi. Reports on the number killed vary between three to 15 people. Defence… 13/05/2013
Car bomb explodes outside Benghazi hospital in Libya A car bomb has exploded outside a hospital in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi. Reports on the number killed by the blast vary between 3 to 15 people, with… 13/05/2013
More bodies found in collapsed Bangladesh building The death toll in the Bangladesh textile building collapse has risen to 1,125 as 15 more bodies are pulled from the wreckage. The last survivor was discovered… 12/05/2013
Karachi rocked by bomb as Pakistan goes to the polls The election day death toll has risen to 17 as gunfights and blasts erupt across Pakistan. In the worst incident a bomb ripped through the Awami National… 11/05/2013
Explosions rock Turkish border town Several explosions believed to be car bombs have gone off in the Turkish town of Reyhanli in Hatay Province near the Syrian border. At least 40 people have… 11/05/2013
Death toll from Bangladesh disaster climbs The death toll from the collapse of a factory in Bangladesh has climbed to over 1,000. It is believed that more bodies might still be trapped two weeks after… 10/05/2013
Eight killed in Dhaka garment factory fire A fire has ripped through a garment factory in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, killing at least eight people. The blaze, which happened overnight in the… 09/05/2013
Deadly bridge collapse in Norway One person has been killed and another is missing after a bridge collapsed in the Trondheim area of Norway. The crossing was under construction when it came… 09/05/2013
At least 30 dead in India bus crash At least 30 people have been killed and dozens injured after a bus skidded off a road and plunged into a river in a mountainous area of northern India. The… 09/05/2013
Bangladesh building collapse death toll over 800 The army in Bangladesh say 804 people have been confirmed dead after the collapse of an eight-storey factory building near the capital Dhaka. Authorities… 08/05/2013
Search for missing port workers after Genoa ship collision Rescue workers in the Italian port of Genoa are looking for six people missing after a container ship rammed into a control tower, which then collapsed. Two… 08/05/2013
Three dead after cargo ship hits control tower in Genoa A cargo ship has slammed into a control tower in the Italian port of Genoa, killing at least three people. The crash left part of the structure leaning to… 08/05/2013
Mexico tanker blast kills several in ‘huge fireball’ At least 20 people have been killed and three dozen injured after a gas tanker blew up in a suburb of Mexico City. The explosion caused a huge fireball… 07/05/2013
Four German hikers and guide dead after Philippines volcanic eruption A volcano has erupted in the Philippines, killing five people from a tour group climbing the mountain. Four of the victims are said to be German, the fifth is… 07/05/2013
Dozens killed in Bangladesh protest over blasphemy law More than 20 people have been killed in the Bangladeshi capital after police clashed with protesters demanding a new blasphemy law. Authorities estimate… 06/05/2013
Mystery limo fire kills five in San Francisco Five women have been killed after a sudden fire destroyed a limousine on the San Mateo bridge in California. Four other women were injured, and the male… 05/05/2013
Bangladesh death toll spirals above 600 The number killed in Bangladesh’s worst -ever industrial disaster now stands at over 600, and with hundreds more still missing over a thousand dead is a… 05/05/2013
One dead, 17 injured in Belgian train crash One person has been killed and 17 injured after a goods train carrying a variety of chemicals and toxic raw materials en route to the Netherlands from Germany… 04/05/2013
Search for bodies continues in Bangladesh – nocomment More than 500 people are now known to have died in the Bangladeshi garment factory collapse, and scores were still missing nine days after the tragedy. 04/05/2013
Death toll tops 500 in Bangladesh factory disaster More than 500 people are now known to have died in the Bangladeshi garment factory collapse, and scores are still missing nine days after the… 03/05/2013
Bangladesh workers dying for lack of responsible regulation The Bangladesh garment building disaster prompted some western clothing brands that were having items made there to promise financial compensation for the… 02/05/2013
Bangladesh mayor suspended over factory building collapse The mayor of the Dhaka suburb in Bangladesh where a factory building collapsed last week causing hundreds of deaths has been suspended from office. Mohammad… 02/05/2013
Conman jailed in fake bomb detector scandal Millionaire businessman James McCormick has been sentenced to ten years in jail in Britain for selling fake bomb detectors to countries including Iraq… 02/05/2013
Somalia famine ‘left more than a quarter of a million people dead’ More than a quarter of a million people died because of the severe famine that struck Somalia between 2010 and 2012, says the UN. The report, published in… 02/05/2013
Child gun use ‘normal’ in Kentucky where boy shot toddler sister A five-year-old boy in the southern US state of Kentucky has accidentally shot dead his two-year-old sister at the family home. He had received the rifle… 02/05/2013
Five-year-old shoots sister dead in Kentucky There has been another tragedy involving children and guns in the US. In Kentucky a five-year-old boy took a rifle he was given for his birthday and… 02/05/2013
Bangladesh turns down foreign help after building collapse The government of Bangladesh has praised local efforts to rescue survivors after the collapse of a building housing clothing factories. The words of… 30/04/2013
FBI probes wife of dead Boston bomb suspect FBI agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings have questioned the wife of dead suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Local media report officers visited… 30/04/2013
Syria: Damascus rocked by deadly bomb Central Damascus has been rocked by a bomb. At least 13 people have been killed and 70 wounded by the blast in the Syrian capital. According to the Syrian… 30/04/2013
Primark to pay compensation to Dhaka factory victims British clothing retailer Primark and Canadian clothes distributor Loblaw are to pay compensation and provide emergency food aid and other assistance to… 30/04/2013
Several killed by car bombs in southern Iraq The authorities in Iraq say at least 11 people have been killed in three car bomb attacks on busy markets in southern provinces. At least nine died and 40… 29/04/2013
Bangladesh army says search for collapsed building survivors has ended The prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has visited the scene of last week’s building collapse in Dhaka for the first time, as rescue workers say they… 29/04/2013
Fire hampers rescuers in Dhaka building collapse Rescuers trying to find more survivors from the collapsed factory building in Bangladesh have been further hampered by an outbreak of fire. Smoke was seen… 29/04/2013
India deals with another young sexual abuse victim A six year old girl in a critical condition is in the intensive care unit of a New Delhi hospital after being sexually assaulted when she went to use a public… 28/04/2013
More arrests over Dhaka building collapse, owner on the run Four more arrests have been made in the wake of the collapsed eight-story building in Bangladesh. They include the owner and managing director of one of… 27/04/2013
China’s sichuan province: end of the mourning after the earthquakeA man repairs a makeshift tent in front of a damaged house after the earthquake in the Longmen township of Lushan county, Sichuan province. The earthquake has… 27/04/2013
Arrests made in Bangladesh building collapse Amid angry protests over the deadly building collapse in Bangladesh, two people have now been arrested. Seventy-two hours after the eight-storey structure… 27/04/2013
Afghan bus crash kills 40 At least 40 people are feared dead after a bus crash in Afghanistan. The collision with a fuel tanker in the Maiwand district of southern Kandahar also left… 26/04/2013
CIA and FBI were warned about Boston bomb suspect As Boston comes to terms with the twin marathon bombings, American security agencies are back in the spotlight over the attacks. The CIA have admitted that… 25/04/2013
Deaths as Iraqi forces raid Sunni camp At least 23 people have been killed during a raid by Iraqi security forces on a Sunni Muslim protest camp near Kirkuk. Dozens more were left injured after a… 23/04/2013
China: Aftershocks and landslides hamper quake rescue efforts Emergency services in China are using explosives and heavy equipment to clear a way to remote areas hit by Saturday’s earthquake. Bad weather, aftershocks… 22/04/2013
Gunman kills six in Russia The search is on for a man who shot and killed at least six people in Russia. Amateur footage shows corpses in the street outside a hunting shop where the… 22/04/2013
Obama rouses the congregation at Boston memorial service To heal the wounds of the Marathon bombing an interfaith service has been held at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, attended by President Barack… 18/04/2013
Aftershocks rattle Pakistan and Iran after 7.8 quake Strong aftershocks have rocked Pakistan following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake registered in Iran on Tuesday. The Pakistani town of Mashkel has been… 17/04/2013
Boston bomb fragments shown by police Police in the United States have shown what they believe to be the fragments of one of two incendiary devices which exploded near the finishing line of the… 17/04/2013
Europe’s “most advanced” treaty against domestic violence to come into force in early 2014If national and local authorities are doing their bit to tackle the problem of domestic violence, a sweeping supra-national convention is also in the works… 15/04/2013
Iraq hit by a wave of deadly bomb strikes At least 20 people have been killed and more than 200 others hurt in a series of deadly car bombs and attacks across Iraq. A number of cities have been… 15/04/2013
Violence returns to Somalia as 19 are killed in Mogadishu The Somali capital Mogadishu has been hit by its worst violence this year with at least 19 people killed in two separate terrorist attacks. Al Shabaab… 14/04/2013
Deadly bus crash in Belgium – nocomment Five people were killed, and five seriously injured, in a bus crash in Ranst, Antwerpen. The Polish bus, carrying mostly Russian children, lost control and… 14/04/2013
German court rules foreign reporters must attend NSU trial Germany’s Constitutional Court has upheld an appeal by the Turkish newspaper Sabah to ensure a court in Munich reserves a certain number of places for foreign… 12/04/2013
Iran hit by aftershocks following killer earthquake Scores of aftershocks, one measuring 5.4, have hit south-west Iran following Tuesday’s deadly earthquake. The authorities said 37 people, including eight… 10/04/2013
War veteran kills 13 in Serbian village shooting spree In Serbia, a veteran of the Balkan Wars has gone on a gun rampage, killing 13 people in a small village in the middle of the country. Police reported that… 09/04/2013
Fatal flash floods hit Buenos Aries province Flash floods in La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires province, have left close to 60 people dead and forced 1,500 to evacuate their homes. People drowned… 04/04/2013
Bus fall in Rio kills seven A bus has overturned in Rio de Janeiro, killing seven and injuring eleven more. The bus fell over the rails of an overpass, dropping almost ten metres onto… 03/04/2013
Colorado prosecutor demands death penalty for cinema shooter Prosecutors in the Aurora Cinema shooting trial have called for the death penalty for accused gunman James Holmes. He is to go on trial for the shooting of… 02/04/2013
Deadly flash floods ravage Mauritius A day of mourning has been declared in Mauritius after at least 11 people lost their lives in savage flash floods that caught the Indian ocean island by… 01/04/2013
Tibet: 21 bodies recovered from landslide At least 21 bodies have been recovered from a landslide in Tibet, according to state media. 83 miners, most of them Chinese migrants, were buried by the… 01/04/2013
Mauritian capital Port Louis rocked by heavy floods The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has been hit by severe floods. At least 10 people have been confirmed dead after over 150mm of torrential rain lashed the… 01/04/2013
9/11: More debris to be searched for victims New York City officials are planning to re-start sifting through rubble from the 9/11 attack to try to identify the remains of more victims. The Office of… 31/03/2013
German and Italian presidents honour Nazi massacre victims Joachim Gauck has become the first German president to visit the site of one of the worst Nazi massacres in Italy. In August 1944 a unit of SS soldiers… 25/03/2013
Germany in the dock over Kunduz airstrike Relatives of Afghans killed by an airstrike ordered by a German NATO officer in northern Afghanistan have taken Germany’s government to court. The country… 20/03/2013
Dozens killed in Baghdad bomb blasts on 10th anniversary of Iraq invasion A series of car bombs and a suicide attack have reportedly killed dozens of people and wounded many more in Shi’ite districts in and around the Iraqi capital… 19/03/2013
Fireworkers in KolkataFire fighters try to extinguish a fire at a multi-storey market complex in Kolkata(India). This deadly fire swept through a six-storey market in India’s… 27/02/2013
Hot air balloon crash kills 19 tourists in Egypt A hot air balloon has crashed near the Egyptian town of Luxor killing 19 tourists who were aboard. One tourist and the balloon pilot have survived the crash… 26/02/2013
Funerals held for foreign victims of Algerian terrorist attack Seven survivors and nine coffins bearing Japanese victims of the Algerian hostage massacre have been repatriated. A tenth body will be flown back to Japan in… 25/01/2013
Hillsborough tribute single makes No. 1 spot The Hillsborough tribute single, a cover of The Hollies’ He Ain’t Heavy by the Justice Collective, was the British Christmas Number One. The song was the… 21/12/2012
Newtown School Shooting: Obama Tears Up – nocomment US President Obama adressed the nation after Newtown’s elementary school shooting. Emotion and sadness were perceived on the face of the President as he spoke… 15/12/2012
Cold killing young Syrian refugees Three Syrian refugee children who died of cold in the Zaatari camp in Jordan were buried on Monday, in the border town of Ramtha. The charity Save the… 04/12/2012
Beirut car bomb kills eight – nocomment Eight people were killed by a massive roadside bomb in the centre of the Christian half of Beirut. 19/10/2012
The chemistry of rescue At a training ground for firefighters near Barcelona, scientists and rescue workers from all over Europe are working together on an unusual research… 17/10/2012
Floral tribute for two murdered police officersA police officer lays flowers close to the scene where two female police officers were killed in Hattersley near Manchester in a gun and grenade ambush… 19/09/2012
In Somalia, one woman’s struggle for her sisters “I came from the Ethiopian border, we used to raise animals, mainly goats. Because of the drought, I lost all my animals. And there was also fighting between… 17/09/2012
Somalia: one woman’s struggle for peace Is there any room for hope in Somalia, long-since written-off as a ‘failed state’? Hawa Aden Mohamed has never stopped believing. euronews met her in… 10/09/2012
Bonus ITV: Help groups welcome efforts to boost support for crime victims Euronews reporter Seamus Kearney spoke to David McKenna, the President of Victim Support Europe and Chief Executive of Victim Support Scotland. They discussed… 03/09/2012
Crime victims: the lonely struggle An estimated 75 million people are the victims of crime every year in the European Union. Some receive good help and support, but many others are left to… 03/09/2012
Making offenders pay for victim support servicesThe UK and Canada are two states that force offenders to help pay for victim support services, and the laws in both nations are set to get even tougher. The… 03/09/2012
New burial of Srebrenica victims – nocomment The remains of 520 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, most of them exhumed from dozens of remote unmarked mass graves, will be reburied… 10/07/2012
