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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

France

Paris blast leaves one person missing and over 30 injured

An explosion in the French capital, Paris, has left one person missing and over 30 people injured as emergency services try to establish the cause

22/06/2023

Ukraine

Death toll rises to 27 in southern Ukraine flooding

The death toll from the collapse of the Ukrainian Kakhovka dam one week ago continues to rise.

13/06/2023

Spain

Buried with their executioners: Spain Civil War victims to be exhumed

Spain will try to exhume the bodies of 128 victims of late dictator Francisco Franco’s army buried without identification at the Valley of Cuelgamuros mausoleum.

13/06/2023

World News

The child victims of Russia's war in Ukraine

NGO Save the Children says there is no aspect of Ukrainian children's lives that has not been affected since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.

26/05/2023

Guyana

Police in Guyana think school fire that killed 19 girls was malicious

Police in the South American country of Guyana think a fire that resulted in the deaths of 19 schoolgirls in a dormitory was started deliberately.

23/05/2023

Spain

Spain elections re-open deep wounds, as ETA terrorists run for office

EH Bildu, a pro-independence party, has 44 candidates who have been found guilty of terror-related crimes on its electoral lists for upcoming regional elections in Spain. Seven of them were convicted of murder.

19/05/2023

Germany

Two dead after shooting at German Mercedes factory near Stuttgart

A man opened fire at a Mercedes-Benz factory in southwestern Germany on Thursday, leaving two people dead, the company said.

11/05/2023