Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants in a gun battle in the occupied West Bank before dawn today. Palestinian and Israeli officials said. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed the death of two men and said six others were injured in the clash at a house in the Palestinian city of Nablus. The Fatah al-Aqsa […]
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India: 13 dead, at least 36 missing from sudden downpour near sacred cave
Thirteen people have died and at least 36 are missing after torrential downpours caused flooding near a Hindu shrine in Indian Kashmir, an official said. The annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine involves tens of thousands of Hindus who cross glaciers and swamps to reach the cave which contains a stalagmite, which they consider a […]
Uzbekistan: Reports of thousands of injured by domestic media – The opposition says at least 5 dead
Thousands of people have been hospitalized after riots in the capital of Uzbekistan’s autonomous Karakalpakstan province, the Daryo.uz news website reported on Sunday, citing a local official, as reported by Reuters. He cited Sultanbek Ziyayev, head of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, who said that hospitals in the city of Nukus […]
The Russian scientist accused of high treason is dead
A Russian scientist who was arrested in Siberia last week on suspicion of high treason and flown to Moscow despite suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer has died, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday. The scientist, Dmitry Kolker, had been transferred to Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, lawyer Alexander Fedulov said. “He died yesterday. Tomorrow we will file […]
Iran: At least 5 dead due to strong earthquake in the south
LAST UPDATE: 08:54 At least five people were killed and about 20 others injured when an earthquake struck southern Iran in the early hours of the morning, according to Islamic Republic media; the initial tremor was followed by about 10 others, including one measuring 6.3 magnitude. “Five people were killed because of the earthquake (…) […]
Attack on Norway: Terrorist investigation launched
Norwegian police say they are treating as a “terrorist act” the overnight firefight in front of nightclubs in central Oslo, killing two people and injuring at least 21, ten of them seriously. “Police are investigating the case as a terrorist act,” it said in a statement. The suspect arrested after the shootings that took place […]
Norway: Islamist suspect suspected of ‘terrorist’ attack mentally ill
LAST UPDATE: 17.10 The suspect, who was arrested for yesterday’s attack with two dead and 21 wounded in Oslo, is considered to be a radical Islamist who was suffering from a mental illness, the Norwegian secret service, the PST, announced today. The suspect arrested after the shootings that took place around 01:00 local time (02:00 […]
Palestinian teenager wounded by Israeli fire in occupied West Bank
A Palestinian teenager succumbed to his injuries overnight after being shot by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank a few hours earlier, Palestinian sources said. Mohammad Hamad, 16, was shot and wounded by Israeli soldiers near the village of Silwand, near the northern West Bank city of Ramallah, on Friday night, and succumbed to […]
Norway: Two killed and ten injured in Oslo nightclub shooting
Two people were killed and ten others were injured in a shooting at a nightclub in Oslo, according to Norwegian police. The public broadcaster NRK and other Norwegian media outlets reported that the armed attack took place at the “London Pub”, a popular nightclub in the gay community in central Oslo. NRK journalist Olaf Ronenberg, […]
Argentina: Five dead and 35 injured in fire in high-rise apartment building in Buenos Aires
Five people, two women and three children, were killed and 35 others were hospitalized after inhaling smoke when a fire broke out in an apartment building in a Buenos Aires district this morning. The fire, the causes of which remain unclear at the moment, started around 6 in the morning, local time, from an apartment […]
