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ABC News (MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA and LONDON) — At least 147 people were killed when a tanker exploded in Nigeria, according to the country’s National Emergency Management Agency. The petrol tanker exploded after the driver lost control in the town of Majiya, in northwestern Nigeria, late on Tuesday, Shi’isu Adam, a spokesperson for the Jigawa regional police, […]

Defense for Children International (NEW YORK) — A 12-year-old girl has died in an apparent strike at a Gaza hospital weeks after she said in an interview that she only wanted “the war to end.” A tank shell struck a children’s ward at the Nasser Hospital Complex in Khan Younis on Sunday night, killing Dounia, […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (AUKLAND, New Zealand) — Two people were killed after a gunman opened fire at a construction site in Auckland, New Zealand, police said. The suspected shooter was also found dead, New Zealand Police said. Shots were initially reported inside the building around 7:22 a.m. local time Thursday, and the male suspect continued to shoot […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — When Russian tanks rolled into the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine nearly a year ago in a failed bid to take the capital, 14-year-old Dasha Pivtoratska and her family were driving through their village, Katyuzhanka, when soldiers started firing indiscriminately at their car. “The first shots hit the gas tank, then […]