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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, […]

A Coast Guard aviator observes from the helicopter the Coast Guard ship Visalli during its usual controls to protect the coastal marine environment, pleasure boating, safety and protection of human life at sea and bathing establishments on August 14, 2024 in Catania, Italy. (Photo by Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images (ROME and LONDON) — A 183-foot sailboat […]

A Coast Guard aviator observes from the helicopter the Coast Guard ship Visalli during its usual controls to protect the coastal marine environment, pleasure boating, safety and protection of human life at sea and bathing establishments on August 14, 2024 in Catania, Italy. (Photo by Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images (ROME) — A 183-foot sailboat carrying 22 […]

Internally displaced women wait in a queue to collect aid from a group at a camp in Gadaref on May 12, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — At least 134 people have been killed and another 979 have been wounded since May 10 as fighting intensifies between Sudan’s military and a powerful Sudanese paramilitary […]

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, […]

belterz/Getty Images (KYIV and LONDON) — At least 49 people, including a 6-year-old boy, were killed Thursday in Russian missile strikes on a village in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, officials said. At least seven others were wounded in the attack, which targeted a building that housed a cafe and a shop in the […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — At least 49 people, including a 6-year-old boy, were killed Thursday in Russian missile strikes on a village in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, officials said. At least seven others were wounded in the attack, which targeted a building that housed a cafe and a shop in the village […]

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 […]

Kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 15 people are dead and 10 injured in a “mass casualty collision” that occurred Thursday on a highway in Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. The crash happened on the Trans-Canada Highway between a semi-trailer truck and a bus near the town of Carberry in southwestern Manitoba, according […]

Kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 10 people are dead in a “mass casualty collision” that occurred Wednesday on a highway in Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. The crash happened on the Trans-Canada Highway between a trailer truck and a transit vehicle near the town of Carberry in southwestern Manitoba, according to the […]