Bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashes in Iran, killing at least...
The pilgrims were on their way to Iraq to commemorate Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day following the death of a Shiite saint in the 7th century.
Former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive Susan Wojcicki has died at 56
Susan Wojcicki, the former YouTube chief executive officer and longtime Google executive, has died, her husband said. She was 56.
“My beloved wife of 26 years and mother to...
‘It’s a thunderbolt,’ say Palestinians of Hamas chief’s killing
Hamas and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced that Haniyeh had been killed in Tehran in an Israeli air strike
The killing of Hamas leader Ismail...
In Afghanistan, Taliban ban on girls’ education leaves thousands of classrooms empty
About 1.1 million girls denied access to formal education since Taliban ban in 2021
Afghanistan had about 4,000 secondary and high schools for girls
Search for people missing after Ethiopia mudslides continues as death toll rises to 257
Heavy rain triggered deadly slides on Sunday and Monday in a remote part of the country
Many people were buried in the Gofa Zone of Kencho Shacha...
Morocco heatwave kills more than 20 people in 24 hours: ministry
Soaring temperatures affected much of the North African country from Monday to Wednesday
A heatwave in Morocco has killed at least 21 people in a...
More than 400 injured in Bangladesh job quota rally clashes
Violence was a sudden escalation in efforts to hinder a determined campaign that has ignored calls to return to class
Students have for weeks staged near-daily protests...
Indonesian landslide triggered by heavy rain leaves 12 dead and dozens missing at illegal...
A landslide triggered by torrential rains crashed onto an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 12 people, officials said Monday. Dozens others were reported missing.
How did a religious gathering in India turn into a deadly stampede?
More than 120 people died Tuesday in a stampede after a large religious gathering in northern India, one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years.
Authorities are investigating. The...
Italian coast guard recovers 14 more bodies of shipwreck victims off Calabria, dozens still...
The Italian coast guard has recovered 14 more bodies from last week’s shipwreck in the Ionian Sea off the southern Italian coastline, bringing to 34 the number of known victims from the sinking. Dozens...