Iran Attacks Israel With Barrage of Missile, Drone Strikes in Retaliation For Syrian Embassy Attack

 

Iran attacked the nation of Israel with a barrage of more than 300 missile and drone strikes, with the United States and the UK saying 99 percent of them had been intercepted by the defense system, in response to an embassy attack in Syria which killed seven members of the Revolution Guard Corps, raising fears that an escalation may further destabilize region. See Full Story>

11 Abducted From Passenger Bus and Car, Murdered on Balochistan Highway

 

No group claimed responsibility for an attack and abduction along a highway near the city of Naushki in the Pakistan province of Balochistan, after armed men blocked traffic, abducted migrant workers from a passenger bus and car, shooting many of them at "point blank range," killing at least 11 people. See Full Story>

At Least 19 Dead After Landslides Hit Central Indonesia

 

At least 19 people died in the remote region of Taana Toraja, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia from landslides brought on by heavy downpours of the rainy season, after mud, rocks and water destroyed buildings, roads and homes, burying portions of villages and making rescue efforts difficult due to impeded access to affected areas. See Full Story>

Mexico Cuts Ties With Ecuador Following Police Raid on Quito Embassy

 

Former Mexican vice president Jorge Glas, who in December had a warrant issued for his arrest on corruption charges and subsequently fled to Ecuador for political asylum, was apprehended during a raid by Ecuadorian police in the capital city of Quito, a move which has been deemed by Central and South American heads of state as both a "flagrant violation of international law" and an "unusual and reprehensible" act. See Full Story>

Powerful Taiwan Earthquake Kills at Least 13, Leaves More Than 1,000 Stranded

 

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake with an epicenter off the eastern coast of Taiwan, and said to be the strongest in 25 years to strike the region, damaged buildings, homes, killed at least 13 people and left thousands injured and stranded, with the hardest hit area centered around the eastern city of Hualien. See Full Story>

Israeli Airstrikes Destroy Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Killing 12, Including Two IRG Commanders

 

The Iranian government blamed both the United States and Israel for a recent airstrike that destroyed its consulate building in the Syrian capital city of Damascus, an attack which killed at least twelve people, including Syrian citizens, two commanders of the Revolutionary Guard and a member of the Hezbollah militant group, stoking fears from the West of retaliation from Tehran. See Full Story>

29 Dead in Istanbul Nightclub Fire

A fire at the Masquerade nightclub, which sits in the basement of a 16-story building in the central district of the capital city Istanbul, Turkey, a site that was under renovation and closed at the time for the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, killed 29 people, mostly construction workers, a blaze said to be most likely caused by welding sparks according Turkish media reports. See Full Story>

Mexican Mob Beats Suspected Kidnapper to Death Hours Before Holy Week Procession

 

A mob in the Mexican town of Taxco, in the northern border state of Chihuahua, brutally beat a woman to death in broad daylight in front of police, for allegedly kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl who went missing and was later found dead on the side of road, just hours before the City's famous Holy Week procession. See Full Story>

ISIS-K Claims Responsibility for Moscow Concert Attack That Killed at Least 133

Russian authorities arrested and charged four suspected gunmen allegedly involved in a horrific shooting rampage at the Crocus City Hall music venue in the suburban area of Krasnogorsk, a terror attack claimed by the Islamic State militant group and carried out mostly Tajikistan nationals, after the assailants stormed the concert hall with automatic weapons and grenades, killing at least 133 people and injuring more than a hundred others. See Full Story>

Torrential Rains Cause Flooding and Landslides, Killing 27 in Southeast Brazil

 

Devastating flooding and landslides brought on by heavy rains destroyed homes, roads and vehicles in the southeastern Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo, causing the most damage in the municipalities of Mimoso du Sol and Petropolis, as rescuers continue to search for survivors from the deluge which killed at least 27 people. See Full Story>

21 Dead After Passenger Bus Collides With Tanker in Afghanistan

 

A driver of a passenger bus lost control of his vehicle, collided with a motorbike, then hit an oil tanker coming in the opposite direction head-on, while traveling on a highway in the southern province of Helmand, Afghanistan, killing at least 21 people and injuring 38 others, according to a statement by the country's information department. See Full Story>

Suspect Arrested in Canada For Mass Killing of Sri Lankan Family

 

Authorities in Ottawa, Canada arrested 19-year-old Febrio De-Zoysa, a suspect charged with the stabbing deaths of six members of a Sri Lankan family who recently arrived in the country, including a mother, her four young children and an acquaintance living with them, but police did not specify a motive for the crime. See Full Story>

Aid Airdrop Kills Five Children in Gaza After Parachute Failure

 

Five children were killed, and several others injured after an aid airdrop, made by an unidentified foreign country, and landed on crowds of Palestinians rushing toward the incoming packages in the war-torn Gaza-Strip, a tragedy which occurred due to an apparent parachute failure while the box was in midair, according to a statement made by the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. See Full Story>

19 Dead, Seven Missing Due to Landslides and Flash Flooding in Indonesia

 

Torrential rains and flash flooding over a period of several days caused landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, West Sumatra province, leaving at least 19 people dead and seven others missing, and prompting more than 70,000 locals in the region to evacuate. See Full Story>

Fire at Green Cozy Shopping Cottage Mall in Downtown Bangladeshi Capital Kills 45

 

A massive fire broke out at the six-story Green Cozy Shopping Cottage Mall, which housed several restaurants and shops in the Bangladeshi capital city of downtown Dhaka, killed at least 45 people and injured dozens of others, with the authorities stating the disaster may have been caused by a gas cylinder or stove. See Full Story>

Spanish Blogger Beaten, Robbed and Gang Raped in Remote India

 

Authorities arrested four men after a Spanish blogger on a motorbike expedition with her husband was attacked, beaten, robbed, then gang raped by seven men while traveling through the remote region of India's eastern state of Jharkhand, after they couple stopped to camp for the night. See Full Story>

Torrential Downpours, Flooding Kill 35 in Pakistan

 

Torrential rains swept through the Pakistani regions of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, causing major flooding which inundated roads, collapsed buildings and homes, and triggered landslides that caused thousands to evacuate, killed at least 35 people and injured more than 50 others. See Full Story>

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh Resigns

 

Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, who served in the role over his government since 2019, submitted their resignations to President Mahmoud Abbas, in a possible step toward building a new administration and furthering peace negotiations in the months-long war between Hamas and Israel. See Full Story> 

Collapse of Illegal Gold Mine in Central Venezuela Kills 23

 

23 people died after an illegally operated, open pit gold mine collapsed in the Bulla Loca jungle near the rural central Venezuelan town of La Paragua, Bolivar state, a region home to a population of many Indigenous families, an accident which occurred while more than 200 miners were working at the site, making it one of the worst mining tragedies the country has seen in recent years. See Full Story>

Blaze in China Skyscraper Apartment Building Kills 15

 

Fifteen people died and more than 44 suffered injuries after a fire broke out in a skyscraper apartment complex in the Yuhautai district of the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing City, an area home to more than 8 million residents, a blaze which apparently originated on the ground floor of an e-bike parking lot and quickly spread throughout the building. See Full Story>