At least 200 Senegalese died in the boat disaster off the coast of Libya earlier this month, officials say. More than 750 migrants are thought to have died when the boat capsized off the coast of Libya on 18 April. A Senegalese official told the BBC that survivors of the shipwreck and
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The World Health Organization has stepped-up efforts to deliver critical medical relief to populations outside of the Kathmandu valley affected by Saturday’s earthquake, with a major focus on reaching injured people and preventing disease outbreaks. In a statement by WHO, it says, coordinating health sector partners in support of Nepal’s government, WHO is striving to […]
A Brazilian who was among the foreigners executed in Indonesia on Wednesday for drug smuggling did not know that he was going to die, BBC reports. Father Charlie Burrows has said that Rodrigo Gularte was hearing voices and did not understand that he was to be shot by firing squad until the end. Gularte had […]
Vietnam is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War with a military parade through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, BBC reports. On 30 April 1975 the city – which was then called Saigon and was the capital of South Vietnam – was captured by communist troops from the North. […]
Pakistan court jails 10 men for life for 2012 attack on education activist Malala Yousafzai, media reports say. Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. On the afternoon of 9 October 2012, Yousafzai boarded her school bus in the northwest Pakistani district of Swat. A gunman asked […]
North Korean border guards has been accused of crossing ove to a Chinese city to commit thefts and killing of three villagers. In a statement on Thursday, the Helong city government said a 55-year-old man, his 26-year-old daughter and another man aged 67 were killed on Saturday. It said that police from the provincial level […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (pictured) purged and executed his uncle for treason in 2013 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the execution of 15 people this year, including several top officials, South Korean intelligence says. The agency told a parliamentary meeting on Wednesday that they were executed by firing squad on spying charges. […]
Hong Kong police have launched a city-wide hunt for a group of six men accused of robbery and kidnapping. The men broke into an apartment in the Tseung Kwan O region on Saturday, stole valuables and abducted a 29-year-old woman, authorities said. They demanded ransom and the woman’s family paid 28 million Hong Kong dollars […]
Ukraine’s military reported Tuesday pro-Russia separatist rebels fired rockets on a government-held town in eastern Ukraine, in what appeared to be the latest violation of a shaky ceasefire. The news came just hours after the Ukrainian government and the European Union held their first formal summit in almost a year. Speaking at an investors’ conference […]
Four Nigerians and two Australians were among persons executed on Tuesday for drug charges under Indonesian law. The execution was carried out despite global pleas —– and threats. The Nigerians were Martin Anderson, 50; Silvester Nwolise, 47; Jamiu Abasin, 50 and Okwudili Oyatanze, 41. The two Australians were Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan were among […]
A new defense pact between the United States and Japan that will give Tokyo’s forces a more ambitious global role provoked wary reactions from neighbors South Korea and China Tuesday. Even though South Korea may stand to benefit from a stronger Japanese military presence to counter the North Korean threat and China’s rising power, officials […]
Preliminary results of weekend nationwide polls in Kazakhstan show the long-ruling president confirming his incumbency with 97.7% of the vote amid a record turnout, election officials said on Monday. A crushing victory for 74-year-old Nursultan Nazarbavev was widely expected from the moment Sunday’s snap elections were announced. Nazarbayev faced only two nominal
Afghan officials say five civilians were killed when a bomb detonated inside a house in the southern Zabul province, while in the north Taliban insurgents are clashing with police. Atta Jan, head of the Zabul provincial council, said Monday that two children and a woman were among those killed in the explosion the night before […]
Polish border guards on Monday blocked entry into Poland for 10 Russian bikers who said they were following a path commemorating the Red Army victory’s over Nazi Germany 70 years ago. Border guard spokesman Dariusz Sienicki announced the decision after members of the Night Wolves, a nationalistic Russian group loyal to President Vladimir Putin, approached […]
At least 22 people were killed in explosions across Iraq late Sunday, including a suicide car bomb attack on a military post in western Anbar province, police and medical sources said. The deadliest attack came when a car packed with explosives was detonated at an army checkpoint near the town of al-Nukhaib, an outpost on […]
International rescue and relief teams are converging on Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, even as hopes fade that more survivors will be found in the aftermath of a massive quake Saturday that has claimed more than 3,700 lives. The capital’s airport was so congested with military planes attempting to land that a flight carrying 70 members of […]
Afghanistan’s president was forced to briefly delay his trip to India after hundreds of Taliban attacked police and army check posts in the northern Kunduz province Monday. During the delay, Ashraf Ghani met with NATO’s top commander General John Campbell. The fighting began Friday to mark the opening of the Taliban’s spring offensive. The militant […]
Police confirmed at least 956 people dead in Nepal, another 20 were killed in India, six in Tibet and two in Bangladesh. Two Chinese citizens died at the Nepal-China border. The death toll is almost certain to rise, said deputy Inspector General of Police Komal Singh Bam. It was a few minutes before noon when […]
The US government has said it is “tremendously sorry” for killing two hostages held by al-Qaeda during a counterterrorism operation in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan earlier this year. The White House said on Thursday that American Warren Weinstein and Italian Giovanni Lo Porto were killed in a drone strike in January in […]
European Union leaders are due to hold an emergency summit on ways to stem the number of people risking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, the BBC reports. Draft proposals for the meeting include offering 5,000 places for resettlement for migrants “qualifying for protection” under a pilot project. More than 800 people drowned off Libya’s […]
