Three more flu-related deaths recorded
Three more people with underlying health problems have died from type A flu in the past 48 hours, raising the number of flu-linked casualties to
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Cyprus concerned over serious escalation of situation in Gaza
The Republic of Cyprus maintains the position that the final status of Jerusalem is to be determined through negotiations, noting that it is concerned over
Coal mine deaths climb to 23 in southwest Pakistan – officials
By Gul Yousafzai The death toll from Saturday’s coal mine blast and landslides in southwest Pakistan climbed to 23 on Sunday, officials said, after ending
Russia and US air strikes ‘caused mass civilian deaths in Syria’
Air strikes by Russia and a US-led coalition killed civilians in Syriaon a large scale last year, while the Assad government carried out unlawful chemical weapon
Typhoon leaves flooding, four dead in Japan, moves out to sea
A rapidly weakening typhoon Lan made landfall in Japan on Monday, setting off landslides and flooding that prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands of
Eleven killed in attack on Burkina Faso military post
Ten soldiers and a gendarme in northern Burkina Faso were killed on Friday in an attack by unidentified gunmen on a military post, the army
Fresh protests in the north over bus deaths (update 3)
Thousands of Turkish Cypriots took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the deaths of three people – two teenage pupils and their bus driver
Two teenage girls, driver dead in school bus collision with truck [VIDEO]
Two sixteen-year-old girls and the driver of a school bus taking them to school died on Tuesday morning, after colliding with a truck on
Thirteen workers trapped, three dead, in Turkish copper mine after landslide
Rescue teams sought to free 13 workers trapped in a copper mine in southeast Turkey on Friday after it was hit by a landslide that
Factory blaze kills at least 13 Indian garment workers as they slept
At least 13 garment workers were killed after a fire broke out in a factory on the outskirts of the Indian capital, police and witnesses
Taliban storm German consulate in Afghan city, 4 killed (Update)
Taliban militants stormed the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, ramming its outer wall with a truck bomb before battling security forces
New training course for motorcyclists
In 2014 and 2015, 29 motorcyclists were killed in Cyprus of whom nearly 50 per cent were not wearing a crash helmet, the president of
Hurricane Matthew kills almost 900 in Haiti before hitting US
By Joseph Guyler Delva and Scott Malone Hurricane Matthew killed almost 900 people and left tens of thousands homeless in Haiti earlier this week
Nine Turkey-backed rebels killed in clashes in Syria – Turkish military
Nine Turkey-backed Syrian rebels were killed and 32 were wounded on Thursday fighting in an operation to push Islamic State militants away from the border
Three Chinese fishermen killed in confrontation with South Korea coastguard
Three Chinese fishermen were killed on Thursday in a fire that broke out on their boat when South Korean coastguard men trying to apprehend them
More than 130 bodies recovered from migrant boat capsize off Egypt
At least 133 bodies had been recovered by Friday from a boat carrying hundreds of migrants that capsized off Egypt two days earlier, Egyptian officials
Migrant boat carrying 600 capsizes off Egypt coast killing at least 29 (Updated)
A boat carrying around 600 people capsized off Egypt’s coast, killing at least 29, officials said on Wednesday, in the latest disaster to befall
Suicide bomber kills at least 16 people in Pakistan mosque – official (update)
A suicide bomber shouted “Allahu akbar” and blew himself up in a packed mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 25 people and wounding 30
Typhoon kills at least 11 in south-east China; another on the way
The world’s strongest storm this year killed at last 10 people in China when it hit the south-east coast, the government said on Friday, as rescuers
Boat collision kills four people off Greece’s Aegina (update)
Four people, including a nine-year-old child, died and four were injured after a boat with about 20 people on board and a speedboat collided off