A massive explosion at a gas station in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan killed 35 people and injured scores more, Russian officials said Tuesday. Russia’s Health Ministry said 115 people were injured in the blast and subsequent fire, and 35 of them died, including three children. A total of 65 of those injured, including 16… Continue reading Massive explosion at gas station in Russia’s Dagestan kills 35
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Migrant shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa island kills 41
Forty-one migrants died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, the Ansa news agency reported on Wednesday, citing accounts from survivors who have just reached the Italian island of Lampedusa. Ansa said four people who survived the shipwreck told rescuers that they were on a boat carrying 45 people, including three children. The… Continue reading Migrant shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa island kills 41
New York City cancer doctor kills herself and her baby, police say
A New York City cancer doctor killed herself and her baby in her home early Saturday morning, according to police. Dr. Krystal Cascetta, an oncologist at Mount Sinai Hospital, shot her baby and then herself at their home in Somers, a town about 50 miles northeast of New York City, around 7 a.m. on Saturday,… Continue reading New York City cancer doctor kills herself and her baby, police say
Train derailment kills at least 15, injures 50 in southern Pakistan
MULTAN, Pakistan — At least 15 passengers were killed and 50 more injured when a train derailed near the Pakistani town of Nawabshah in southern Sindh province, officials said Sunday. The Hazara Express was on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi when 10 cars derailed near the Sarhari railway station off Nawabshah, said senior railway… Continue reading Train derailment kills at least 15, injures 50 in southern Pakistan
Suspected Pakistan suicide bombing kills at least 55, injures 135 more at political rally
KHAR, Pakistan — A powerful bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan on Sunday, police and health officials said. At least 55 people were killed and 135 were wounded in what one official said was a suicide attack. Senior… Continue reading Suspected Pakistan suicide bombing kills at least 55, injures 135 more at political rally