The Bangladesh navy said Friday it has rescued 24 more fishermen from the Bay of Bengal, bringing the total to 80 since a cyclone pounded the country’s coastline three days ago. Two naval vessels plucked the fishermen from waters near Cox’s Bazar and Kutubdia island — two of the areas worst hit by the storm. … Read more
Three climbers died on Everest over the weekend and another is missing, officials confirmed Monday, in one of the deadliest episodes on the peak since an avalanche swept through base camp killing 18 two years ago. More than a dozen climbers have also been rescued from the 8,848 metre (29,030 foot) mountain in the last … Read more
Indian security forces are searching for militants in the restive region of Kashmir in what is being called a major operation. The move, which began on Thursday, follows a series of attacks on security forces and banks in southern districts of the Indian-administered region. Security forces have surrounded at least 20 villages in what they … Read more
At least 20 people have been killed and more than a dozen missing after a ferry boat capsized in Burma’s Ayeyarwaddy delta. Thirty people were rescued after the ferry capsized in the Ngawun river at around 7.30pm on Friday, police officer Nay Lin Tun said. About 66 people were on the ferry, which capsized after … Read more
At least 20 people were killed when a boat carrying scores of wedding guests collided with a river barge at night in western Myanmar, authorities said Saturday, with more feared drowned as rescue workers renewed their search in daylight. Most of the dead were women, according officials, who said the boat sank Friday evening on … Read more
Colombia’s security forces say they are searching for hundreds of missing people after heavy mudslides left at least 254 dead. About 1,100 soldiers and police are involved in the rescue effort. Heavy rain flooded the city of Mocoa in the country’s south-west with mud and rocks, burying whole neighbourhoods and forcing residents to flee their … Read more
A huge South Korean cargo ship which had 24 people on board has gone missing in the South Atlantic. Two Filipino sailors found on a life raft were rescued, AFP reported, citing a Uruguayan navy spokesman. On Friday, a crew member sent a text saying the 312m-long (1024ft) Stellar Daisy freighter was taking on water. … Read more
At least one person was killed and 28 are feared buried after a landslide struck Indonesia, the national disaster agency said Saturday. A wall of mud that slammed onto houses from a hillside after heavy rainfall, damaging dozens of homes in Ponorogo district, East Java on Saturday morning. Seventeen people were injured and sent for … Read more
The death toll from Saturday’s landslide at a vast dump in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, has now risen to 113 people, local officials say. A search operation at the Koshe landfill will continue overnight. As many as 150 people are believed to have been at the site during the landslide. Meanwhile, the funerals of some … Read more
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday said its troops were pressing ahead with a search for two foreign experts who were kidnapped in the violence-wracked central Kasai region. “The search is ongoing … both by the UN and by the government” for the foreign experts and their four Congolese … Read more
The one-month-old baby girl who was abducted when a car was stolen in Durban, South Africa Police in the South African city of Durban are searching for a baby girl who was in a vehicle when it was stolen in an apparent car-jacking on Friday. The mother was with her one-month-old baby and an eight-year … Read more
Large crowds have been watching the rescue efforts over the last few days Rescue efforts are set to continue to find a five-year-old boy trapped for nearly three days in a disused mineshaft in the Boksburg, a small town on the outskirts of the South African city of Johannesburg. The boy reportedly fell into the … Read more
The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility on Monday for a suicide bomb attack in east Algeria which police said had been foiled. In a statement posted on the internet, the group said a “martyrdom-seeking brother” had been able to detonate an “explosives-laden bag” at a police station in the city of Constantine. The jihadist … Read more
Five people were killed Wednesday when two suicide bombers attacked a government compound in Pakistan’s restive tribal region, officials said, with the Taliban claiming the assault as the latest in a fresh offensive. At least seven others were wounded in the early-morning attack in Mohmand tribal agency in Pakistan’s northwest. “One attacker came by foot … Read more
Rescuers listened for signs Saturday of any more survivors, three days after an avalanche slammed into a resort hotel in Italy’s central Apennines mountains. Using saws, shovels and just gloved hands, they advanced slowly through the wreckage in hopes of locating some 23 guests and hotel workers still missing. By Saturday morning, nine survivors have … Read more
Unconfirmed reports said the plane was flying to Syria’s Latakia province. A Russian military plane has disappeared from radar just minutes after take-off from the Black Sea resort of Sochi, local media have said. They quoted a source at the emergency ministry as saying the missing aircraft was a Tu-154. The country’s defence ministry later … Read more
A man burst into a Muslim prayer hall in the Swiss city of Zurich on Monday and started shooting, injuring three men, according to police, who have launched a manhunt for the shooter. A body was found a few hundred metres (yards) from the scene, an AFP photographer said, but it was unclear if it … Read more