3 h. ago More than 700,000 without power, 4,000 flights canceled, 25 dead as America starts to dig out from massive snow storm

Live data showed that Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee were worst-affected by electricity cuts, while Boston Logan International has so far been the worst-hit airport, with 298 flights canceled on Monday. The death toll now stands at 25.

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3 h. ago Stonehaven death toll ‘would have been higher’ had train been full – inquiry

The 6.38am Aberdeen to Glasgow service derailed after it collided with debris washed from a drain onto the track near Carmont on August 12 2020.

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5 h. ago At least 18 people dead as Philippines ferry with 350 onboard sinks

Rescuers save at least 316 after inter-island ferry sank en route from city of Zamboanga to southern Jolo islandA ferry with more than 350 people onboard sank early on Monday near an island in the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 people, officials said. Rescuers saved hundreds more, while a fleet of coastguard and naval ships searched for those still missing.Coastguard officials said the cargo and passenger ferry apparently encountered technical problems and sank after midnight. The steel-hulled vessel abruptly tilted to one side and took on water, hurling people into the sea in the darkness, according to a rescued passenger who lost his six-month-old baby. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Philippines ferry with 350 on board capsizes leaving 15 dead and dozens missing

Rescuers save at least 300 people after inter-island ferry sank early on Monday en route from the port city of Zamboanga to southern Jolo islandAt least 15 people have died after a ferry with more than 350 people sunk early on Monday near an island in the southern Philippines, according to local officials, with the coast guard warning that 28 people remained missing.The M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry, was sailing to southern Jolo island in Sulu province from the port city of Zamboanga with 332 passengers and 27 crew members when it apparently encountered technical problems and sank after midnight, coast guard officials said. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Iran issues warning to the US as protests death toll 'hits 33,000' as 'nearly 100,000 people hurt in brutal crackdown'

Iranian authorities unveiled a new mural on a giant billboard in a central Tehran square on Sunday with a direct warning to the US not to attempt a military strike on the country. 

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24 h. ago Winter Storm Fern death toll rises to 12 as the South is hit with TORNADO warning amid blistering

At least 12 people have tragically died across the country amid Winter Storm Fern. Meanwhile, a frightening tornado warning has been issued for parts of the South.

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32 h. ago Death toll rises over 33,000 in Iran as leader issues chilling warning to Trump

While the numbers of protestors being killed in Iran continues to rise, Donald Trump claims Washington is watching the events unfold very closely

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40 h. ago Death toll from Iran's brutal crackdown on protesters soars past 33,000, new figures show

The latest figures came as Iran warned it will treat any attack 'as an all-out war' as the US ramps up its military presence in the region.

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45 h. ago Staggering 33,000 Iran protesters killed in just two weeks as shock death toll from ‘genocide’ revealed

THE death toll from the protests in Iran has risen past 33,000, shock figures show. The stats were revealed as Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s regime threatened war if the US took any action against it. Previous estimates had suggested between 16,500 and 18,000 people had been killed amid two weeks of unrest. But new research...

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67 h. ago Drains running crimson with blood, body bags covering the ground, and frantic loved ones unaware of their loss: Horrifying vignettes from Iran's monstrous slaughter as death toll reaches 16,500

After executing the hospital patients, the Iranian regime did not even bother to clean up the crime scene.

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3 d. ago Trump says US ‘armada’ heading to Middle East as Iran death toll put above 5,000

US president says ‘we have a lot of ships’ going in that direction and that Washington is watching Iran closelyDonald Trump has said a US “armada” is heading towards the Middle East and that the US is monitoring Iran closely, as activists put the death toll from Tehran’s bloody crackdown on protesters at 5,002.Speaking on Air Force One as he returned from the World Economic Forum in Davos overnight, he said: “We have a lot of ships going that direction, just in case. I’d rather not see anything happen, but we’re watching them very closely we have an armada ... heading in that direction, and maybe we won’t have to use it.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Death toll in Pakistan shopping plaza fire rises to 67, officials say

Police and hospital officials say the death toll from a devastating fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi has jumped to 67 after body parts of dozens more people were found

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4 d. ago Death toll in South Africa school bus crash rises to 14 as the driver is charged with murder

Authorities in South Africa say that two teenagers have died from injuries sustained in a school bus crash in the country's Gauteng province, raising the death toll to 14

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4 d. ago Iran reports 3,117 protest deaths and issues new warning to US

There are fears the toll could increase significantly as information gradually emerges

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5 d. ago Dozens of body parts are found after Pakistan's shopping plaza fire

Officials in Pakistan have discovered body parts thought to belong to over a dozen people in a Karachi shopping plaza after a devastating weekend fire

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6 d. ago Spain train crash investigators hunt for remaining bodies in wreckage as death toll rises

Hundreds of passengers were on board the trains before the high-speed collision that has claimed at least 41 lives

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6 d. ago South African authorities revise death toll in school bus crash to 12 as driver is arrested

South African authorities have revised the death toll in a school bus crash to 12 children and announced the driver has been arrested and will face criminal charges

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6 d. ago Spain train crash latest: Bodies still trapped in wreckage as Spain deploys cranes and death toll rises

Madrid-bound train derailed on a straight stretch of track, before being hit head-on by another locomotive travelling 200kmph in the opposite direction

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6 d. ago Spain train crash latest: ‘Gap in track’ identified as possible cause of collision as death toll climbs to 41

Madrid-bound train derailed on a straight stretch of track, before being hit head-on by another locomotive travelling 200kmph in the opposite direction

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6 d. ago Spain train crash latest: ‘Gap in track’ identified as possible cause of collision as death toll climbs to 40

Madrid-bound train derailed on a straight stretch of track, before being hit head-on by another locomotive travelling 200kmph in the opposite direction

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