35 h. ago At least two dead and dozens injured as coach carrying tourists crashes into truck in Egyptian beach resort

Some 36 other passengers - including foreigners - were injured in the devastating crash near Hurghada on the Red Sea coast.

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52 h. ago Rioting at Ecuadorian prison leaves 31 inmates dead and dozens injured

Prisons officials in Ecuador say deadly rioting that broke out at a prison where inmates were set to be transferred to a new maximum-security facility has left at least 31 inmates killed and 30 others injured

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7 d. ago Horror care home fire sees at least 11 dead and dozens injured in blaze ‘of enormous proportions’

Ruza Kagic, a resident on the third floor of the care home in Bosnia, said she had gone to bed when she heard popping sounds and saw flames falling from the upper floors

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1 week ago 1 child and 8 women dead after crowd surge at popular Hindu temple

9 dead and dozens injured following the surge at the Swamy Venkateswara Temple

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3 w. ago Peru’s interim president declares state of emergency after weeks of anti

Declaration means government can send army to patrol streets, restrict freedom of assembly and curtail other rightsPeru’s interim president, Jose Jeri, announced a state of emergency in Lima and the neighbouring port of Callao on Tuesday after weeks of anti-government protests over corruption and organised crime.“The state of emergency approved by the council of ministers will take effect at midnight on Wednesday and will last for 30 days in metropolitan Lima and Callao,” Jeri said in an address to the nation on state television. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago At least one person dead and dozens injured after huge tornado strikes French town

AT LEAST one person has died and dozens injured after an enormous tornado hit a French town. The soaring twister also struck and collapsed three cranes as it tore through Ermont, northern Paris earlier today. Dozens of residents in the Val d'Oise have been evacuated from their homes and are taking shelter at a local...

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3 w. ago Peru to declare state of emergency after protests against new president leave one dead and dozens injured

Demonstrators clashed with police outside congress building amid public anger at crime crisis days after José Jerí assumed power Peru is set to declare a state of emergency after at least one person was killed and dozens of police officers were injured in widespread protests against President José Jerí who assumed power just days ago.Prime minister Ernesto Alvarez said late on Thursday that the government would declare the state of emergency in Lima within hours and is preparing a package of measures to tackle rising insecurity. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago 5th arrest made in connection with shooting that left 6 dead in Mississippi, FBI says

The FBI said a fifth person has been arrested in a weekend shooting in Mississippi that left six people dead and more than a dozen injured

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