3 h. ago Elevador da Glória crash sees cops confirm 15 dead and 18 injured after derail

Officials said teams were onsite and that "all resources have been activated" to respond to the accident, with "the priority to monitor the situation," an official source said

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3 h. ago At least 15 people killed after Lisbon’s funicular railway derails

President laments accident on railway that carries passengers up and down a hillside in Portuguese capitalAt least 15 people have been killed after Lisbon’s Gloria funicular railway car derailed and crashed, an emergency medical service spokesperson has said.Authorities would not identify the victims or disclose their nationalities, but said some foreign nationals were among the dead. At least 18 people were also injured. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago At least three killed after Lisbon's Gloria funicular derails

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa lamented the tragic accident on the popular tourist railway

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4 h. ago Three dead and 20 injured after tourist tram 'falls from height'

One of the two cars permanently attached to opposite ends of a haulage cable, looped over a pulley at the upper end of the track, is said to have fallen 'from a great height.'

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5 h. ago Three dead and at least 20 injured after Lisbon's iconic funicular derails in major incident

Three people are understood to have died in the tragedy, out of 20 people who were injured in Lisbon, Portugal, earlier today (September 3)

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5 h. ago 15 dead and 18 injured after Lisbon's iconic funicular derails in major incident

Three people are understood to have died in the tragedy, out of 20 people who were injured in Lisbon, Portugal, earlier today (September 3)

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5 h. ago Murder cops probing death of Scott Boyd in Lanark are following 'positive line of enquiry'

Scott Boyd was pronounced dead at the scene after being found injured in the Braeside Crescent area in the village of Kirkmuirhill, near Lanark.

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31 h. ago Knife rampage leaves multiple injured in Marseille before police shoot attacker dead

Several people were injured during a knife rampage in Marseille today, before police shot the suspected attacker dead.

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47 h. ago UK Foreign Office issues Indonesia travel advice after seven killed in deadly riots

The Foreign Office has issued updated travel advice for Indonesia after violent riots erupted across the country, leaving seven people dead and hundreds injured in the worst unrest the nation has seen for years

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51 h. ago Teenage boy and girl arrested on suspicion of murder after Luton stabbing

A man in his 20s was taken to hospital by emergency services with serious injuries and was pronounced dead shortly after.

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61 h. ago Afghanistan earthquake latest: At least 800 dead and 2,500 injured as rescuers search rubble for survivors

Rescue operations still underway as officials say several villages are completely destroyed

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62 h. ago Afghanistan earthquake latest: At least 622 dead and 1,500 injured as rescuers search rubble for survivors

Rescue operations still underway as officials say several villages are completely destroyed

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64 h. ago Afghanistan earthquake sees more than 600 dead and 1,500 injured

According to the Kunar Disaster Management Authority the quake measured 6.0 magnitude.

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64 h. ago More than 600 dead in Afghanistan earthquake with at least 1,500 people injured after devastating 6.0 magnitude quake strikes overnight

The wave hit a series of towns at 11.47pm in the province of Kunar near the Pakistan border centred 17 miles northeast of the city of Jalabad in Nangarhar.

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65 h. ago Afghanistan earthquake: at least 250 dead after 6.0 magnitude quake near Jalalabad

Province of Kunar sees large number of casualties, according to local officials, amid fears of much higher toll after shallow quake hits near Pakistan borderAt least 250 people were dead and hundreds more injured in a magnitude 6 earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, authorities have said, as rescuers combed the rubble of homes looking for survivors.The quake struck the rugged province of Kunar at 11.47pm on Sunday and was centred 27km north-east of the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, the US Geological Survey said. It was just 8km deep. Shallower quakes tend to cause more damage. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Afghanistan earthquake: at least nine dead after 6.0 magnitude quake near Jalalabad

At least 25 people were injured in the quake that hit at a depth of just 8km near the Pakistan borderA magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border leaving nine people dead and many more injured.The quake struck at 11:47pm on Sunday and was centred 27km northeast of the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, the US Geological Survey said. It was just 8km deep. Shallower quakes tend to cause more damage. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Deadly 6.0 earthquake hits Afghanistan killing at least 20 and injuring more than 100

At least 20 people have been confirmed dead and over 100 injured after a shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan last night

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68 h. ago Deadly 6.0 earthquake hits Afghanistan killing hundreds and injuring more than 500

At least 250 people have been confirmed dead and more than 400 injured after a shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan last night

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68 h. ago Deadly 6.0 earthquake hits Afghanistan killing 600 as hundreds more injured

At least 600 people have been confirmed dead and more than several hundred more injured after a shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan last night

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3 d. ago Pope Leo demands end to ‘pandemic of arms’ after Minnesota school shooting

First US pope in history prays for victims of last week’s shooting that left two children dead and 18 others injuredPope Leo XIV called for the “pandemic of arms, large and small” to end during a weekly public prayer with crowds in St Peter’s Square on Sunday that also addressed the plague of mass shootings in the US.The first US pope in history, a native of Chicago, spoke in English as he prayed for the victims of last week’s shooting during a Catholic school mass in Minnesota which saw two children killed and others seriously injured. Continue reading...

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