GENEVA: The UN human rights office said on Tuesday that 306,887 civilians had been killed in Syria during the conflict since March 2011 in what it said was the highest estimate yet. Syria’s conflict sprung out of peaceful protests against…
GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday the IAF will be transporting drinking water bottles from Guwahati to Silchar town, which is reeling under floods, even as the state reported seven more flood deaths, pushing up the toll…
Monsoon storms and incessant rains have put Bangladesh in the face of devastating floods which led to deaths of at least 32 people. More than nine million people are homeless as floodwaters inundate their homes destroying their belongings. The Bangladesh…
Indian army personnel rescue flood-affected villagers on a boat in Tarabari village, west of Gauhati, in Assam, on Monday. (AP photo) GUWAHAT/SILCHAR: A police officer and a constable on a mission to rescue marooned people in central Assam’s Nagaon were…
NEW DELHI: Eight more people lost their life and more than 37 lakh people were affected by the flooding in Assam on Sunday, an official said. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), three persons died due to…
Ouagadougou: The death toll from a weekend attack in northern Burkina Faso rose by seven, taking the number killed to 86, authorities said on Wednesday. The massacre at the village of Seytenga is the second worst in the history of…
The flooded area of Akyurt district in Ankara following heavy rain. (Image: Adem ALTAN/AFP) Bad weather warnings are still in place in 42 towns and cities in northern and central Turkey, including the capital Ankara AFP Ankara, Turkey Last…
At least 49 people died and hundreds were injured after a fire sparked a huge chemical explosion at a shipping container depot in Bangladesh, officials said on Sunday. The toll was expected to rise, with some of the more than…
DUBAI: The death toll in a catastrophic collapse of a tower in southwestern Iran rose to 37 on Wednesday, officials said, as emergency workers pulled another body from the rubble over a week after the disaster that has prompted an…
