Indonesia building collapse kills 3, injures dozens JAKARTA: At least three people were killed and dozens were injured when a building hosting a prayer recital collapsed on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Sunday, a disaster official said.Around a hundred people, mostly women, had gathered for a Koran recital at a community hall in West…
An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck eastern Afghanistan late Sunday.The US geological survey (USGS) reported reported that the quake hit at 11:47 pm local time (1917 GMT) at a shallow depth of 8 km, with its epicenter located 27 km east-northeast of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province.Two children were killed and at least 15 others injured…
Iran may be on the verge of regime collapse, according to a new report by the UK-based Henry Jackson Society, which warns that such a fall could trigger civil war and a dangerous power vacuum.“There is a danger that regime collapse could lead to a vacuum of governance that is accompanied by civil war,” the…
The collapse of an under-construction railway bridge over a major river in China has killed at least 12 workers and left four others missing, state media reports said. Aerial photos from the official Xinhua News Agency show a large section missing from the bridge’s curved aquamarine arch. A bent section of the bridge deck hangs…
Relatives of Alex Araya Acevedo, a 29-year-old miner who died in El Teniente mine of Chilean state-run copper producer Codelco, gather outside Codelco’s offices to demand information about the delivery of his body, which has been delayed, after the regional prosecutor confirmed that all trapped miners have been found dead, in Rancagua, Chile on August…
Chile mine collapse (Image credits: AP) Four workers trapped in a collapsed copper mine in Central Chile, following a 4.3 magnitude earthquake in the area, were found dead, while one of the workers still remains missing, officials confirmed Sunday.The incident occurred on Thursday at El Teniente, one of the world’s largest copper mines, operated by…
Rescue workers clear rubble with heavy machinery to search for survivors and bodies at the site of multi-story building collapsed, in Karachi, Pakistan. (Pic credit: AP) Rescue teams in Pakistan continued to search for survivors on Saturday after a six-storey residential building collapsed in Karachi’s Lyari neighbourhood, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others, according…
Donald Trump; Ayatollah Khamenei; Recep Tayyip Erdogan US President Donald Trump held backchannel talks for dialogue with Iran, according to a report, which added that the plan, however, did not materialise as Iranian officials failed to get approval for it by their country’s Supreme Leader who is in hiding due to fears of assassination.Also Read:…
