• 17 rescued, at least 3 believed missing after a boat carrying migrants is lost near a Greek island

    ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Rescuers on the eastern Greek island of Chios on Wednesday recovered the bodies of three girls who died after a boat carrying migrants from nearby Turkey

  • Overcrowded ferry capsizes off Mozambique’s coast, leaving at least 98 dead, media reports say

    HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A makeshift ferry overcrowded with residents reportedly fleeing a feared cholera outbreak capsized off Mozambique's northern coast, killing at least 98 people including children, local media said Monday. The ferry with an estimated 130 people aboard capsized Sunday after it departed the southeastern African nation's coast for the nearby Island of []

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    At least 17 dead after flash floods in Oman

    At least 17 people have died in flash floods triggered by heavy rain across Oman since Sunday, the country’s National Committee for Emergency Management (NCEM) reports. On Tuesday, the government suspended the work of employees and workers in the public and private sectors in five governorates, including Musandam, Al Buraimi, Al Dhahirah, and Al Dakhiliyah, due to the weather conditions. The government has allowed employees to work remotely if possible. Authorities in Oman are conducting “rescue...

    • Yahoo

    At least 17 dead after flash floods in Oman

    At least 17 people have died in flash floods triggered by heavy rain across Oman since Sunday, the country’s National Committee for Emergency Management (NCEM) reports.

  • 33 dead, 27 injured in recent floods in Afghanistan

    The Ministry of Disaster Management states that 33 people have lost their lives and 27 others have been injured due to heavy rains and ongoing flooding in recent days. Sayeq Janan, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Disaster Management of the Taliban administration, announced on Sunday, April 14th, that in addition to the recent floods’ […]

  • At least 8 dead after bus crash in northeastern Brazil

    RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - At least eight people have died and 23 were injured after a long-distance bus hit an embankment and flipped over in Brazil's

  • For the watch: the Jon Snow spinoff is (at least temporarily) dead

    And now for some news no one needed a watcher on the wall to foresee: the long-rumored but barely moved-on Jon Snow-themed spinoff is officially dead—at least for the time being. Valar Morghulis. The news comes from Kit Harrington, who finally spoke about the long-gestating Game Of Thrones sequel with ScreenRant while promoting his upcoming crime thriller, Blood For Dust (which is actually about two cocaine smugglers despite the fact that the title sounds like yet another one of the...

  • At Least Three Dead in Explosion at European Hydroelectric Plant

    An explosion in northern Italy killed at least three workers and injured five others, a regional fire chief said.

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    "All Club Boat Parade" held in Channel Islands Harbor

    OXNARD, Calif.-An "All Club Boat Parade" took place on glassy water. The Harbor Patrol and U.S. Coast Guard led the parade in the Channel Islands Harbor early Sunday morning, before many clubs invited boaters in for breakfast. It was all part of the Opening Day celebrations put on by the Association of Santa Barbara Channel

  • Telangana: At least four dead in blast at chemical factory

    Twenty-five persons were injured in the explosion, which took place after a fire at the factory.

    • VG247

    Dead Space appears to be dead again

    Brace yourself. Dead Space, well, it appears to be dead again. Yep, EA's reportedly put the series "on hold" for the second time, though, it does at least seem like some ideas for a new entry were briefly considered early last year, though none of them were actually given permission to become a thing.This news follows a chain of events which began with Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb reporting that a Dead Space 2 remake was in development, before being canceled. EA quickly responded to that, sending a...

    • TVLine

    Cole Brings Plenty Found Dead: ‘1923’ Star Was 27

    A 1923 actor who’d gone missing shortly after being involved in an alleged domestic violence incident has been found dead. Per a statement from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office in Kansas, Cole Brings Plenty‘s body was discovered in a wooded area on Friday after a person noticed an unoccupied vehicle nearby and notified authorities. The […]