At least 172 people have taken their own lives using the suicide powder “substance X” since 2015, suicide prevention organisation Stichting 113 and the Amsterdam health board estimate. It is the first time an investigation has been carried out into how widespread use of the powder is, the organisations say. The average age of people who had obtained the powder was 59, although the biggest group, some 38%, was over 70. “The figures show that this is a very diverse
Indonesian officials said a search and rescue team had found 18 people killed by landslides on Sulawesi island and are still looking for two missing
Landslides hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 18 people
Findings also detailed how a ‘bald man in black’ thought by service members to be the bomber was misidentifiedThe suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed US troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, and a “bald man in black” spotted by US service members on the morning of the attack was not the bomber, according to a new review by US Central Command.The findings, released on Monday, refute assertions by some service members who believed they had a chance to take out the...
TANA TORAJA, Indonesia (AP) — A search and rescue team found 18 people killed by landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island and are still looking for two missing, officials said Monday.
A Taliban spokesman says heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to the deaths of at least 13 people and displaced some 15,000, the United Nations said, as forecasters warned more rains
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Local officials say a landslide in southwest Congo caused by heavy rains killed at least 15 people and left as many as 60 others missing. Seven people were found alive after the landslide Saturday near the port near the town of Idiofa. “There’s a hill above
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Local officials say a landslide in southwest Congo caused by heavy rains killed at least 15 people and left as many as 60 others missing. Seven people were found alive after the landslide Saturday near the port near the town of Idiofa. “There’s a hill above
Congo landslide kills at least 15 people and up to 60 others are missing, officials say
A police official in Kabul says a sticky bomb has killed one person and wounded three others. Saturday evening's blast happened in the mostly Shiite neighborhood of Kot-e-Sangi, a bustling commercial and residential area.
A local official in eastern Congo says extremist-linked rebels attacked villages over the weekend, killing at least 11 people, torching vehicles and taking possessions