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Afghanistan earthquake death toll rises to 2,200

Rescuers have recovered hundreds of bodies from mountainous areas of southeastern Afghanistan, which was hit by a major earthquake at the weekend, taking the death toll to more than 2,200, according to a Taliban gover...
A passenger bus skids off a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing 15 and injuring 16 others

A passenger bus veered off a road and plunged into a precipice in a mountainous region in Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and injuring 16 others, a police spokesman said Friday.
Lisbon funicular crash death toll climbs to 16, including American, as disaster leaves Portugal reeling

Portugal was reeling Thursday morning in the wake of an unprecedented disaster in the heart of its capital city.

At least 29 dead after boat capsizes ...

At least 29 bodies have been recovered and 50 people rescued after a passenger boat capsized on the Niger River in Niger State, central N...
Strong aftershock hits Afghanistan af...

A fresh magnitude-5.2 aftershock has struck eastern Afghanistan - two days after a powerful quake in the same region killed more than 1,4...
Rainstorm, flash floods kill 5, injur...

Heavy rains and flash floods have claimed five lives and injured eight others in the eastern Afghanistan Nangarhar province, reported the...
At least 3 killed, over 90 injured af...

Train derails as it travels to Cairo from the western Mediterranean province of Matrouh, on the country’s north coast.