Bus Crash Kills 11 In Central Pakistan
A passenger bus hit a tree and overturned in central Pakistan Wednesday, killing 11 people and wounding 36 others on board, officials said. The tragedy came days after a devastating oil tanker...
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Indian Guru’s Body To Stay In Freezer, Says Court
An Indian court Wednesday allowed disciples of a spiritual guru to preserve his body in a freezer, as they believe he is in a deep state of meditation and will return to life. Ashutosh Maharaj,...
One Student Nurse Dies In Lake Bosomtwe Bus Accident
One person is reported dead and more than 20 others in critical condition after a bus they were traveling on somersaulted into a valley around Lake Bosomtwe on Monday. The victims, students of Afia...
Death Toll In Pakistan Oil Tanker Fire Rises To 205
The death toll from an oil tanker explosion in central Pakistan last month has risen to at least 205 people, government officials said Monday, as more victims succumbed to their injuries. The tanker...
Damascus Bomber Kills 18 After Car Chase
A suicide car bomber pursued by security forces blew himself up in eastern Damascus on Sunday, with a monitor reporting 18 killed in the deadliest attack to hit the Syrian capital in months. Syrian...
18 Killed As Car Bombers Strike Damascus
A suicide car bomber pursued by security forces blew himself up in eastern Damascus on Sunday, with a monitor reporting 18 killed in the deadliest attack to hit the Syrian capital in months. Syrian...
Death Toll In Pakistan Oil Tanker Fire Rises To 190
The death toll from an oil tanker explosion in central Pakistan has risen to 190, hospital and government officials said Friday as 16 more people succumbed to their injuries. The tanker overturned...
Venus Williams At Fault In Fatal Car Crash In Florida – Police
US tennis star Venus Williams has been involved in a car crash that led to the death of a 78-year-old man. A spokesman for Palm Beach Gardens police in Florida confirmed to the BBC they were...
Venus Williams Involved In Fatal Car Crash In Florida
US tennis star Venus Williams has been involved in a car crash that led to the death of a 78-year-old man. A spokesman for Palm Beach Gardens police in Florida confirmed to the BBC they were...
Tennis Star Venus Williams Allegedly ‘at Fault’ In Fatal Car Crash
Tennis star Venus Williams is allegedly "at fault" in a Florida traffic accident that resulted in the death of a 78-year-old man, according to a police report obtained Thursday by AFP. Williams, 37,...
Death Toll In Pakistan Oil Tanker Inferno Rises To 174
The death toll from an oil tanker explosion in central Pakistan has risen to 174, officials said Thursday, including the driver who warned people scooping up spilled fuel to stay away but was...
US Embassy Warns Women Against Using Tuk-Tuks In Sri Lanka
The US embassy in Colombo warned Thursday its citizens visiting Sri Lanka to avoid travelling alone in tuk-tuks after a spate of sexual harassment complaints. The embassy, in a message posted on its...
Boy Travels 143 MILES From Morocco To Spain Under Bus
A boy survived a perilous 143 mile journey from Morocco to Spain hanging underneath a bus, it has emerged. Footage has emerged of the moment emergency services led the migrant away after the bus had...
Boy Travels From Morocco To Spain Under Bus
A boy travelled at least 230 kilometres from Morocco to Spain hanging underneath a bus, officials said on Monday, in another example of desperate measures taken by migrants to get to Europe....
Family of US Black Motorist Gets Nearly $3mn Over Police Shooting
The family of a black motorist fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer, whose dying moments were livestreamed on Facebook, said Monday it had reached a nearly $3 million civil settlement with the...
California Father Gets Phone Call From Son 11 Days After He Thought He’d Buried Him
Eighty-two-year-old Frank Kerrigan had been told by the coroner’s office in Orange County that his son, Frank M. Kerrigan had been found dead in the street. The coroner’s office had wrongly said...
Pakistan Marks Grim Eid After Oil Tanker Inferno Kills 153
Pakistan began Eid in mourning Monday as the death toll in an oil tanker explosion rose to 153, with scores injured after they were caught in a fireball while scooping up spilled fuel. Dozens of...
Scores Killed In Tanker Fire Near Bahawalpur
At least 153 people have been burnt alive and dozens of others injured after a fuel tanker overturned and exploded outside the eastern city of Bahawalpur in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The incident...
Vettel, Hamilton Clash As Ricciardo Wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel was penalised for dangerous driving after deliberately crashing into title rival Lewis Hamilton in a wild and chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix won by Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo on...
120 Killed When Oil Tanker Explodes In Pakistan
At least 123 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a fire that broke out after an oil tanker overturned in central Pakistan and crowds rushed to collect fuel. The tragedy came one day...