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At least 15 people were killed and dozens feared missing after torrential rains and landslides battered one of Indonesia’s outermost islands, the country’s disaster officials have said.   Pictures provided by the national disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) on Monday March 6 showed mud and debris from the landslides had inundated …

The late Polish pope John Paul II knew about child abuse in Poland’s Catholic church years before becoming pontiff and helped cover it up, a new report has claimed.   Michal Gutowski, the investigator behind the report for private broadcaster TVN, said the late Pope knew of cases of paedophile …

At least 9 police officers were killed and 11 others injured in a suspected suicide blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Monday March 6, police have said, the latest in recent attacks against security personnel in the country. Kachhi Police senior superintendent Mehmood Notezai said a vehicle carrying policemen was …

Image caption, Songul Yucesoy’s home was destroyed when a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck a month ago By Anna Foster BBC News, Samandag, southern Turkey Songul Yucesoy carefully washes her dishes, soaping the plates and cutlery before rinsing off the bubbles and laying them out to dry. An unremarkable scene, except …

At least 32 people were killed and more than 85 injured when a passenger train carrying more than 350 people collided with a freight train on Tuesday, February 28, shortly before midnight, in Tempi Greece, near the city of Larissa, the Greek Fire Service said.   “We just heard a …

A Brazilian man dressed as a giant 7ft penis has been arrested by police after women complained he had been harassing them. Military Police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, arrested the man dressed as the giant phallus in the city centre on Sunday for ‘acting suspiciously’. A picture of the …

Another earthquake is reported to have hit Turkey and Syria exactly two weeks after the devastating Monday, February 6, 2023 earthquake. According to the global news community, AJ+, the earthquake hit the border of Turkey and Syria and had a magnitude of 6.3. In a tweet shared on Monday, February …

Former US president Jimmy Carter has been placed in hospice care, deciding to avoid additional “medical intervention,” the Carter Center announced Saturday. The 98-year-old former president made his decision following a series of hospital visits, according to the Carter Center, a nonprofit group set up to carry out charitable activities …

A man in his late 80s died unexpectedly at Larteh Akuapem in the Eastern Region. According to the narrative, the deceased, Paa Kwame, had been bedridden for several years due to his advanced age and unstable health conditions. For the time being, he is being cared for by a family member. …

Turkish police have reportedly arrested the contractor of Rönesans Residence which was destroyed in the earthquake that hit southeastern Turkey on Monday, February 6, 2023. Mehmet Yaşar Coşkun was detained at the Istanbul airport while attempting to leave the country. The 12-story Rönesans Residence, which has 250 apartments and was …