Philippine rescuers reported on Sunday that dozens of gold miners and their families could be trapped by a landslide that buried an old shaft and areas converted into living spaces in Benguet province as the death toll from Typhoon Mangkhut rises. The typhoon slammed into the Philippines on Saturday bringing winds of 170 kph (105 […]
A super typhoon Mangkhut has hit the Philippines packing winds of more than 200 kph (124 mph) along with torrential rain, killing at least 25 people, wrecking homes and triggering multiple landslides, Reuters reported. According to media reports, more than four million people are directly in the path of the storm, which has wind gusts […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – At least 10 people were killed in a fire that occurred on a ship off the coast of Indonesia on September 14, the Xinhua news agency reported. As a result of the rescue operation, the services managed to save 126 people from the ship, the Xinhua news agency reported citing a spokesperson […]
Thousands of people were evacuated to safer ground as the Philippines prepared for the arrival of Typhoon Mangkhut, the most powerful storm expected to hit the archipelago in 2018, officials said Thursday. Typhoon Mangkhut was tracked earlier in the day approaching the Philippines from the western Pacific at 20 kilometers per hour (12.4 miles per […]
The driver, Yang Zanyun, 54, first ploughed through the people with his vehicle and later got out of it and went on a rampage attacking people with a knife. Yang was detained by police, who said he has a criminal record and has been jailed several times. Nine people were killed and 46 injured when […]
Two Indonesian fishermen were abducted early Tuesday off the east coast of the Malaysian Borneo state of Sabah by men believed to be part of a southern Philippine group seeking ransom, a police official said. The kidnapping was the first one reported in the Sulu and Celebes seas since March 2017, according to a Singapore-based […]
Last week, three planes arriving at airports in Philadelphia and New York were quarantined after numerous passengers showed signs of a flu-like disease during the flight. Several hundred passengers were detained for medical check-ups by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Passengers from Virgin Australia flight VA167 from Melbourne, Australia to Auckland, […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The death toll from a powerful quake that triggered landslides in northern Japan rose to 30 Saturday, as tens of thousands of rescue workers raked through the mud for survivors. The majority of the dead are from the small rural town of Atsuma, where a cluster of dwellings was wrecked when a […]
