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Tragedy strikes: 13 Asian expats dead in Kuwait after consuming suspected toxic alcohol | World News

13 Asian expats dead in Kuwait/Representative Image Kuwait is grappling with a tragic crisis as 13 expatriate workers, all of Asian nationality, have died and dozens more have been hospitalised due to toxic alcohol poisoning. The Ministry of Health confirmed that 63 cases of poisoning linked to methanol-contaminated alcoholic beverages have been treated since Saturday. […]

One night, thousands dead: Lake Nyos tragedy that killed 1,700 people overnight in Cameroon | World News

On 21 August 1986, Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon became the site of one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. A sudden limnic eruption released a massive cloud of carbon dioxide (CO2), a gas denser than air, which swept down the surrounding valleys, suffocating people and livestock in nearby villages. Within hours, approximately […]

Michigan mishap: Pickup truck surpasses stop sign, collides with a van; 6 dead

At least six people were killed when a pickup truck ran a stop sign and collided with a van in a rural area of Michigan, authorities said.The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon in Gilford Township, Tuscola County, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) north of Detroit.Thirteen people were in the two vehicles at the time, including ten […]

‘He was almost dead’: 70-year-old Sikh man, Harpal Singh, attacked with golf club in North Hollywood, remains in induced coma

Surveillance footage of the suspect who attacked a 70-year-old Sikh man with a golf club in North Hollywood last week. In a possible hate crime, a 70-year-old Sikh man, Harpal Singh, was brutally beaten with a golf club in North Hollywood as he was going to a gurdwara, his place of worship. The attack took […]

Texas Target shooting: Two dead in open firing inside store, suspect in custody

2 killed in a Target store shooting in Texas Monday. A suspect is in custody after opening fire inside a Target in Austin, killing two people, the Austin Police Department said, confirming that the officers responded to the shooting around 3pm. The police said that the suspect is a white man who was captured shortly […]

Clairton Coke Works steel plant explosion: One dead, dozens injured; rescue ops under way

An explosion at the US Steel Clairton Coke Works plant near Pittsburgh on Monday killed one, injured dozens and left several people trapped beneath rubble, officials said. Emergency teams were on site working to rescue those still caught in the debris.“There are no confirmed fatalities at the Clairton Coke Works,” said Abigail Gardner, director of […]

Chicago violence: 1 dead, 5 injured in mass shooting during outdoor gathering; additional attacks follow overnight

Representative image credits: AP One woman was killed and five others were injured early Sunday morning during a large outdoor gathering on Chicago’s West Side. This shooting was one of three separate incidents reported within less than three hours in the same South Austin neighborhood.The first shooting occurred just before 2.48 am on North La […]

Ecuador shooting: 8 dead, 3 injured in Santa Lucia nightclub attack; authorities link escalating violence to organised crime turf wars

Eight people were killed and three others injured when gunmen opened fire outside a nightclub in southwestern Ecuador on Sunday, marking the latest incident in the country’s ongoing wave of violence.The shooting occurred in the rural area of Santa Lucia, in Guayas province, considered one of Ecuador’s most dangerous regions. Police said the victims, aged […]

Baltimore mass shooting: 1 dead, 5 injured in outdoor gathering gunfire; police search for suspect

Representative image credits: AP One person died and five others were injured, including a 5-year-old girl, in Baltimore after a mass shooting in a neighborhood Saturday night.The shooting happened shortly before 8:50 pm near Spaulding and Queensberry Avenues, where residents had gathered outside for a crab feed, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said. “It looks […]

Who was Patrick Joseph White? Suspect in CDC shooting who killed an officer and was later found dead; probe under way

Authorities have identified the man who opened fire at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta on Friday as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White from Kennesaw, Georgia. White and DeKalb County police officer David Rose were both killed during the incident, according to the Georgia bureau of investigation (GBI). U.S. On […]