casualties
Five killed, 4 injured in Assiut collision
Egypt
July 27, 2017
Five killed, 4 injured in Assiut collision
Five people were killed and 4 others injured in a collision between two vehicles on the Assiut-Sohag Western Desert Road…
31 dead in Taliban car bomb attack
World
July 26, 2017
31 dead in Taliban car bomb attack
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for a car bombing in Kabul that left at least 31 people dead, as the…
Video: 7 killed in Arish car bomb
Egypt
July 25, 2017
Video: 7 killed in Arish car bomb
Seven civilians were killed — including 3 men, 2 women and a child — in a car bomb explosion in North…
Strong quake off Turkish and Greek coasts kills two, injures scores
Middle East
July 21, 2017
Strong quake off Turkish and Greek coasts kills two, injures scores
A powerful earthquake killed at least two people and injured dozens when it struck near major Turkish and Greek tourist…
UN envoy calls for end of civil war in Yemen as famine, cholera prevail
Middle East
July 13, 2017
UN envoy calls for end of civil war in Yemen as famine, cholera prevail
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, UN envoy for the nation, called on all parties “to act for the sake of peace,”…
Eight killed in Thailand in rare mass shooting
World
July 11, 2017
Eight killed in Thailand in rare mass shooting
Gunmen shot dead eight people, including at least one child, in a house in Thailand after holding them hostage, police…
Japan rescuers dig through rubble as rain goes on, at least six dead
World
July 7, 2017
Japan rescuers dig through rubble as rain goes on, at least six dead
Thousands of Japanese rescuers dug through twisted wood and mud on Friday in the wake of torrential rains that killed…
10 Egyptian soldiers killed in northern Sinai suicide attack
Egypt
July 7, 2017
10 Egyptian soldiers killed in northern Sinai suicide attack
Ten Egyptian soldiers, including one colonel, were killed on Friday in a suicide bomb attack on an army checkpoint in…
Japan hit by torrential floods, 400,000 forced to leave their homes
World
July 6, 2017
Japan hit by torrential floods, 400,000 forced to leave their homes
At least two people have been killed and about 20 others are missing after huge floods swept away houses and…
Breaking: Two retired army officers, police conscript killed in militant attack near Giza
Egypt
July 5, 2017
Breaking: Two retired army officers, police conscript killed in militant attack near Giza
Two retired army officers and a police conscript were killed on Wednesday morning in a militant attack that targeted their…