ANGELES, Philippines — Rescuers pulled out two workers early Monday from an immense pile of rubble that was a nine-story hotel which collapsed while under construction in a northern Philippine city, bringing the death toll to three with 17 others still missing, officials said. One of the workers emerged dead while emergency personnel struggled in … Read more
MANILA, Philippines — A nine-story building that was being constructed in a city north of the Philippine capital collapsed early Sunday with 22 workers managing to get out while others remain missing, police said. The building collapsed before dawn during a thunderstorm in Angeles city in Pampanga province, north of Manila. More than 100 police … Read more
ISTANBUL — Three people have died during flooding in southern Turkey on Thursday, officials said, as the Interior Ministry issued weather warnings for 15 of the country’s 81 provinces. Heavy rainfall in Hatay, the province most affected by a devastating earthquake in 2023, caused the Asi river, also known as the Orontes, to break its … Read more
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The death toll from a suicide attack on a security post in northwest Pakistan rose to 14 police officers, authorities said early Sunday. A self-proclaimed breakaway group of the Pakistan Taliban has claimed the attack. A suicide bomber and several gunmen detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the post in Bannu, a district … Read more
ISTANBUL — A natural gas explosion in Istanbul’s central Fatih district brought down two buildings on Sunday. Search and rescue personnel were immediately dispatched to the site of the noon explosion, and determined nine people were caught under the rubble. Istanbul Governor Davut Gul said they had recovered seven people, who are undergoing treatment in … Read more
JOHANNESBURG — The number of people killed in a building collapse in the South African city of Johannesburg has risen to nine, emergency services and city officials reported Tuesday, while the government readies to demolish the building saying it was erected illegally. Johannesburg Emergency Management Services spokesperson Xolile Khumalo said two more bodies had been … Read more
JOHANNESBURG — A concrete floor that was under construction in a building in the South African city of Johannesburg collapsed on Monday, killing at least six people and leaving two trapped under the rubble, emergency services said. Three others were missing, Johannesburg Emergency Management Services spokesperson Xolile Khumalo told reporters at the scene. She said … Read more
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — At least nine people died in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar after Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall, unleashing winds in excess of 195 kph (121 mph), authorities said Wednesday. Madagascar’s weather service issued red alerts for several regions, warning of possible floods and landslides as Gezani moves across the largely poor … Read more