Saturday, 3 August 2013

Vehicle loaded with maize crushes 14 children, injures nine in Barkin Ladi

August 3

Tragedy struck in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State on Saturday as fourteen children were killed and nine others seriously injured when a vehicle, heavily loaded with maize ran into...

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Over 40 die in Surobi flash floods in Kabul province

August 3

Dozens of people including women and children lost their lives, and hundreds of houses were destroyed following flash floods in Surobi district of Kabul province. Local government officials said...

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9 missing after boat sinks off Vietnam metro coast

August 3

One person is confirmed dead and eight other are still missing after a boat carrying 30 passengers, including two foreigners, capsized off the coast of Ho Chi Minh City on Friday night. Big waves...

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Rescuers yet to find more survivors of capsized boat off Johor coast

August 3

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has yet to find any survivors or bodies of the 40 people who were onboard a boat which sank off Tanjung Siang in Sedili Besar here on Thursday night....

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Punjab bus mishap: 13 bodies recovered so far

August 3

Bodies of 13 people, who were on board the ill-fated bus which fell into Bhakra canal on July 31, have been recovered so far. Eight deceased have been identified, SHO Sirhind S S Virk said today....

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