WASHINGTON, United States -- Torrential rains, floods, and tornadoes from storm Ida remnants claimed more than 40 lives across the northeast of the United States on Wednesday and Thursday. People walk under heavy rain caused by Hurricane Ida in Times Square, New York, the United States, Sept. 2,...
The family of wood chopper Alberto delos Reyes, who was gunned down in front of his 10-year-old son by a policeman in Marinduque last month, has been appealing for justice amid the slow progress of the investigation. (FLICKR / FILE PHOTO) Alberto was allegedly killed by Police Corporal Jay Anthony...
Police have ruled out robbery as a possible motive behind the killing of a former tabloid newspaper editor, who is also a businesswoman, in Quezon City after they found that the perpetrator only shot dead the victim and did not take anything before fleeing the crime scene. Based on the recent...
A former editor of tabloid newspaper Remate was shot dead, while another was wounded, right inside a parlor in Quezon City Tuesday afternoon. Initial report from Quezon City Police District (QCPD) identified the slain victim as Gwenn Salamida, a former editor and operations manager of Remate. She...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Six people, including the suspected gunman, died Thursday during or shortly after a ''serious firearms incident'' in the southwestern English city of Plymouth, police said. Armed police and several air ambulances have been called to a reporting of multiple shootings in the...
ROME, Italy -- At least three people died in Italy due to extensive wildfires raging in the country's several southern regions, authorities and local media said on Thursday. People spend time at the seaside in Ladispoli near Rome, Italy, on Aug. 12, 2021. A heatwave is sweeping across Italy this...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday announced that 17 people were killed in the country's flood-struck Black Sea region. Rescuers work at a residential area affected by floods in Bozkurt district of Kastamonu province, Turkey, on Aug. 12, 2021. (Xinhua) Erdogan...
ZHENGZHOU, China – Piles of cars were strewn across a central Chinese city Thursday as shocked residents picked through the debris of a historic deluge that claimed at least 33 lives, with rescue efforts ongoing and hundreds seeking to find their relatives. An unprecedented downpour dumped a...
QUITO, Ecuador – Riots at two prisons in Ecuador left at least 21 inmates dead, authorities said Thursday as the country grappled with its second wave of deadly prison violence this year. Another 50 people were injured including some police officers. Elite police units regained control of...
MAYEN, Germany – Heavy rains and floods lashing western Europe have killed at least 59 people in Germany and nine in Belgium, and many more people are missing as rising waters caused several houses to collapse on Thursday. In Germany, which is experiencing one of the worst weather disasters...
ALLAHABAD, India – Partly hidden between long reeds of grass, bodies shrouded in saffron cloth float silently down the holy Ganges river, a reminder of how India's ferocious coronavirus wave overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. Families in India's north and east gave up the bodies of...
DHAKA, Bangladesh – At least seven people were killed and another 50 people were injured after a powerful explosion ripped apart a three-storey building in central Dhaka on Sunday, Bangladeshi officials said, citing a gas pipeline as the likely cause. Police said the explosion was so...
