Blast at illegal Nigerian oil refinery kills 37 people
Rivers State, Nigeria Reuters At least 37 people, including two pregnant women, were burned to death after a blast at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria, a local security official and community leader said on Tuesday. Illegal refining is common in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria as impoverished locals tap pipelines to […]
Updated: Thousands flee Karabakh to Armenia, death toll rises in fuel depot blast
Updated: 12:30pm (AEST)Near Kornidzor, ArmeniaReuters Hungry and exhausted Armenian families jammed roads on Tuesday to flee homes in the defeated breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, a departure blighted by an explosion at a fuel depot that killed dozens and injured more than 100. The crisis prompted the US Agency for International Development to announce that Washington […]
Titanic sub destroyed in “catastrophic implosion”, all five aboard dead
Reuters A deep-sea submersible carrying five people on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic was found in pieces from a “catastrophic implosion” that killed everyone aboard, the US Coast Guard said on Thursday, ending a multinational five-day search for the vessel. A robotic diving vehicle deployed from a Canadian ship discovered a […]
Blast at BBQ shop in north-west China kills 31
Beijing, ChinaReuters A gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant on Wednesday night in China’s north-western Ningxia region killed 31, according to state-run Xinhua news agency, prompting President Xi Jinping to order stronger safety checks. Smoke rises from a building following a gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in Yinchuan city, Ningxia, China, on 21st June, […]
At least 37 hurt in Paris blast; sniffer dogs pick up scent under rubble
Paris, FranceReuters A blast ripped through a street near Paris’ historic Latin Quarter on Wednesday and rescuers were searching for two missing people feared buried under the rubble of a building that partially collapsed in the explosion. The explosion tore through Rue Saint-Jacques, which runs from the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral to the Sorbonne University, […]
Explosion kills 15 in crowded market in Bangladesh capital
Dhaka, Bangladsh Reuters At least 15 people were killed and several others injured in an explosion in a crowded market area in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Tuesday, a local fire service official said. The blast occurred inside a seven-story building, causing heavy damage to two floors, the official added. Firefighters and rescue workers are seen […]
Ten killed, more than 20 wounded in explosion in Baghdad
Baghdad, IraqReuters Ten people were killed and more than 20 wounded in an explosion in east Baghdad on Saturday, according to security and medical sources. The explosion took place in a garage near a football stadium and a café, when an explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated, leading to another explosion of a gas […]
Bombing at Kabul mosque kills 10, including prominent cleric
Islamabad, PakistanAP A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27, an eyewitness and police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the latest to strike the country in the […]
Cubans adapt a month after devastating hotel explosion
Havana, CubaAP The worshippers pray beneath a torrid sun, taking shelter beneath umbrellas or some of the few trees that border the Amphitheater of Old Havana, just a strip of highway from the channel into the city’s harbour. Hundreds of Baptists have been meeting on open-air bleachers set atop stone tiers for services on recent […]
Essay: The World Council of Churches must act with courage and expel Kirill
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev ROB SCHENCK, president of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute in Washington, DC, explains why the World Council of Churches should expel the Russian Orthodox Church…