Bangladesh building fire kills 46, injures dozens
Last updated: 8:20am, 4th March, 2024(AEDT) Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters A massive fire in Bangladesh that raged through a six-storey building home to restaurants where many families with children were dining has killed at least 46 people and injured dozens, the health minister said on Friday. Fire authorities said a gas leak or a stove could […]
Russian missiles hit restaurant in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk, four dead
Updated: 8:40am (AEST)Kramatorsk, Ukraine Reuters Two Russian missiles on Tuesday struck the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk and killed at least four people, local officials and police said, as rescue crews combed through a shattered restaurant in search of casualties. The dead included a child while 42 people were injured at the restaurant, according to […]
Lifestory: Syrian refugee brings the taste of home to Gaza
As the UN”s World Refugee Day is marked around the globe on 20th June, NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI, of Reuters, reports on how Syrian refugee Anas Qaterji has made a life for himself in Gaza…
Kenyan court orders Catholic bishops to pay Muslim restaurant owner $US125,000
RNS The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops has been ordered to pay a Somali Muslim restaurant owner 13 million Kenyan shillings ($US125,000) for breach of contract and discrimination along ethnic and religious lines. The High Court in Nairobi ruled that the church owes the Al-Yusra Restaurant Ltd compensation for evicting it from Waumini House, where […]