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At least 91 people have died after a massive explosion when a fuel tanker collided with a lorry in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown. Fuel spilled before igniting and the resulting inferno engulfed bystanders and vehicles at a busy junction. ..
A shootout involving rival gangs on a beach near the Mexican resort of Cancún has left two suspected drug dealers dead, prosecutors say. The shooting happened on a beach in Bahia Petempich, Puerto Morelos, the Quintana Roo state attorney ge..
Two escaped bulls have been shot dead by police after they caused a two-hour closure of the M1 in South Yorkshire. The animals got onto the carriageway between junction 35 and junction 34 after a car and trailer carrying them overturned, National ..
Security forces shot dead three people during nationwide protests in Sudan on Saturday, a doctors committee said, as hundreds of thousands of people demanded the restoration of a civilian-led government after a military coup. In Khartoum, security..
At least 300 sea turtles have washed up dead on Mexico's Pacific coast. Preliminary exams suggests that the olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) drowned, an official with Mexico's environment ministry said. The official said the..
LAHORE: A radical Islamist party on Saturday (Oct 23) said five of its supporters have died in clashes with authorities in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, after two police officers were killed in the unrest. On Friday more than 1,000 people..
Nearly 200 people have died in floods and landslides in India and Nepal, officials said, with whole families buried in their homes and two young girls swept away as forecasters warned of yet more heavy rain. Experts said they were victims of the e..
One person was killed and another seven were injured at a US university shooting early on Sunday, police said, just days after another firearm incident at the same school left one dead. A student was among those wounded in the attack at around 1.3..
Schools, banks and government offices across Lebanon shut down Friday after hours of gun battles between heavily armed militias killed six people and terrorized the residents of Beirut. The government called for a day of mourning following the arm..
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