Homes are destroyed after a deadly landslide that buried dozens of homes in Alausi, Ecuador, pictured on Monday. Dolores Ochoa/AP hide caption toggle caption Dolores Ochoa/AP Homes are destroyed after a deadly landslide that buried dozens of homes in Alausi, Ecuador, pictured on Monday. Dolores Ochoa/AP QUITO, Ecuador — AContinue Reading
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — Simply counting up the human cost of the horrifying truck crash that killed 55 migrants and injured over 100 is chilling, even for those who survived the disaster on a highway in southern Mexico. About 40 of the survivors were listed with “multiple contusions” at localContinue Reading
The incident happened in Mexico’s Chiapas state, which borders Guatemala, when the truck carrying dozens of migrants crashed. Photos from the scene show the truck on its side next to a footbridge and bodies laid out on the road wrapped in body bags. In video footage taken shortly after theContinue Reading
Tribal leaders in Sudan say two days of tribal violence in African country’s west have killed at least 5 people CAIRO — Two days of tribal violence in western Sudan’s long-troubled Darfur region killed at least 5 people, tribal leaders and a rights group said Friday. The violence between AfricanContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD — A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices and frightening people even in remote villages. At least nine people died. More than 100 people were brought to hospitals in the Swat valley region of Pakistan’s northwesternContinue Reading
A man takes a photo of a building that collapsed after an earthquake shook Machala, Ecuador, on Saturday. Jhonny Crespo/AP hide caption toggle caption Jhonny Crespo/AP A man takes a photo of a building that collapsed after an earthquake shook Machala, Ecuador, on Saturday. Jhonny Crespo/AP QUITO, Ecuador — AContinue Reading
MEXICO CITY — Yecenia Lazcano Soriano left behind a 4-year-old daughter in her home town of Tehuacan, Mexico, when she set out almost in secret to reach the United States. The last message she sent to relatives was a heart emoji. Days later, on the California coast, two small boatsContinue Reading
Authorities say rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 19 people and set fire to a health center and houses ByJEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo — Rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 19 people and set fire to a health center and houses, authorities reported Sunday. Gunmen suspectedContinue Reading
Israeli soldiers operate in village of Sarra near the Palestinians West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, March 12, 2023. Israeli forces fatally shot three Palestinian gunmen who opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest bloodshed in a year-long wave of violence in the region.Continue Reading
Comment on this story Comment JENIN, West Bank — The Israeli army raided a home in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, triggering a battle that killed at least six Palestinians and wounded more than two dozen others, Palestinian health officials said. The military said it hadContinue Reading