Colombia: at least 14 die after collapse of illegal gold mine

23 Oct 2026
At least fourteen people have died and seven others have been injured following the collapse of an illegal gold mine in south-western Colombia. The accident occurred in a rural area of Nariño department,…

Bulgaria: PM summons Russian ambassador after drone attacks on ships

15 Oct 2026
Rumen Radev, Bulgaria’s prime minister, has summoned Russia’s ambassador following drone attacks on two merchant ships near its Black Sea coast. The Guinea-Bissau-flagged HS Dignity sank approximately 31 kilometres offshore, with six crew…

Sudan: airstrike on gold mine kills at least 72, army chief orders investigation

15 Oct 2026
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s army chief, has ordered an investigation into a devastating airstrike on a gold mine near the Egyptian border. The attack occurred on 10 October in the mountainous Jabal al-Uqaydat…

Ukraine: Russian strikes on Kyiv repeatedly targeting civilians

08 Oct 2026
Thirty-three people have reportedly been killed and eighteen injured after Russian glide bombs struck two passenger buses in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine. Donetsk regional governor Vadym Filashkin accused Russian forces of deliberately targeting civilians,…

South Africa: mass shooting, at least eleven killed

24 Sep 2026
At least eleven people have been killed in a mass shooting at a house in KwaMakhutha township, near the city of Durban. Police said three gunmen armed with pistols and rifles entered the…

Gaza: 21 killed as damaged apartment block collapses

17 Sep 2026
Twenty-one people, including five children, have died after a six-storey apartment building collapsed in Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa district. The building, which was sheltering more than 100 displaced Palestinians, had been damaged during…

Philippines: identifying victims of disastrous ferry fire might take months

17 Sep 2026
Philippine authorities say identifying victims of the MV June Aster ferry fire could take weeks or months because many bodies were badly burned. The vessel was travelling from Manila to Coron in Palawan…

France: fourteen face trial over deadly Channel crossing

10 Sep 2026
Fourteen men have gone on trial in Paris over the 2021 English Channel disaster in which more than 30 migrants died or disappeared while attempting to reach Britain. The defendants face charges including…

Cyprus: search for wreckage of capsized ferry, twenty still missing

03 Sep 2026
A specialist Turkish naval team has begun searching deep waters for the wreckage of a ferry which capsized off northern Cyprus, leaving twenty people missing. At least eight people died after the twin-hulled…

Zimbabwe: at least 27 church members killed in head-on crash

03 Sep 2026
At least 27 people have died after a minibus carrying members of an indigenous African Christian denomination collided head-on with a haulage truck in central Zimbabwe on 28 August. Police said the truck,…
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