A tanker carrying 800,000 liters of industrial fuel sank off Mindoro Island, south of Manila, causing a leak that has spread to the shore and holiday areas on neighboring islands. The leak poses a threat to the region’s habitats and corals, which span 26 specially protected areas and approximately 26,000 hectares of coral reefs in […]
A fire broke out at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, where 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims, most of whom fled military operations in Myanmar in 2017, stayed. At least 2 thousand houses turned to ashes in the camp, where approximately 12 to 15 thousand Rohingya Muslims settled. At least 20 hospitals and health […]
Firefighters took action to rescue a cat trapped in an evacuated building in the city of Adıyaman, Türkiye, that was damaged by the earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş. A firefighter reached the window of the apartment, where the cat was seen, with the ladder of their truck but could not see the cat inside the house. The […]
An intercity bus carrying passengers on the Isparta-Antalya highway in Türkiye crashed and overturned. The bus driver and 7 passengers on the bus were injured. It was learned that the condition of one of the injured, who was taken to the surrounding hospitals after the first aid intervention, was serious.
More than 44,000 residents in the southern portion of the Malaysian peninsula have reportedly had to leave their homes due to massive floods brought on by the monsoon rains. In Malaysia, there are two distinct rainy seasons: one brought on by the southwest monsoon between May and September, and the other by the more intense […]
In his speech at the fifth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (EAGU-V) in Doha, Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, urged the international community to assist Syria and Turkey, where the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes that struck Kahramanmaraş caused significant damage. “I wonder why the aid to the Syrians arrived […]
The protests against the controversial judicial reform of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government continue in many regions of Israel, including Bat Yam, as well as Kfar Saba, Be’er Sheva, Efrat and Netanya. Thousands of Israelis protested the Netanyahu government’s attempts to “weaken the judiciary” with Israeli flags in their hands.
A fuel tanker on the Interstate 15 highway in the US state of Maryland overturned and caught fire. A large number of firefighters and first aid teams were dispatched to the scene. No deaths or injuries were reported. Citizens were kept away from the area in case the fire, which caused heavy smoke in the […]
Two cars collided head-on for an unknown reason on the highway between the cities of Piedras Negras and Acuna in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Health personnel found that 10 people, including 3 children, died at the scene and that there were no survivors. The bodies of those who lost their lives were transferred to […]
An explosion occurred at 16:30 local time at an oxygen plant in Sitakunda, Bangladesh. Authorities reported that 6 people died and 25 people were injured. Many workers were trapped inside, but the evacuation work was carried out successfully, and the fire was brought under control. In June last year, an explosion occurred in a container […]