At least 25 people have been killed after a bus collided with a truck in Bahia state in northeastern Brazil, state firefighters said Monday. A video, recorded during the night, showed the truck surrounded by blue boxes filled with mangoes and scattered on the ground.

Brazil: More than 25 killed in bus-truck crash, state firefighters say

Bakhmut, which had come to represent the gruelling protracted war in Ukraine more than any other city, was reported to have been captured by Russia in various reports till Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky's spokesperson issues a denial and a clarification.

Data lab | In maps: Strategic significance of Bakhmut in Russia-Ukraine war

The Bakhmut front has taken on significant importance in the conflict following Ukraine's Kharkiv and Kherson counteroffensives. According to Serhiy Cherevatyi, a military spokeswoman for Ukraine, 221 pro-Moscow forces were neutralised and more than 300 others were injured in Bakhmut.

Top 10 world news: Ukraine, Russia claim hundreds of rival casualties in Bakhmut, and more

Malaysian towns and villages have been inundated by floodwaters following heavy rains, displacing approximately 26,000 people as of Thursday (March 2). The southern Johor state is the worst-hit, with almost 25,000 people being relocated to relief camps in schools and community halls.

Malaysia floods: One dead, over 26,000 evacuated as rains lash country

All five passengers aboard a medical transport plane that crashed in the western US state of Nevada on Friday (February 24) were killed, according to the plane's operator.

US plane crash: Air ambulance crashes in Nevada, patient among five killed

Brazilian authorities said on Sunday (February 19) that more people are suspected dead after several mudslides induced by torrential rains killed a 7-year-old girl, a woman, and a newborn in north Sao Paulo state.

Carnival cancelled in two Brazilian cities amid heavy rainfall, three dead

A shooting on Friday (January 27) outside a synagogue in east Jerusalem—which Israel has annexed—left at least seven people dead, with the shooter being shot and killed on the spot, according to police and medics.

Jerusalem synagogue shooting leaves seven dead, including gunman

A man with a machete (a bladed weapon) attacked two churches in the city of Algeciras on Wednesday (January 25), killing a sexton and seriously injuring a priest before being arrested, as per Spain's interior ministry.

Spain: At least one dead, several injured in church machete attacks; terror link probed

According to reports, Multiple people were killed in a shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., just east of Los Angeles, more details are awaited.

Multiple casualties, including fatalities, reported after shooting in Monterey Park

As winter storms unleash havoc in the United States, a man who had been trapped outside on his birthday on Christmas died on the same day after his body was discovered frozen to death.

US man freezes to death on his birthday as massive winter storm takes over the country

The bodies of six crew members of a Thai warship that sank off the nation's southeast coast have been recovered, the Navy said on Tuesday. Military personnel searching the Gulf of Thailand's seas discovered the dead sailors and one survivor.

Thai navy shipwreck: Bodies of six sailors discovered by rescuers

In Afghanistan's high-altitude Salang pass, an oil tanker overturned and caught fire, killing 19 people and wounding dozens, according to authorities on Sunday. The accident occurred late on Saturday in the Parwan province, which is north of Kabul, and trapped travellers on both sides of the mountain pass.

Afghanistan: At least 19 killed as oil tanker overturns in Salang tunnel, catches fire, traps travellers

Italy's interior minister said there had been no confirmed deaths in a landslide on Saturday on the holiday island of Ischia, despite earlier reports of eight deaths.

Ischia tragedy: No deaths in Italy landslide despite earlier reports, says interior minister

With ten deaths over the last month and a sharp spike in cases, India’s financial capital city Mumbai is staring at a measles outbreak. Until November 24, 2022, Mumbai has reported 252 confirmed cases.

Mumbai scrambles to contain measles outbreak as virus kills 10 children

Indonesian investigators came to the conclusion on Thursday that Sriwijaya Air Flight 182's engine control system malfunctioned minutes after takeoff, causing a catastrophe that killed all 62 passengers on board in January of last year, as per Bloomberg reports.

Sriwijaya tragedy: Probe blames engine failure, pilots' complacency for Indonesian plane crash

New figures released under the Freedom of Information request made by a UK non-profit Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) has found that the government had hid the number of killed Afghan children and compensation paid for the casualties.

British forces killed more children in Afghanistan than it previously acknowledged: Report

After a quarrel, a car slammed into members of a wedding party in Spain, leaving four people dead and four others critically injured, according to authorities. According to a national police official who spoke to AFP, authorities have detained three people and are looking for a fourth in connection with the fatal event.

Spanish wedding turns deadly: Car hits guests following fight; kills four

A speeding bus collided with an oil tanker in Pakistan, killing 20 people in a violent collision overnight, police and rescue officials said on Tuesday. "The three buses were competing.

20 die in bus-oil tanker crash in Pakistan

An explosion on Sunday left at least five dead and 16 others injured in the port city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. During a press conference, Ecuador's interior minister, Patricio Carrillo, said the attack was targeted at two locals known by the aliases "Cucaracha" and "Junior," who are allegedly connected to the "Tiguerones" gang of organised criminals.

Blast in Ecuador kills five; officials blame criminal gangs

Three rockets on Sunday hit a Baghdad neighbourhood near the high-security Green Zone where the US embassy is located without causing any casualties, an Iraqi security official said.

Three rockets hit near Baghdad Green Zone, no casualties reported

Rescuers on Saturday recovered the body of one of at least seven workers trapped in the collapse of a mine in northern Mexico, authorities said. Initial reports suggested the collapse was caused by flooding at the mine in the municipality of Muzquiz, in Coahuila state.

One body recovered in Mexico mine collapse, others missing

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused nearly 6.9 million deaths across the world, more than double the number officially recorded, a new analysis from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) estimated.

Global COVID-19 death toll more than double official estimates - IHME

The coronavirus pandemic has killed more Americans than in World War I. The country reported 740 new deaths on Tuesday, as per tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Coronavirus pandemic has killed more Americans than World War I

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to visit earthquake-hit areas of Mirpur district in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Monday. He will stay in PoK for two-day and will also inspect the nearby areas on Tuesday.

Imran Khan to visit earthquake-hit areas in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

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