Australian banking giant Westpac has admitted that it violated law. Westpac was slapped with six lawsuits by regulators over mistreatment of customers including charging dead people.

Australian bank Westpac fined for charging dead people

As parts of southern India continue to batter with heavy rains, the Indian Air Force, NDRF, SDRF, police and fire services personnel are all pitching in to help with flood relief and rescue efforts.

At least 25 dead and dozens missing as heavy rains batter South India

At least 8 people have been killed and 12 went missing as torrential rains hit the Indian city of Andhra Pradesh. A downpour of up to 20cm was recorded in three Rayalaseema districts and one south coastal district in the Indian state.

At least 8 dead, 12 missing after torrential rains hit Indian state of Andhra Pradesh

Military forces shot dead two 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.

Two people shot dead during huge protests against Sudan coup

At least two people died and several were wounded on Monday in an explosion on a bus near Kampala, police said, two days after a deadly attack in the Ugandan capital claimed by the Islamic State group.

Two dead in bus explosion in Uganda: Police

Three more bodies were recovered from Koottikkal in Kerala's Kottayam district on Sunday due to landslides triggered by heavy rainfall, which has pushed the death toll in the state to nine, officials said.

Kerala Rains: Death toll reaches 9

One man was killed as torrential rains flooded rivers, roads, homes and businesses across Greece. The 69-year old shepherd was killed when his car was carried away by flood waters on the island of Evia.

Heavy floods in Greece batter islands and mainland leaving one dead

At least nine people were killed and 11 others were missing after heavy rain across the Philippines flooded villages and triggered landslides, authorities said Tuesday.

Nine dead in Philippines storm

One person died and 17 others were injured on Sunday as riot police clashed with protesters in the Chilean capital during a rally by the indigenous Mapuche community.

1 dead, 17 hurt in Chile as police clash with indigenous protesters

A car bombing in the northern Syrian city of Afrin on Monday killed six people, including at least one Turkey-backed rebel fighter, a war monitor said. Afrin, like all areas held by pro-Turkish rebels, is the scene of regular targeted killings, bombings and shootings that largely remain unclaimed.

Car bomb kills six in Syria's Afrin: Monitor

Five people have been killed in a car-bomb attack targeting the governor of Aden, the seat of Yemen's internationally recognised government, security sources said on Sunday.

Five dead in Yemen blast targeting Aden governor: security sources

One child has died in flash flooding while flights and schools have been suspended as tropical Cyclone Shaheen bears down on Oman, authorities said Sunday. Another person was also reported missing in the flash floods in Al Amarat in Muscat province, Oman's National Committee for Emergency Management said.

One child dead, flights suspended as cyclone approaches Oman

Hundreds of seabirds have been found dead along the coasts of northeast England and Scotland. The UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology is investigating the cause of the deaths and has said that the majority of the birds were guillemots.

Thousands of seabirds found dead in northeast England and Scotland

A volunteer's photo and video showing deaths of migratory birds after crashing into New York's glass highrises has undelined the problem the city faces. The reflection from the glass facades of the building make the birds unable to change path and thus meet their end in collision with the surface.

Hundreds of birds pictured dead after collision with NYC glass towers

Twelve people have died and thousands have fallen ill after a river in southern DR Congo was polluted by toxic waste from a diamond mine, the government said. Pollution of the Kasai River came to light in July, when local residents said its waters had turned red and dead fish were seen floating at the city of Tshikapa, near the Angolan-owned mine.

12 dead after mining pollution in DR Congo river

Torrential rain lashed much of Japan on Sunday, flooding roads and buildings in the western part of the country, while three people were feared dead after a landslide in central Nagano prefecture.

Torrential rains lash wide areas of Japan, three feared dead after landslide

In a recent development, a Swiss woman was found dead near a waterfall in Thailand on the island of Phuket. As per the officials, after investigations, it has been determined that the victim is 57-year-old Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf.

Swiss woman found dead in Thailand

It's a mad world. And strange things happen everywhere. Facts are sometimes truly whackier than fiction. A man declared dead by no less than 3 doctors 'woke up' just before his autopsy.

Man declared dead by 3 doctors 'wakes up' just before autopsy

After torrential rains flooded a subway in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, a total of 12 people died, authorities said Wednesday. Soldiers are leading the rescue in the city of more than 10 million people in Henan province, which has been hit by record rains that inundated the streets and the subway.

12 people die in flooded subway as heavy rains ravage central China

After receiving multiple death threats due to her campaign against the development of wetlands in a national park, a prominent environment activist has been shot dead near her home in Kenya.

Environment activist shot dead outside Nairobi home

More than 120 people have been killed in excessive flooding in western Europe. Several hundred are still missing, as per authorities on Friday. Full scale rescue efforts are ongoing even as rising water, landslides and power outages continue to hamper the exercise.

Over 120 dead in western Europe after record rainfall wreaks havoc 

At least 25 people were killed and 31 injured in a crash involving a coach and a minibus in Ivory Coast, the transport minister announced late Thursday. "All measures have been taken to determine the exact causes of the tragedy, as well as where responsibility lies," Amadou Kone said in a statement, adding the accident happened about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from financial capital Abidjan on Wednesday.

25 dead in Ivory Coast coach and minibus crash

In this week's clashes between police and a gang in northwestern Caracas, at least 26 people have died and 38 are injured, Venezuelan Interior Minister Carmen Melendez said on Saturday.

Venezuela says clashes between police, gang leave 26 dead

At least three people were found dead and more than 100 were missing after torrential rains triggered landslides in the central Japanese city of Atami over the weekend, a local official and media said on Monday.

Three dead, 113 missing in Japan after heavy rains trigger landslides

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