It is feared that the death toll will rise, as authorities in charge of rescue and assistance operations have identified at least 39 other people missing.

A deadly train derailment on Mexico’s flagship Trans-Isthmian railway has left at least 13 people dead and nearly 100 injured, casting a shadow over a key national infrastructure project designed to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. A train derailment in southern Mexico on Sunday, December 28, killed at least 13 people and injured 98 […]

Built in the late 19th century, the Gloria Funicular connects Restauradores Square with the Principe Real district. On Wednesday evening, the Gloria Funicular, one of Lisbon’s best-known tourist attractions, derailed and overturned, leaving 15 people dead and 18 others injured, including five in serious condition. RELATED: Portugal: Five Villages Evacuated by Fires in Pedrógão Grande, […]

Ghana has bid a solemn farewell to eight national figures who perished in one of the country’s worst air disasters in over a decade. The victims, including two senior ministers and prominent political and military personnel, died when a military helicopter crashed en route to Obuasi in the Ashanti Region on August 6. The aircraft, […]

Six people were killed on Thursday when an AMREF Flying Doctors air-ambulance crashed into the crowded Mwihoko neighborhood of Githurai, northeast of Nairobi, shortly after departing from Wilson Airport. The aircraft, a Cessna Citation XLS, was en route to Hargeisa in Somaliland on a medical evacuation mission. It vanished from radar just three minutes after […]

The recent collapse at El Teniente mine, which left one worker dead and five missing, is the latest in a series of fatal mining incidents that continue to raise concerns about safety in Chile’s extractive sector.

A massive fire that broke out Monday at the 10-story Telecom Egypt building in downtown Cairo has left four employees dead and at least 27 others injured, according to Egyptian authorities. The blaze, which originated in a hall housing telecom operator equipment, quickly spread to other floors, prompting a nationwide disruption of internet and mobile […]

A fire destroyed over 50 houses in a camp of displaced people in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, an aid group said Thursday. Footage that was captured by the General Coordination for Displaced Persons and Refugees in Darfur showed the fire that happened Tuesday in Mukjar camp. There were no reports of casualties and it […]

A tourist submarine carrying 45 passengers sank off the Egyptian coast on Thursday, resulting in the deaths of six individuals and injuries to nine others, according to provincial officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Emergency crews managed to rescue 29 people from the sinking vessel near a beach in the tourist promenade area […]

The accident was reported by Bolivian police on Monday morning, initially citing 15 deaths and 19 injuries. Related: Deadly Bus and Truck Collision Claims 24 Lives in Zimbabwe Bolivia’s President, Luis Arce, has confirmed that the death toll from the tragic traffic accident in the Potosí department has risen to 31. The incident occurred when […]