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theguardian.com | 1 hrs. 4 min. ago

Kansas coach tributes six-year-old son killed in soccer field crash: ‘Love like Cole’

At funeral service Chris Adrian remembers son Cole as ‘capturing the heart’ of everyone, after tragedy killing twoThe father of Cole Adrian, a six-year-old boy killed when a woman drove through a soccer game at a park in Wichita, Kansas, on 17 October, paid an emotional tribute to his son at his funeral service on Monday.Chris Adrian, of McPherson, Kansas, spoke through tears while he remembered Cole as an energetic, fun-loving child who loved life and “captured the heart” of everyone he met.

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livemint.com | 1 hrs. 11 min. ago

Nepal gets $20 mn in UN aid after $2.7 bn flood losses: Is climate finance failing vulnerable nations?

Nepal will receive $20 million from the UN’s loss and damage fund after August floods killed around 1,500 people and caused $2.7 billion in infrastructure losses. With reconstruction costs topping $4.7 billion, the aid highlights the gap between climate finance and vulnerable nations’ needs.

al-monitor.com | 1 hrs. 19 min. ago

Jordan arrests three suspects after deadly church attack: What to know

The arrests follow days of searching for the three suspects in Friday’s attack, which killed nine people.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 1 hrs. 21 min. ago

2 Indian-origin men jailed for 28 yrs in UK; killed mum, daughter in high-speed race

bbc.co.uk | 1 hrs. 29 min. ago

Nurse killed in attack while responding to Ebola alert in DR Congo

Local youths reportedly accused the health workers of contaminating water sources and spreading Ebola.

theguardian.com | 1 hrs. 47 min. ago

UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’

Commanders suspected of sexual violence during the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years have been subjected to travel ban and asset freezeSenior Sudanese commanders implicated in a “campaign of rape” have been targeted by the UK on the first anniversary of a mass atrocity that saw tens of thousands of civilians killed over several days.A year after the fall of El Fasher, the British government said it had sanctioned military leaders from both sides in the country’s ongoing conflict whom it suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city.

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al-monitor.com | 3 hrs. 22 min. ago

Netanyahu faces reckoning for October 7 in Israel's first vote since attack

By Maayan Lubell and Michal Yaakov ItzhakiBE'ERI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Gal Cohen walks along a memorial wall engraved with the names of the men, women and children slain in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on his kibbutz. For him, the idea that the man leading Israel, then and since, may be re-elected on Tuesday is painful.One-in-ten residents of his kibbutz, Be'eri, were among the 1,200 people killed in Hamas' surprise attack.

Dozens were among the 251 taken hostage to Gaza. It was Israel's deadliest single day.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 3 hrs. 24 min. ago

Missouri teen killed on highway; suspect linked to another shooting days earlier

nypost.com | 4 hrs. 13 min. ago

Three arrested after Jordan church shooting that killed 9 as violence continues

"God willing, they only represent themselves," Jordan's Director of Public Security said.

mirror.co.uk | 5 hrs. 21 min. ago

Drivers jailed after killing mum and daughter, 4, while racing cars as they walked to nursery

Justyna Hulboj, 27, and her four-year-old daughter Lena Czepczor were killed as they walked to nursery after two drivers raced an Audi TT and BMW 135i in Leeds

thehindu.com | 6 hrs. 31 min. ago

How Serbia’s student protests ended 14 years of political dominance

Explained | Serbia’s student-led movement has defeated Aleksandar Vucic’s ruling party in the October 25 parliamentary election, ending its 14-year hold on power. What began as protests demanding justice for 16 people killed in the 2024 Novi Sad railway station tragedy grew into a nationwide movement against alleged corruption.

Here’s how nearly two years of student protests led to a major political change in Serbia.

thehindu.com | 6 hrs. 35 min. ago

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill five including child: Civil Defence

Civil defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said a total of 13 people had been killed and about 60 wounded by Israeli fire and airstrikes in Gaza in the past 24 hours

thehindu.com | 6 hrs. 35 min. ago

Father-son duo killed as old building collapses in Northeast Delhi’s Harsh Vihar

The two men were pulled out from beneath the debris during the overnight rescue operation and rushed to GTB Hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead

cbsnews.com | 6 hrs. 50 min. ago

Israeli military closing West Bank crossings before elections

The Israeli military's operation comes in response to a gun attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others in the West Bank.

nytimes.com | 6 hrs. 53 min. ago

[$] Marci Webber Killed Her Child. When Should the Mental Hospital Free Her?

Marci Webber was institutionalized after being convicted by reason of insanity for killing her 4-year-old daughter. For years she has said she is cured and should be freed.

thehindu.com | 7 hrs. 50 min. ago

Intercepted missile after Houthis hit Riyadh airport, says Saudi coalition

The Houthis have carried out waves of strikes on the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, including an attack this month that killed 13 people and injured more than 300

nytimes.com | 8 hrs. 42 min. ago

[$] Jordan Arrests 3 in Connection With Church Attack, State Media Reports

Nine people were killed and dozens were wounded in the attack last week on a Greek Orthodox Church in southern Jordan.

thehindu.com | 9 hrs. 1 min. ago

Omni bus cleaner killed, over 40 passengers injured in accident on highway in Tiruchi district

The omni bus with 46 passengers on board was on its way to Chennai from Nagercoil when the accident occurred on the national highway

iol.co.za | 9 hrs. 10 min. ago

The arrest and death of Ahmed Timol at John Vorster Square

Ahmed Timol was killed by police while in custody on October 27, 1971.

bbc.co.uk | 9 hrs. 21 min. ago

Two men killed by falling trees as Storm Boelo leaves 90,000 properties without power

An amber wind warning has now expired after severe weather sweeps across the UK.

smh.com.au | 11 hrs. 41 min. ago

Body odour helped identify man accused of killing wife, court told

Aaron Govendir claims a figure with a pointed hood broke into his Dover Heights home and killed his wife. Unusual clues point to a different story, prosecutors say.

iol.co.za | 11 hrs. 49 min. ago

Lavender Hill shooting: Police offer R100,000 reward after five killed

Police are offering a R100,000 reward for information leading to arrests and successful prosecutions after five people were killed and three wounded in a Lavender Hill shooting.

iol.co.za | 13 hrs. 15 min. ago

Three suspected rhino poachers arrested after two white rhinos killed in Free State

Three men are expected to appear in the Boshof Magistrate’s Court after being arrested in connection with the poaching of two white rhinos in the Free State.

news.sky.com | 13 hrs. 48 min. ago

Two men killed by falling trees - as Storm Boelo recovery under way

Two men have been killed by falling trees as Storm Boelo pummelled the UK, with winds of up to 84mph, flooded streets and power cut to 800,000 homes.

koreatimes.co.kr | 14 hrs. 7 min. ago

Jordan arrests three suspects in deadly church attack, state media says

Jordanian security forces have arrested three suspects in connection with an attack on a church in the US-allied country that killed nine people, state television reported on Monday. The attack, in which gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church on Friday in the village of Hamoud in Karak governorate, about 120 km (75 miles) southwest of the capital Amman, also wounded 40 others.

The shooting lasted several minutes, witnesses said. Jordan's Public Security Directorate said security forces located the three suspects early on Monday hiding in an abandoned house in Karak. The suspects refused to surrender and opened fire on security forces, who returned fire and arrested all three after they were wounded, the directorate said in a statement carried on state media.

No security personnel were injured, and a number of firearms and ammunition were found in the suspects' possession after their arrest. "Terrorism has no place among us," the directorate said, adding that the suspects had met their "just fate". The Public Security Directorate did not identify the suspects' affili

smh.com.au | 14 hrs. 30 min. ago

‘Love rat’ RAAF pilot loved women, money so much he killed his wife over it, court hears

A former Royal Australian Air Force pilot accused of murder lived a double life and was motivated to kill his wife so he would not lose millions of dollars in a divorce, a court has heard.

scmp.com | 18 hrs. 41 min. ago

South Korean CEO’s 4-year jail term over plant fire that killed 23 spurs anger

“How can South Korea’s law be this weak? Twenty-three people died!” Those were the words of Chinese mother Li Shun-ji after South Korea’s Supreme Court upheld a reduced four-year prison sentence for Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan last Tuesday over a 2024 factory fire that killed 23 workers, including Li’s then-24-year-old daughter, Yan Jing-jing.

The blaze at the lithium battery manufacturer’s factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi province, killed 17 Chinese nationals, one Laotian national and five South...

nbcnews.com | 18 hrs. 50 min. ago

Crackdown in the West Bank days ahead of Israeli elections

The IDF ordered new restrictions on the West Bank ahead of Israeli elections this week. It’s focused on the city of Hebron, where Palestinian gunmen killed two IDF soldiers Friday. It comes just days before nationwide elections could determine Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future.

NBC News’ Matt Bradley reports from Tel Aviv.

mirror.co.uk | 19 hrs. 59 min. ago

Storm Boelo live: Two men killed by falling trees as 84mph gusts batter UK

Storm Boelo continues to batter parts of the UK with gusts reaching 84mph and two people have tragically been killed after being hit by falling trees

abcnews.com | 20 hrs. 39 min. ago

Colombia's president says two key leaders of National Liberation Army killed

Colombia's president says at least 10 members of the country's National Liberation Army, including two key leaders, were killed in a recent military attack

thestar.com | 21 hrs. 5 min. ago

Wainwright soldier remembered as dedicated brother, friend at funeral

EDMONTON - Family, friends and Armed Forces members filled the pews of an Edmonton funeral home on Sunday as one of the soldiers killed in the devastating Canadian Forces Base Wainwright fire was laid to rest.

al-monitor.com | 21 hrs. 25 min. ago

Strike on Gaza university kills three: staff, hospital

An Israeli strike on a university in Gaza City killed three people on Sunday, staff and a local hospital said, while the civil defence agency reported five others killed elsewhere in the territory. Reached for comment on the strike at the Islamic University, the Israeli army said that it was currently under review.

Al Shifa hospital reported receiving three bodies and treating eight people who were wounded in the drone strike, with two sources at the university saying the dead were employees and the injured were students.

nypost.com | 23 hrs. 20 min. ago

Fugitive mom arrested in Mexico nearly 30 years after allegedly murdering daughter

Anna Marlene Somoza allegedly killed her 3-year-old daughter Crystal Reyes back in 1997.

thehindu.com | 1 days ago

Israeli air strikes kill several across Gaza Strip: local authorities

Al Shifa hospital said it received three bodies and treated eight people who were wounded in the Gaza City drone strike, with two sources at the Islamic University saying those killed were administrative staff and the injured were students

bbc.co.uk | 1 days ago

Man killed by falling tree as Storm Boelo batters Scotland

The 60-year-old man was struck by the tree near Castle Douglas as Storm Boelo brought strong winds and heavy rain to Scotland.

thehindu.com | 1 days ago

Man killed in Keralam’s Kochi as luxury car, allegedly driven by judge’s minor son, hits scooter

Accident occurs around 2.20 a.m. near a car showroom at Maraparambu on Container Road in Cheranalloor

thehindu.com | 1 days ago

Boy killed, four injured in road accident near Sullia

thehindu.com | 1 days ago

Two killed after van hits median worker and collides with HMDA water tanker on Hyderabad’s ORR near

theguardian.com | 1 days ago

Suspect in shooting death of teen on Missouri highway charged in second road incident

Man accused of shooting teen, who was driving to a party, has also been linked to shooting of a vehicle days earlierA man accused in the shooting death of a Missouri teen has been charged in a second shooting incident – both of which involve firing into cars on the highway.Alyssa Wilson, 17, was shot and killed as she drove down Interstate 170 in Overland, Missouri, on 14 October.

The teen was on her way to a Halloween party at St Louis Zoo, called Boo at the Zoo, when a suspect fired a single shot into the back of Wilson’s Buick Encore. Continue reading...

news.sky.com | 1 days ago

Bus and lorry collide killing 22, including passengers returning from funeral

At least 22 people have been killed after a bus and lorry collided in Kenya, police say.