At least 32 people were killed and another 85 injured after a collision between two trains caused a derailment near the Greek city of Larissa late Tuesday night, authorities said. A fire services spokesman confirmed that multiple carriages skipped the tracks just before midnight after the trains — one for freight and the other carrying 350 passengers — collided about …

The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) on Thursday said it has made available a relief package worth N9 million (about £10,000 black market rate) to assist the Republic of Turkey over the earthquake that occurred in the country earlier in the month. The church is reputed for its humanitarian works across the globe. In a statement signed by its …

At least two people were killed and more than 50 are missing, Chinese state media reported, after an apparent collapse at a coal mine in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region on Wednesday. State broadcaster CCTV said a collapse occurred at a mine in the western part of the Alxa League region at around 1 pm (0500 GMT). Other outlets and …

At least 48 people were killed in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in southeastern Brazil, authorities said on Wednesday, updating the death toll as the search for dozens of missing entered the fourth day. “We currently have a toll of 48 victims. The number of missing stands at 38, which may change”, said Sao Paulo state Governor Tarcisio …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday suspended Moscow’s participation in a nuclear arms treaty with Washington, as United States President Joe Biden vowed in a rival speech that Russia would never win in Ukraine. In his state of the nation address ahead of the first anniversary of the campaign in Ukraine, Putin also accused the West of escalating the conflict …

The United Nations has said that tens of thousands of civilians have fled the self-declared Republic of Somaliland and crossed the border into neighbouring Ethiopia following fighting between regional government forces and local militias. The number of people who have left Somaliland’s Las Anod district and arrived in Ethiopia’s Doole area in the past month could be as high as …

For the first time, a South Korean Court has recognized the legal rights of same-sex couples in the country. The case was brought by a gay couple,  Seong-wook and Kim Yong-min who sued South Korea’s National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) in 2021 because it had terminated benefits for his partner, Kim, whom he had registered as a dependent, after the …

On Monday, a 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook Turkey’s southern province of Hatay and northern Syria, killing three people and causing renewed concern following a February 6 tremor that killed almost 45,000 people in both countries. Six people were killed in an earthquake which struck the border region of Turkey and Syria, CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, two weeks after a larger quake killed …

At least 800 Nigerians have been arrested and detained by the Saudi Arabian government for issues bordering on illegal migration. In a statement on Friday, spokesperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Gabriel Odu said the Saudi Arabian government intensified a clampdown on irregular migrants last October. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has about 800 Nigerians arrested and detained for …

Footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the rubble of his home almost two weeks after the Turkey earthquake, his agent has confirmed. Atsu, 31, played for Chelsea and Newcastle in the English Premier League. The Ghana international had not been seen since the quake that caused the collapse of the apartment in the city of Hatay in which …