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Kenya: 1 child dead, 1 person missing in building collapse

Nairobi - Emirates Voice

Rescuers retrieved the body of a dead child, the first death from the collapse of an eight-storey building in a low income area of the Kenyan capital, officials and witnesses said Tuesday. A baby girl, a 10-year-old boy and their mother from the rubble of building on Tuesday that had collapsed in a low-income part of Kenya’s capital, while twoRead more

3 killed, 3 injured in pedestrian bridge collapse in Jakarta

Jakarta - Arab Today

A pedestrian bridge collapsed in southern part of Jakarta on Saturday, leaving 3 people dead and 3 others wounded, a police spokesman said. Strong wind was blamed for the collapse of the public facility, Jakarta police spokesman Awi Setiyoo told Xinhua via phone. The collapsed bridge also hit three cars which were passing below it, he said. All the victimsRead more

Death toll from Tel Aviv building collapse rises to 5

Jerusalme - Arab Today

Israeli police said Saturday that two more bodies were pulled from a collapsed Tel Aviv construction site, five days after the incident, bringing the death toll to five. "Overnight, two bodies were extracted from the site of collapsed car garage," police spokeswoman Luba Samri said in a statement. "The bodies were transferred to the national forensic institute to ascertain theirRead more

9 killed as building collapses in western India

New Delhi - Arab Today

At least nine people were killed and several others injured after parts of an under-construction building collapsed in the western Indian city of Pune on Friday morning, a senior police official said. "The 14th floor of the under-construction building caved in suddenly in the city, 160 km from financial capital Mumbai, when a number of laborers were working at theRead more

Lift collapse leaves 6 dead, dozens injured in Bangladesh capital

Dhaka - Arab today

At least six persons have died as a lift of a high-rise building collapsed in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Friday night. Bidhan Tripura, a senior Dhaka Metropolitan Police official, told journalists that "six bodies have been recovered from the accident site." At least 25 others have relortedly suffered injuries due to the lift collapse and a fire originated after theRead more

5 killed, 14injured as mosque collapses in Pakistan's Karachi

Karachi - Arab Today

- A man works at a roof collapse site in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, June 10, 2016. At least five people were killed and 14 others injured when roof of an under construction mosque collapsed in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi source : xinhua Read more

UN Envoy to Syria calls on US and Russia to save talks

New York - Arab Today

The UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura has urged the US and Russia to urgently intervene "at the highest level" to salvage Syrian talks. Speaking after briefing the UN Security Council on the faltering peace process, de Mistura said that a truce agreed in February was "barely alive", according to the (BBC). Violence in Syria has intensified in recentRead more

Palestinian killed in border tunnel collapse

Gaza City - Arab Today

A Palestinian was killed when a tunnel on the border with Egypt collapsed on Monday, according to Palestinian sources. The man, identified as Mossa Jabir Mady, was repairing the tunnel in western Rafah when it crumbled, said the sources. Egypt has launched a campaign to destroy the tunnels on the border the Gaza Strip, blaming them for smuggling firearms intoRead more