S. Korea police find body of fugitive ferry ownerSouth Korean police said Tuesday they had found the body of the fugitive business tycoon who headed the family operating the Sewol ferry which sank in April with the loss of around 300 lives.
22 July 2014
Mediterranean migrant boat death toll rises to 30The death toll from the latest Mediterranean migrant boat disaster rose to 30 on Sunday, as Malta said it had found 29 bodies in the vessel's hold and Italy said a Syrian baby had died.
21 July 2014
Obama calls for immediate truce as Gaza toll soarsUS President Barack Obama called for an "immediate ceasefire" between Israel and Hamas, after the bloodiest day of fighting in Gaza raised the number of Palestinians killed to 476.
Lightning, floods leave 20 dead in rain-hit ChinaAt least 20 people have died in the past week as torrential rain batters swathes of China, with at least six killed by lightning, thousands of homes destroyed and more than 300,000 evacuated, state media said.
17 July 2014
Five killed as helicopter crashes in S. Korean cityA fire department helicopter crashed Thursday near an elementary school in a residential district of the South Korean city of Gwangju, killing five people on board, officials said.
25 injured as Hong Kong-bound jet hits turbulenceTwenty-five people were injured when a passenger jet from South Africa to Hong Kong hit turbulence on Wednesday, police said, with two men seriously hurt and hospitalised in the southern Chinese city.
16 July 2014
New Israeli strikes raise Gaza toll above 200: medicsNew Israeli air and tank strikes in Gaza early Wednesday killed several people, medics said, bringing the death toll from Israel's operation in the besieged Palestinian territory to 204.
Ukrainian plane hit by missile, say villagers on Russia borderTwo men lean on the smouldering wreckage of a Ukrainian airforce plane. They poke among the debris, looking for anything of value. Using an iron bar, one of them moves a Kalashnikov rifle to reveal what appears to be a charred human limb.
15 July 2014
Two dead, 18 missing as boat capsizes off MalaysiaAt least two people died and 18 others were missing after an overloaded boat carrying illegal Indonesian immigrants capsized off the coast of southern Malaysia, a maritime official said.
15 July 2014
Casablanca buildings collapse kills 4, injures 55At least four people including a 10-year-old child died and 55 others were injured when three residential buildings collapsed in Casablanca, Morocco's largest city, the authorities said.
12 July 2014
Gaza toll at 118 in day five of Israeli strikesThirteen Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip early Saturday, bringing the toll on the fifth day of violence to 118, medics said.
Typhoon Neoguri bears down on Japanese mainlandTyphoon Neoguri bore down on the Japanese mainland after slamming into the southern Okinawa island chain, killing two people and leaving a trail of damage.
09 July 2014
Nine dead in weekend surge of shootings in ChicagoAt least nine people were murdered in Chicago over the Independence Day weekend in an explosion of gun violence branded "simply unacceptable" by its mayor.
Overpass collapse kills two in Brazil World Cup cityAn unfinished overpass being built for the World Cup collapsed in Brazil's southeastern city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring 19.
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