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Gaza’s hungry await aid despite convoy deaths amid dispute over supplies
Crowds of men ran through rubble-strewn Gaza City streets past fires and bullet-riddled cars in hope of reaching a rare aid convoy, risking their lives to get food for...
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Gaza’s hungry await aid despite convoy deaths amid dispute over supplies
Crowds of men ran through rubble-strewn Gaza City streets past fires and bullet-riddled cars in hope of reaching a rare aid convoy, risking their lives to get food for...
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Foreign ministry ‘devasted’ by deaths in Gaza
Cyprus’ foreign ministry said on Friday it was “devasted by the many lives tragically lost” amongst civilians in Gaza who were trying to get...
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How many deaths do we have from Covid justifying this inconvenience?
The Minister of Health and the professors of the Scientific Monitoring Committee should inform us of how many dozens of deaths are recorded daily in Cyprus, so that...
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Charities turn on Italy’s government over rise in migrant sea deaths
A group of charities accused Italy’s right-wing government on Thursday of obstructing life-saving sea missions and contributing to a sharp rise in migrant deaths, with...
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Five deaths, €9.5 million damages from last year’s fires
The Fire Service on Tuesday announced that in 2023, fires have inflicted damages totalling €9.5 million, with a minor increase noted compared to 2022. A significant...
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UK court convicts small boat pilot of migrant deaths in Channel
A man who piloted a small boat carrying migrants to Britain from France in December 2022 was on Monday found guilty of manslaughter after four men died during the...
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One year since Turkish Cypriot students’ tragic deaths
Families of Turkish Cypriot students who tragically lost their lives in the earthquakes that occurred in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, on February 6, while on a volleyball...
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Political pressure builds on Biden to strike Iran after US deaths
The killing of three U.S. troops and wounding of dozens more on Sunday by Iran-backed militants is piling political pressure on President Joe Biden to deal a blow...
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Brazil Indigenous group’s crisis persists after 308 deaths in 2023, report says
The Brazilian government’s effort to evict illegal gold miners from the Yanomami Indigenous reservation in the northern Amazon has stalled with outsiders increasingly...
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Road cameras two years on: road deaths fall
Two years after the introduction of cameras, data released by the police on Monday showed that while traffic violations have not sufficiently decreased, road deaths...
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Cameras cut road deaths by 18% in two years
The two-year operation of the photo-labeling system, initiated on 1/1/2022 with four mobile and four fixed cameras, has witnessed a remarkable success in enhancing road...
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Kenya cult leader charged with terrorism-related crimes in starvation deaths
Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 94 others were charged on Thursday with terrorism-related crimes related to the deaths of 429 of his followers whose bodies have...
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Relatives recount Gaza deaths as protesters in Washington demand ceasefire
By Michael Martina and Ismail Shakil Family members of Palestinians killed in Israel’s military campaign in Gaza shared grief-ridden stories with thousands of...
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India orders new drug-making standards after overseas deaths
Indian pharmaceutical companies must meet new manufacturing standards this year, according to a government notification released on Saturday, although small companies...
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Study suggests 17,000 deaths linked to COVID-19 treatment
In a startling revelation, a study by French scientists indicates that nearly 17,000 individuals may have lost their lives during the first wave of the pandemic after...
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Poisoning behind more than half of vulture deaths
Stiffer fines and punishments are necessary for people using poisonous agricultural products, as in the past three decades almost three dozen Griffon Vultures, a...
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In Gaza, rows of white shrouds symbolise mounting civilian deaths
“My life, my eyes, my soul,” a husband writes on the white shroud wrapped around his wife after the war devastating Gaza took her life. A bereaved son...
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In Christmas Day message, pope decries Gaza’s ‘appalling harvest’ of civilian deaths
Pope Francis said in his Christmas message on Monday that children dying in wars, including in Gaza, are the “little Jesuses of today” and that Israeli...
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Israel faces growing isolation as Gaza deaths mount
Israel faced growing diplomatic isolation in its war in Gaza as the United Nations demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and U.S. President Joe Biden said...
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Road deaths have dropped in 2023
The number of road deaths has gone down so far this year, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on Monday. He added that so far 28 people have died on Cyprus’ roads...
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Traffic deaths down by 23% this year
Fatal road accidents have seen a 23% decline this year, bolstering efforts to achieve a goal of zero road fatalities by 2030. When considering last year’s...
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Trial over Cypriot children’s earthquake deaths to begin in January
The trials of 11 people being held responsible for the deaths of 24 Turkish Cypriot children following the collapse of the Isias hotel in Adiyaman, Turkey, during...
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Report of Israeli hostage family’s deaths overshadows negotiations on Gaza truce
Last-minute negotiations between Israel and Hamas to extend the Gaza truce were overshadowed on Wednesday by an unconfirmed claim by Hamas that a 10-month old baby...
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Almost 400,000 deaths in Europe in 2021 attributable to filthy air -EU report
Almost 400,000 deaths in Europe in 2021 were related to three main air pollutants and some could have been avoided if pollutants had been reduced to World Health...