Death Toll

One person, who suffered burns in the June 30 explosion, succumbed at a hospital today, while the other person's death was confirmed through DNA profiling, a senior police official told PTI

Rescuers still pulling bodies out of the water as death toll in South Africa floods reaches 86

Police rescue teams have been searching for missing people and recovering bodies in and around the town of Mthatha since the floods hit in the predawn hours of Tuesday

South African president to visit flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climb

Ramaphosa's office said he will travel to the town of Mthatha in Eastern Cape province, where the floods hit hardest when they began in the early hours of Tuesday

Tanzania crash kills at least 28

One of the vehicles struck in the accident late Saturday, a minibus, was hurled into a river in the country's southwest, near the border with Zambia, said local police

Death toll reaches 151 in north-central Nigeria town submerged in floods, thousands displaced

More than 3,000 people were displaced in the flooding in the town of Mokwa in Niger state

Pune driver latest GBS fatality, toll rises to seven; confirmed case tally 167

The latest fatality took the toll of suspected and confirmed deaths linked to GBS in Pune to seven

Death toll from quake in China's Tibet rises to 126: state media

"A total of 126 people have been confirmed dead and 188 others injured as of 7:00 pm (1100 GMT) Tuesday," Xinhua reported.

A suicide bomber detonates in Afghan capital, killing at least 6 people and injuring 13

The blast took place in the southwestern Qala Bakhtiar neighborhood in Kabul, said Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the Kabul police chief

Death toll from landslide at Uganda garbage dump rises to 13

After torrential rain in recent weeks a chunk of garbage from the city's only landfill site broke off late on Friday, crushing and burying homes on the edge of the site as residents slept.

Himachal cloudbursts: Death toll rises to 9, hunt for about 45 missing continues

According to officials, 410 rescuers from teams of the Army, NDRF, SDRF, ITBP, CISF, Himachal Pradesh Police and home guards are involved in the hunt with the help of drones

6 more people die as flood situation in Assam remains critical

The devastating floods claimed the lives of two persons in Charaideo and one each in Goalpara, Morigaon, Sonitpur and Tinsukia districts, according to the bulletin issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA)

Delhi reports 6 rain-related deaths, toll 11 in first two days of Monsoon

Two boys drowned in a waterlogged underpass in northwest Delhi's Badli on Saturday, police said, adding the stretch was flooded following heavy rains the previous day

Death toll from attack in Russia's Dagestan reaches 21

Sunday's attack, in which militants attacked Christian and Jewish houses of worship and fired at police in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala in the predominantly Muslim region in the North Caucasus, was the deadliest in Russia since March, when gunmen opened fire at a concert in suburban Moscow, killing 145 people

Gaza's largest hospital 'an empty shell with human graves': WHO

The current Gaza war began after a cross-border attack by Hamas fighters on October 7 that resulted in the death of 1,170 people in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP toll from official Israeli figures.

Death toll rises to 12; Boats and tractors used in rescue efforts in rain-hit Chennai

The city and adjoining districts faced relentless rains on December 4 as the severe cyclonic storm Michaung loomed over the north coastal areas of Tamil Nadu.

Andhra Pradesh train accident: Death toll, injuries, rescue operations in 10 points

Andhra Pradesh train accident: Here are the 10 points you need to know about the mishap that occurred between two passenger trains on the Howrah-Chennai line on October 29 evening in Vizianagaram district.

Taiwan factory fire death toll rises to 9 after 2 more bodies found

Four of the victims were firefighters. An explosion about 6:10 p.m. on Friday caused part of the building to collapse, trapping firefighters and workers under rubble, Taiwan's Central News Agency said,

Noida lift crash: 4 more workers succumb to injuries, death toll climbs to 8

The lift had nine workers in it when it fell from the 14th floor of an under-construction tower at an Amrapali Dream Valley project site in Noida Extension, also known as Greater Noida (West), on Friday morning.

Flood death toll in eastern Libya's Derna surpasses 5,100: Health official

He says the number of deaths is likely to increase in the coastal city since search and rescue teams are still collecting bodies from the streets, buildings and the sea.

Himachal rain hits apple supply in Delhi-NCR markets, prices soar

Rain in Himachal Pradesh is always bad news as the state is one of the biggest suppliers of plums, apples and apricots to the wholesale markets in the Delhi-NCR region

Death toll rises to 8 in Russian attack on a restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk

The Russian missile struck a local eatery frequented by journalists, aid workers and soldiers who use Kramatorsk as a base of operations.

Odisha train accident: Death toll rises to 288

Three trains — Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a goods train — were involved in the accident, one of the worst railway tragedies of the country.

Turkiye detains building contractors as quake deaths pass 33,000

The death toll from Monday's quakes that hit southeastern Turkiye and northern Syria stood at 33,179 on Sunday and was certain to rise as search teams locate more bodies in the rubble.

Looting, unrest make rescue efforts harder as Turkey quake toll nears 26,000

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths described the earthquake as the worst event in 100 years in the region and predicted the death toll would at least double

Death toll in Turkey, Syria earthquake tops 2,300, as rescuers dig through rubble

The 7.8-magnitude early morning quake, followed by dozens of aftershocks, wiped out entire sections of major Turkish cities in a region filled with millions who have fled Syria's civil war and other conflicts.