Four people, including a pregnant woman, were killed after a vehicle in the convoy carrying the body of the late Malawi Vice-President Saulos Chilima hit mourners, police say. Twelve other people were injured in the incident on Sunday night and were being treated in hospital. It followed clashes between local people, the police and soldiers […]
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Aides’ vehicle in a convoy carrying Mexico’s next president involved in a crash that killed 1
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A highway accident Friday involving an SUV carrying aides to Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential elections, has resulted in at least one fatality. Sheinbaum was not injured. Sheinbaum’s spokesman said the advance car hit another vehicle on a highway in the northern state of Coahuila, and that one […]
Roadside bombing targeting security convoy kills 7 soldiers in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb exploded near a security convoy in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing seven soldiers, including an army captain, the military said, a sign of a surge in militant attacks on security forces. The latest attack happened in Lakki Marwat, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, the […]
Emergency convoy takes aid to survivors of Papua New Guinea landslide
An emergency convoy is delivering food, water and other provisions to survivors of a landslide that devastated a remote village in the mountains of Papua New Guinea, with scores of people feared buried. An assessment team reported “suggestions” that 100 people were dead and 60 houses buried by the mountainside that collapsed in Enga province […]
Two French prison officers killed and three injured in Normandy convoy attack
Two French prison officers were killed and three others seriously injured in a brazen attack on their convoy in Normandy during which an inmate escaped, officials said. The van was transporting prisoner Mohamed Amra to Evreux jail after a court hearing in Rouen when it was ambushed on Tuesday. Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti said he […]
Israeli protesters block aid convoy headed to Gaza
STORY: :: Israeli protesters block an aid convoy heading to Gaza :: Tarqumiya checkpoint, West Bank :: May 13, 2024 :: Four protesters, including a minor, were arrested, according to lawyers representing them Videos circulated on social media showed protesters throwing supplies from the trucks on to the ground, with the contents of opened cartons […]
Bomb in northeastern Afghanistan kills 3 officers who were part of convoy handling poppy eradication
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A sticky bomb exploded in northeastern Afghanistan, killing at least three police officers on Wednesday, officials said. Abdul Mateen Qani, a spokesman for the Taliban’s interior ministry, said the bomb which was “attached to a motorcycle, exploded in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province,” while a convoy of security forces was passing […]
Hezbollah ambushes Israeli convoy, killing civilian
Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group fired anti-tank missiles and artillery shells at an Israeli military convoy in a disputed area along the border, killing an Israeli civilian, the group and Israel’s military has said. Hezbollah said that its fighters ambushed the convoy shortly before midnight on Thursday, destroying two vehicles. The Israeli military said the ambush […]
Habeck’s convoy passes smoke column near Odessa after Russian attack
German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck came within sight of the aftermath of a Russian missile strike during his trip to Ukraine, as a huge column of smoke rose over the port city of Odessa on Friday. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, several missiles had hit the seaport of Pivdennyi near Odessa on the Black Sea. […]
Video shows crash involving military convoy on I-75 in Butler County
New video shows the moment a crash happened this week involving a U.S. Army Humvee on Interstate 75 in Butler County. >> PHOTOS: Military vehicles involved in crash on I-75 As News Center 7 previously reported, medics transported three people following the crash on southbound I-75 in West Chester Township. The video from the Ohio […]
Aid convoy enters Gaza through the Rafah crossing
STORY: Some people were seen riding on the back of aid trucks, and shortly thereafter a crowd ran after the convoy. A small scuffle also broke out once the convoy of trucks had moved on. Israel has faced international pressure to let more aid into Gaza following an Israeli airstrike that killed the mostly international […]
Shocked by strike on food convoy, Democrats push Biden to put conditions on military aid to Israel
The Israeli airstrike that claimed the lives of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers has stunned and outraged Democrats in Congress, fueling a fresh effort by lawmakers to push President Joe Biden to impose conditions on U.S. military aid to Israel. Frustration has been mounting for months among Democrats in Congress over how Israeli Prime […]