Venezuelans in quake-affected areas have expressed anger over the state’s response to the natural disaster. Volunteers are racing to locate survivors who may still be trapped under rubble of fallen buildings. The BBC’s Orla Guerin reports from the scenes of rubble in Catia la Mar, a coastal city in northern Venezuela, where locals feel the…
Fourteen people were killed when a helicopter crashed in Saudi Arabia, state media reported on Sunday. The helicopter, belonging to state oil giant Aramco, crashed in the eastern coastal city of Ras Tanura at 06:00 local time (03:00 GMT) killing all those on board, according to the Saudi Press Agency. All 14 victims were Saudi…
Three firefighters were killed and two were injured while battling massive wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border on Saturday, officials say. The firefighters were part of a federal response team assigned to the Knowles and Gore fires. They were suddenly overwhelmed by flames and tried to take shelter, the Department of the Interior said. The two…
A country club in the town of Caraballeda in Venezuela has been turned into a makeshift hospital, with survivors of the country’s devastating earthquakes receiving care and sleeping on mattresses on the grass. Helicopters carrying aid have landed at the improvised hospital and those who lost their homes during the quake are being provided with…
Europe’s unprecedented early summer heatwave may be responsible for hundreds of excess deaths, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). Temperature records were broken across the continent again on Sunday – including in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic – as the extreme heat continued to move east. In a post on…
The Australian government has announced it will double the maximum penalty for breaches of the nation’s social media minimum age law to $99m (£51.7m). As part of the updated legislation, the eSafety Commissioner will also be able to compel social media companies to provide evidence of what steps they have taken to comply with the…
An Australian man has been charged with murder after the body of a 17-year-old girl was found in a suitcase in Thailand, local and Australian media report. Police in the coastal city of Pattaya said they had found the teenager “stuffed” in the bag, which had been discarded near a railway track, in the early…
Columbia’s National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) said Moises was buried under about 3m (9.8ft) of debris, and the rescue team spent six hours conducting “high-precision work” on Saturday to reach him. Reuters reported that a rescuer was overheard on a walkie-talkie saying the young boy was found near his sister and mother, who…
Eleven people have died after a civilian aircraft crashed in the town of Tomblaine in north-eastern France, according to local authorities. The pilot and 10 passengers died in the incident, including five students and five instructors, local officials said. The plane, which belonged to a parachutist school, had taken off from the Nancy-Essey airfield when…
On Friday, the sheriff’s office announced that the intact remains of 117 dogs were found in two excavated areas on the property, which is located in Fortuna, California – about 288 miles (463kms) north of San Francisco. A search of the 50-acre (20,000m) facility also led investigators to an additional 21 dog skulls and hundreds…