20 Oct 2018

IDF aircraft fires into Gaza as violence erupts despite de-escalation calls

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Black smoke from burning tires hangs in the sky as Palestinian protesters hurl stones toward Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel, Friday, Oct. 12, 2018  AP Photo/Khalil Hamra 130 Gazans were injured from live fire … Read More
10 Oct 2018

Death Toll in Haiti Earthquake Rises to 15; 333 Injured

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Thousands of people along Haiti’s north coast have dragged mattresses and chairs outside, fearing new aftershocks. A woman overcome by emotion after an aftershock hit the area is carried by a relative to the general hospital in Port-de-Paix, Haiti on … Read More
7 Oct 2018

5,000 people may still be missing in Indonesia following a devastating tsunami and earthquake

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Search and rescue workers evacuate an earthquake and tsunami survivor trapped in a collapsed restaurant, Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Antara Foto/Muhammad Adimaja/ via REUTERS Officials fear at least 5,000 people may still be missing in Indonesia following a deadly earthquake and tsunami … Read More
4 Oct 2018

Death toll from Indonesia earthquake, tsunami now 1,424

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Indonesia’s disaster agency says the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that struck a central island last week has increased slightly to 1,424. National disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho provided the updated figure Thursday at a news conference … Read More
3 Oct 2018

More Images From Indonesia’s Devastating Earthquake and Tsunami

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Indonesia’s disaster-response agency now says that the death toll from the September 28 earthquake and tsunami has risen to more than 1,400, with another 2,500 injured. Aid and supplies are starting to arrive in some harder-hit areas near the town … Read More
30 Sep 2018

Death toll soars past 800 in Indonesian earthquake, tsunami

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JAKARTA —  The death toll on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi from twin disasters, a major earthquake and the tsunami that followed, jumped to more than 800 on Sunday as rescue workers began to take stock of the wreckage — pulling … Read More

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