QUITO, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Nine people died and several more were injured Wednesday after a bus plunged into a ravine in the Andes Mountains region of southern Ecuador, according to the country's emergency service. "The death of nine people has been confirmed. The Ministry of Public Health is consolidating the official number of injured people," the service said in a statement, without specifying the number of passengers. The injured victims were transported to health centers in Riobamba and Colta. Traffic accidents are a leading cause of death...
KABUL, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - At least 25 people were killed and 27 injuredwhen a bus overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, authorities toldAFP,...
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The sweat-and-salsa-infused nightlife that was once the beating heart of Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, has fallen silent, with...
KIGALI, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A first group of seven migrants has arrived in Rwanda as part of a deal to accept deportees from...
ROME, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The UN's World Food Programme warned Thursday that Gaza is "at breaking point" and appealed to urgently revive its...
BANGKOK, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The toll in northern Thailand from landslides and flooding triggered by Typhoon Kajiki rose to five dead and 15...
PARIS, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday accused Russia of showing "terror and barbarism" with missile and drone attacks on...
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - EU chief Antonio Costa on Thursday said he was "horrified" by a fresh round of deadly Russian strikes...
JERUSALEM, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Israel's defence minister said Thursday its forces were operating in "all combat zones", after Syrian state media reported a...
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A South African court on Wednesday found radical left politician Julius Malema guilty of hate speech for telling his...
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Investigators were seeking to find out why a heavily-armed shooter opened fire on school children at a church service...
WASHINGTON, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Global air pollution is worsening, with the United States and Canada experiencing the sharpest increases due to record-breaking, climate-supercharged...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that members of his administration would meet with US officials in New...