Islamabad releases emergency funds for rescue, cleaning efforts

Eleven killed as houses demolished in city's east, as Hamas prepares to resume ceasefire talks

Floodwaters, mud surged down mountain, crashing into village, sweeping away houses, roads.

ISTANBUL, July 29 — At least 60,034 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s unrelenting war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, Anadolu Ajansi reported, citing Palestine’s Health Ministry on Tuesday.

HALONG BAY, Vietnam, July 20 — The death toll from a tourist boat accident in Vietnam's Halong Bay climbed to at least 38 with several people still missing, the government said, as rescuers continued to search for survivors while bracing for the approach of Typhoon Wipha.

AUSTIN, July 7 — At least 43 people, including 15 children, have been confirmed dead following flash floods in central Texas, the United States (US) authorities said on Saturday as rescuers continued a frantic search for campers, vacationers, and residents who were still missing.

NEW DELHI, June 14 — The death toll from Thursday's (June 12) Air India plane crash near Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat has risen to 274, with 33 on-ground deaths having been confirmed.

SANTO DOMINGO, April 15 — The death toll at last week's nightclub roof collapse in the capital of the Dominican Republic rose to 231, the Minister of Interior and Police said on Monday, as families of victims began filing lawsuits against the nightclub's owners.

BUENOS AIRES, April 11 — The death toll from the collapse of a nightclub roof in the Dominican Republic has jumped to 221, the head of the civil protection agency said on Thursday, the German Press Agency (dpa) reported.

ANKARA, April 4 — Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 86 more Palestinians, bringing the death toll from Israel’s genocidal war since October 2023 to 50,609, Anadolu Ajansi reported, citing the Health Ministry.

BANGKOK, April 4 — Extreme heat and heavy rain in Myanmar could cause disease outbreaks among earthquake survivors camping in the open, global aid bodies warned yesterday, complicating rescue efforts made difficult by a civil war, as the death toll surpassed 3,000.

ISTANBUL, Jan 23 — The Turkish authorities have detained 11 people as part of an investigation into a fire that broke out at a ski resort hotel in northern Bolu province as the death toll rose to 79, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported, citing officials on Wednesday.

MANILA, Oct 27—Military aircraft from Singapore and Malaysia arrived in the Philippines on Saturday to assist in ongoing relief operations following the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami).

BEIRUT, Oct 14 — The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since last October rose to 2,306, with 10,698 others injured, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Sunday.

HANOI, Sept 10 — Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and floods it triggered have killed at least 58 people, and 40 others are missing in northern Vietnam, the disaster management agency said on Tuesday.

HANOI, Sept 9 — Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and floods it triggered have killed at least 24 people and injured another 299 in northern Vietnam on the weekend, the government said, as authorities on Monday warned of more flooding.

HANOI, Sept 8 — Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, was downgraded to a tropical depression today after wreaking havoc in northern Vietnam, China's Hainan, and the Philippines, claiming dozens of lives, according to preliminary reports.

NEW DELHI, Aug 1 — The death toll of Tuesday's (July 30) massive landslides in India's southern state of Kerala rose to 256, confirmed the state's Health Minister Veena George today while speaking to the local press.

SYDNEY, May 27 — Unstable terrain, remote locations and damaged roads are hampering relief efforts in Papua New Guinea after more than 670 people were feared killed in a landslide last week in the Pacific nation's north, the United Nations said today.

GAZA, April 22 — The death toll from the Israeli warplanes and artillery targeting of two Palestinian civilian homes in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning rose to 19, including 14 children.