Trump rejects Puerto Rico storm toll of 3,000 as Democrat plot
Donald Trump rejected the official death toll from last year's Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, saying it had been inflated to almost 3,000 as part of a ploy to make him look bad.
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Death toll nears 400 in flood-hit Kerala, dozens missing
KOCHI/NEW DELHI, India: The death toll rose on Monday to nearly 400 in Kerala, reeling under its worst flood in a century, as authorities handed out medicine and disinfectants to ward off disease in thousands of relief camps.
Dozens of…
Indian troops martyr five Kashmiris
SRINAGAR: Indian troops on Thursday martyred one more youth in Baramulla district, occupied Kashmir, raising the toll to five in less than past 24 hours.
In fresh act of state terrorism, the troops killed the youth during a cordon and…
Death toll from Kohat bus-tanker collision soars to 23
KOHAT: The death toll from Saturday’s head-on collision between a Karachi-bound bus and an oil-tanker on the Indus Highway near Lachi has soared to 23, ARY News reported.
Official sources said at least 23 people were killed in the…
Japan flood toll nears 200,thousands battling thirst
KURASHIKI, JAPAN: Intense heat and water shortages raised fears of disease outbreaks in flood-hit western Japan on Thursday as the death toll from the worst weather disaster in 36 years neared 200.
More than 200,000 households had no…
Death toll tops 1,000 in assault on Syria’s Ghouta: monitor
DAMASCUS: More than 1,000 civilians have been killed since Syria's government launched a brutal offensive on the rebel-controlled Eastern Ghouta enclave nearly three weeks ago, a war monitor said on Saturday.
"The death toll has gone up…
Rescuers search for victims as California mudslide toll hits 17
MONTECITO: Rescuers used dogs and helicopters to search for victims on Wednesday of powerful mudslides which left at least 17 people dead in a southern California community that is also home to major celebrities including Oprah Winfrey.…
Thatta boat tragedy death toll soars to 23
THATTA: The death toll in Thatta boat capsize incident climbed to 23 as the divers retrieved the dead body of a six-year girl from the sea, citing rescue sources ARY News reported.
The ill-fated boat capsized on Thursday in the sea off…
US soldier killed in Afghanistan lifts death toll to 12 this year
KABUL: A US soldier has died in Afghanistan, foreign forces said, taking the number of American fighters killed in action in the country this year to 12.
The unidentified soldier "died as a result of wounds sustained during operations"…
Death toll from Egypt gun battle rises to 52 killed: sources
CAIRO: At least 52 Egyptian police and conscripts were killed and six more wounded in a gun battle on Friday during a raid on a suspected militant hideout in the western desert, three security sources said.
Sources had said late on…