Monsoon floods kill 42 people, millions stranded in Bangladesh, India
- 19-Jun-2022
DHAKA/ASSAM, India: At least 25 people were killed by lightning or landslides over the weekend in Bangladesh while millions were left marooned or homeless in low-lying northeastern parts hit by the worst monsoon floods in the country’s recent history, officials said. In the neighbouring Indian state of Assam, at least 17 people were killed during […]
Air strikes on north Syria mosque kill 42
- 17-Mar-2017
BEIRUT: At least 42 people were killed and dozens more wounded in air strikes on a village mosque in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “The raids by unidentified warplanes targeted a mosque in Aleppo province during evening prayers, killing 42 people, most of them civilians,” said the head of the Britain-based […]
At least 42 killed in French bus crash, worst in decades
- 23-Oct-2015
PUISSEGUIN, FRANCE: At least 42 people died when a bus carrying elderly day-trippers collided head-on with a truck and caught fire near Bordeaux early on Friday, in France's worst road crash in more than 30 years.