Venezuelans suffer as malaria outbreak spreads in drug-short nation
- 24-Nov-2017
CIUDAD GUAYANA, Venezuela: On a recent morning in Venezuela’s southern jungle state of Bolivar, Amanda Santamaria, her two sons, one daughter-in-law, and a granddaughter lined up in front of a shabby community health center in the hope of receiving treatment for malaria. All five of them are afflicted by the mosquito-borne disease, which is rapidly […]
Over 80 ‘possessed’ students suffer seizures in school
- 13-Jun-2017
Students of a Peruvian school believe their institute is haunted after more than 80 pupils fainted and suffered seizures. Some of the students even started screaming uncontrollably after seeing the ‘supernatural being’. The other symptoms the students experienced include vomiting, delirium and shared hallucination. Health experts are unable to find what caused the illness at Elsa […]
Houthis suffer first serious setback in south Yemen fighting: residents
- 25-May-2015
ADEN/CAIRO: Local Sunni Muslim militia ejected Shi'ite Houthi rebels from much of the southern Yemeni city of Dalea on Monday, residents and combatants said, inflicting the first significant setback on the Iranian-backed rebels in two months of civil war.
Contaminated food or excuse? 140 cops suffer food poisoning in Islamabad
- 13-Aug-2014
ISLAMABAD: At least 140 policemen, deployed to thwart marchers moving to Islamabad in anti-government protest, reportedly fell ill due to food poisoning, ARY News reported Wednesday.