At least 13 people died after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck southern Ecuador on Saturday afternoon. According to the United States Geological Survey, The earthquake struck near the southern town of Baláo and was more than 65 km (nearly 41 miles) deep. An estimated 461 people were injured in the quake. The government had previously reported that 16 people were killed but later revised the death toll. In the province of El Oro, at least 11 people died. At least one other death was reported in the province of Azuay.
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At least 3 dead in New Zealand storm
New Zealand was attempting to come to grips with the extent of destruction from Cyclone Gabrielle, as the severe weather system moves away from the country, leaving behind high flood waters, widespread damage, more than 10,000 displaced and at least three dead.
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Train derails in Pakistan kills many
At least 30 people have been killed and 100 injured when a train derailed in southern Pakistan. Several carriages of the Hazara Express overturned near Sahara railway station in Nawabshah, about 275km (171 miles) from the largest city Karachi.
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Tajikistan: Decree bans funerals for alleged “terrorists”, denies relatives bodies
On 28 April, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon signed into law a Decree imposing the Procedure for burying the bodies of terrorists neutralised in the course of a counterterrorism operation. In the regime’s parlour, this means the bodies of those killed and/or assassinated. The new procedure denies the families of those killed in what the regime calls anti-terrorism operations the possibility of burying the dead in a place they want, knowing where the dead are buried, investigating how the death occurred, and burying the dead with the religious or other rites the dead or the family would have chosen.
