A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people. Abdullahi Baba-Arab, director-general of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency said that the fuel tanker was also carrying cattle in the Agaie area in north-central Niger state and at least 50 of them were burned alive.
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Six killed in a helicopter crash in Nepal
Six people have died in a helicopter crash in Nepal. The Manang Air helicopter was carrying five Mexican passengers and a Nepali pilot. Reuters reported that Manang Air caters to tourists wanting a view of Nepal’s peaks, including Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain.
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A Palestinian man was killed and 13 were injured in an Israeli raid in Nablus
A Palestinian man was killed and 13 were injured in an Israeli raid in Nablus early Monday. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said Amir Ihab Bustami, 21, was shot by the Israeli occupation soldiers and killed at dawn in Nablus.
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More than 10 million people still have no access to safe drinking water after floods struck Palestine
The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF says that six months after catastrophic floods struck Pakistan, more than 10 million people, including children, living in flood-affected areas still have no access to safe drinking water. The lack of clean water is forcing many families with no alternative but to drink and use potentially disease-ridden water. The prolonged lack of access to safe drinking water and sewage systems, along with the continued proximity of vulnerable families to bodies of stagnant water, are contributing to the widespread outbreaks of waterborne diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, dengue, and malaria.
