Incidents

At least seven people have been killed and some 400 injured by a recent 6.6-magnitude earthquake that struck Mindanao island in the southern Philippines.

Wildlife officials said Wednesday that hundreds of koalas are feared dead or injured in a severe bushfire burning on Australia's east coast.

Eight migrants, including four children, were discovered in a refrigerated lorry in Calais in northern France, local media reported on Monday.

The bodies of 39 people found inside a refrigerated lorry container on an industrial estate in southern England are believed to be Chinese nationals, police said Thursday.

British police found the bodies of 39 people inside a truck believed to have come from Bulgaria at an industrial estate to the east of London on Wednesday, and said they had arrested the driver on suspicion of murder.

Flooding at levels of less than 1 meter made up more than 90 percent of the approximately 68,000 homes damaged by the destructive Typhoon Hagibis, the government said Wednesday, making the homeowners unlikely to receive financial support under current law.

An unlicensed driver knocked down a 7-year-old child and fled the scene of the accident.

A resident of Nur-Sultan shot and killed his wife and injured his 5-year-old son.

Demonstrations erupted last night in Lebanon over plans for the introduction of a tax on telephone calls made over the internet using the WhatsApp messenger.

The Libyan navy on Wednesday rescued more than 80 illegal immigrants of African and Asian nationalities off the country's western coast.