Disaster

Indonesian authorities recovered more bodies near the site where the KMP Virgo Transport 8 ferry capsized in the Java Sea, as families anxiously await news of dozens of missing passengers.

An old video of the 2001 Versailles wedding hall disaster went viral on X, mistakenly described by an Arabic-speaking user as a 2009 terrifying event with Quranic chanting, masking the true tragedy that claimed 23 lives.

Rescue teams in Nepal have pulled two workers alive from a hydroelectric power station tunnel nine days after a glacier collapse. They are the first survivors found among hundreds of workers still missing following the disaster.

A mountain of trash collapsed on Sunday in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, resulting in at least 22 deaths. Despite official evacuation orders due to the risk of collapse, many residents remained in their homes when the disaster occurred.

At the end of June, two brothers from Venezuela went to the sea near their home. 15-year-old Winder wanted to take their 10-year-old brother, Moises, with them, but he was grounded as punishment. "I kept insisting, but my mother just wouldn't give in," he told the British media. Eventually, he and his brother Davy went without him.

Rescue forces are struggling to reach hundreds of missing people following the most powerful earthquake recorded in the country, while the death toll has already risen to 132 and a night curfew has been declared in the disaster areas. Authorities have declared a national state of emergency due to fears of further building collapses.

At least five people were killed and 41 are missing following a fire on a ferry carrying approximately 250 passengers and crew. Rescue operations are ongoing.