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BAMAKO — At least 69 people, including 25 Malians, have died after a boat bound for Spain from West Africa capsized off Morocco, Mali's authorities have confirmed.The "makeshift boat" was carrying about 80 people, but only 11 people survived, said a statement from the Ministry of Malians Abroad. At least nine of the survivors are from Mali.The boat capsized last week, but the ministry confirmed the incident on Thursday.A crisis unit has been dispatched to monitor the situation, it said.Mali has suffered years of jihadist and separatist violence — resulting in military coups in 2020 and 2021.The junta promised to hold elections to return to civilian rule by March 2024, but this has not happened yet.The instability in the country, due to widespread jihadist insurgency, has...
December 27, 2024
At least 69 dead after boat sinks in Morocco waters
December 27, 2024
WHO chief says he was at Yemen airport which Israeli strikes targeted
December 27, 2024
Israel strikes Sanaa airport and other Houthi targets across Yemen
December 27, 2024
Sara Netanyahu suspected of political harassment, Israel's AG orders probe
December 26, 2024
Five Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike
December 26, 2024
Syria says 14 security personnel killed in 'ambush' by Assad loyalists
ISTANBUL — A court in Turkey has sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel that collapsed in an earthquake in 2023, killing 72 people, to jail.The owner of the Isias Grand, Ahmet Bozkurt, and architect Erdem Yilmaz, were each given 18 years and five months, the official Anadolu news agency reported. Bozkurt's son, Mehmet Fatih, was sentenced to 17 years and four months, it said.The hotel, in the southeastern city of Adiyaman, hosted a school volleyball team from Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus and a group of tourist guides when the quake hit last February.The three men were convicted of "causing the death or injury of more than one person through conscious negligence", Anadolou said.Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Unal Ustel said the sentences were too lenient and that...
December 25, 2024
Owner and architect of Turkey quake collapse hotel jailed
December 24, 2024
Protests erupt in Syria over Christmas tree burning
December 24, 2024
Twelve dead in Turkey ammunition factory blast
December 24, 2024
Russian ship under US sanctions sinks after engine room blast
