Historically unprecedented wildfires being carried forward by fast-winds, ravaged 42,000 acres of land in the south-east part of the nation of South Korea. 24 people, mostly over 60 years, have been reported to have lost their lives in these fires – with 12 more admitted in hospitals with critical burn injuries. The fire which is the third-largest in terms of land area in the nation’s history, started last Friday-afternoon, and has been spreading too rapidly for the firefighters to contain…

As the civil war, between Sudan’s army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), raged on since April 2023. More than a 100 people, almost all civilians, died in the latest air strike of a civilian market in the country’s western region – Darfur. The war has displaced more than 12 million Sudanese from their homes and killed more than an estimated 150,000 people, in the nearly 2 years since it erupted. Reports of Islamic-inspired ethnic cleansing and mass massacre of innocent…

40 people have died from tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms in the American Midwest and south states. Deadly tornadoes struck the states of Missouri, Alabama and Mississippi, leaving many homes and other buildings as pile of debris in its wake. Down south in the states of Texas and Kansas, high-winds measuring over 100km/h (62mph) raised dust storms, which resulted in massive pile-ups of vehicles resulting in more than 12 deaths. While in Oklahoma, nearly 150 deadly wildfires burnt through 170,000…

59 people, mostly in the age group of 18-21 died in Kocani, North Macedonia, when the makeshift nightclub went up in flames. At around 0230 local time, as the famous hip-hop duo DNK was playing to a crowd of about 500 people in a carpet warehouse turned nightclub. With corruption and evident flouting of safety laws, the people were left with only one emergency exit, when a spark from the pyrotechnics hit the ceiling and started the deadly fire. With…

As Syria’s past cruel leader, Bashar al-Assad, was ousted. This has made way only for another leader to rise in his stead, Ahmad al-Sharaa. Since taking over as interim President of Syria from 29th of January this year, the nation has plunged into deeper darkness and violence’s. Factions of fighters raided villages in the Alawite neighborhood, gunning down more than 700 civilians and 300 fighters, many families completely wiped out in their very homes. In what is touted to be…

With an estimated number of more than 148,000 people killed (military and civilians), the Ukraine-Russia war is quickly becoming the bloodiest war of the 21st century and the deadliest in Europe since WW2, 80 years ago. This toll is said to be a conservative estimate, with the actual number being much higher than this reported figure. Russia continued its aggression against Ukraine in this week, launching an attack on Dobropillya, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, killing 11. This unrelenting attack comes…

3 armed man in balaclava’s and armed with assault rifles and handguns, stormed a pub and open fired indiscriminately in Toronto, Canada. 12 people are injured in the attack and being treated for non-life threatening injuries. The attack’s motive has not been ascertained yet and all the 3 attackers are still on the run from the police and authorities. The city of Toronto suffered from 43 deaths related to shooting alone in the last year. Let’s Pray: Father, we pray…

Two people – a 83 year old woman and a 54 year old man were rammed down in a pedestrian area in Mannheim in West Germany. 5 more are seriously injured and 5 others suffered minor injuries. This attack comes in the wake of increasing public attacks in Germany, this one being 6th in the last 9 months. The perpetrator, a 40 year old German national, was suspected to be suffering with mental illnesses. Let’s Pray: Father Lord, we pray…

The spate of untold violence’s and barbarism in Democratic Republic Congo’s long civil conflict took a gruesome turn this week, with the beheading of 70 Christians. DRC’s long-line of civil conflicts has killed an estimated 6 million since 1996 in this mineral-rich central African nation. The latest violence was perpetrated by the Allied Democratic forces (ADF) who have ties with Islamic state (IS), in Mayba. Among the murdered are women, the elderly and even children, who were killed in the…

In the capital of India, New Delhi, a stampede resulting from overcrowding at a railway station, has left 18 people dead and 10 more injured. The crowd swell is reported to be as the result of large crowds travelling to and fro; to the world’s largest religious festival – Kumbh mela, in the neighboring state. Most among the dead are women and children. And this comes in the wake of 30 people who died last month in a pre-dawn crash…