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Derna devastated by floods, death toll over 1,000

Derna devastated by floods, death toll over 1,000

Over 1,000 people died in Derna, Libya, after floods. 10,000 people missing. Entire neighborhoods were destroyed. There are deceased individuals scattered throughout the area, according to the official from the eastern-based government. Derna, with a population of around 100,000, is heavily inundated due to the collapse of two dams and four bridges. The Red Cross … Read more

101 civilians evacuated from Mariupol’s Azovstal plant: UN

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In a cooperative effort with the Red Cross, the UN claimed Tuesday that 101 residents had been “successfully evacuated” from the Azovstal plant’s tunnels in Ukraine’s ravaged city of Mariupol. “I am pleased and relieved to confirm that 101 civilians have successfully been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol,” Osnat Lubrani, the UN’s … Read more

Afghan young man loses leg by stray bullet, seeks rehabilitation

KABUL: Abdul Fawad, a resident of Afghanistan’s eastern Kapisa province, is visiting the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hospital in Kabul to learn walking with his artificial leg, with his dream to become a construction engineer being shattered. “I am 19 years old and also a graduate of high school but unfortunately sitting … Read more