Iraq: Hospital fire in Covid ward kills dozens - BBC News

More than 50 people have died after a fire broke out in a coronavirus isolation ward at a hospital in Iraq.

Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza after Palestinians send incendiary balloons - France24

 The Israeli air force launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip early Wednesday after militants in the Palestinian territory sent incendiary balloons into southern Israel, security sources and witnesses said.

4 Afghan nationals jailed for 10 years over arson that destroyed Greece's Moria migrant camp amid Covid-19 quarantine protests — RT World News

 A Greek court has sentenced four asylum seekers from Afghanistan to 10 years behind bars for their role in the fire that ripped through Europe’s largest migrant camp, Moria, on the Mediterranean island of Lesbos last year.

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Dozens dead after fire rips through Baghdad COVID-19 hospital | Al Jazeera

At least 27 people were killed and 46 injured after a fire broke out on Sunday in a coronavirus intensive care unit in Baghdad, as Iraq faces a growing wave of COVID-19 cases.

5 former residents arrested over Moria refugee camp fire

Five former residents of Moria refugee camp have been arrested in connection with a fire there last week, Greek authorities said Tuesday.

Cockpit fire likely caused EgyptAir crash: French report

A cockpit fire likely caused the EgyptAir Flight MS804 crash with no mayday call that killed 66 people two years ago, officials said in a new report.

At least 37 killed, 70 injured in South Korea hospital fire

At least 37 people have been killed and 70 more have been injured in a fire at a hospital in South Korea.

Buildings fall as 7.1-magnitude earthquake hits Mexico. People in Mexico City said they felt the earthquake

A preliminary 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico, 32 years to the day after a massive quake devastated the country, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

22 dead in house fire in China's Jiangsu

Twenty-two people died in a house fire in east China's Jiangsu Province early Sunday morning, local authorities said.

Five tower blocks in London to be evacuated over fire safety fears

Five residential London tower blocks were being evacuated this evening due to fire safety concerns over their external cladding following the deadly Grenfell Tower fire.

London police consider manslaughter charges in Grenfell Tower fire

London police said Friday they are considering manslaughter charges in the June 14 Grenfell Tower fire in which at least 79 people died.

Portugal is close to containing wildfire that killed 64

Portugal is close to containing the wildfire that killed 64 people last weekend, authorities said Wednesday, as a minute of silence was held in memory of the victims.

More than 79 feared dead in London fire, with number expected to rise

London police upgraded on Monday the tally of those believed to have died in an apartment block inferno to 79, although only five had so far been formally identified.

At Least 30 Bodies Found at Site of Gun Attack in Philippines

At least 30 bodies were recovered from a shooting scene at the Resorts World Manila leisure complex in the Philippine capital of Manila, a local radio cited sources from the Bureau of Fire Protection as saying Friday.

17 story building collapses in Tehran, more than 20 firefighters trapped

More than 20 firefighters were trapped Thursday when a 17-story building in central Tehran that housed a shopping mall collapsed after a large fire, as evident in scenes captured by an epa photographer.

23 killed, 17 missing as ferry catches fires in Indonesia

A ferry carrying over 200 people caught fires in waters off Jakarta on Sunday, leaving 23 people dead, 20 injured and 17 others missing, disaster agency official said.

French investigators say not possible yet to say what caused Egyptair crash

French investigators said on Thursday that it was not possible at this stage to draw conclusions on what might have caused the crash of an Egyptair flight in May with the deaths of all 66 people on board.

Traces of explosives found on bodies from crashed Egyptair flight

Egyptian authorities announced Thursday that traces of explosives were found on some of the bodies from the Egyptair crash in May.

Hotel fire kills 11, injures 70 in Pakistan's Karachi

At least 11 people were killed and 70 others injured when fire erupted in a hotel in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Monday morning, hospital sources said.