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Landslide at landfill in Uganda’s capital kills 13 people with other feared trapped

Reuters — The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 13, police said on Sunday, as rescuers continue to dig for survivors. After torrential rain in recent weeks a chunk of garbage from the city’s only landfill site broke off late on Friday, crushing and …

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Egypt Independent August 11, 2024

Trapped shooting cop’s rescue risked by ‘blackspot’

The police commander responding to the deadly Wieambilla shootings was unable to order an officer’s rescue from likely death due

Australian Associated Press August 2, 2024

Race to free woman trapped beneath collapsed townhouse in Sydney

Rescue teams are working around the clock to painstakingly comb through the ruins of a collapsed townhouse, desperate to find

Australian Associated Press June 3, 2024

27 people trapped in northern Gaza hospital as Israeli siege continues

27 people trapped in northern Gaza hospital as Israeli siege continues The director of al-Awda hospital says they have run

Middle East Eye May 25, 2024

American medics trapped in Gaza call on US government to help bring them home

Jerusalem CNN — Dr. Ahlia Kattan should already be back home in California with her three young children. Instead, she’s spending her days and nights at Gaza’s European Hospital on the outskirts of Rafah. Kattan, an anesthesiologist and specialist in critical care, is one of at least 22 American physicians trapped in Gaza after an Israeli military offensive in …

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Egypt Independent May 18, 2024

British-Palestinians struggle to help families trapped in limbo after fleeing Gaza

British-Palestinians struggle to help families trapped in limbo after fleeing Gaza Despite having evacuated families from Gaza, British-Palestinians are still

Middle East Eye May 11, 2024

Israeli operations at Al-Shifa hospital enter 2 week mark as those trapped inside run out of basic supplies

The Israeli military says it is continuing its operations in and around Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City for a fourteenth day, while forces continue to conduct operations in the Al Amal area of Khan Younis. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli Security Agency (ISA) were conducting “precise operational activity” in the area of Al-Shifa …

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Egypt Independent April 1, 2024