Death

Car bombing in broad daylight: Woman killed in suspected assassination on Ayalon Highway

The woman's identity was later revealed to be Liya Malka Cohen. Police have arrested her husband, whom Cohen was in the process of divorcing, under suspicion of his involvement.

Paramedics respond to scene where vehicle was blown up on Highway 20, June 4, 2026.
A police officer controls the area in front of the main gate of Hanwha Aerospace’s factory that caught fire after an explosion, in Daejeon, South Korea, June 1, 2026.

Five dead, two injured after blast at Hanwha Aerospace plant in South Korea

A drone view of a chemical tank after its rupture at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging pulp and paper mill in Longview, Washington, US, May 26, 2026.

Eleven confirmed dead in Washington state chemical accident, all bodies recovered

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At least 15 students killed in overnight dormitory blaze in Kenyan girls' school

An unknown number of students were also injured at Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School in Gilgil in Nakuru County.

Traders scavenge clothes from debris burnt down by the fire at Toi market, a second hand clothing market, in Nairobi March 16, 2026. According to a police report, the fire was caused by an electricity fault that razed about 250 stalls of second hand clothes.

Search shifts to rescue as 11 feared dead in Washington state chemical tank explosion

Authorities said they don't yet know what caused a 900,000-gallon vat at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility to implode.

A drone view of a chemical tank after its rupture at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging pulp and paper mill in Longview, Washington, US, May 26, 2026.

Twenty-eight killed by landslide at illegal Angolan gold mine

According to Angolan authorities, those killed were aged between 16 and 35 years old, with a total of four people rescued.

Angolan flag.

'His life's mission': Former Tel Aviv city engineer, architect Israel Goodovitch, dies at 92

Goodovitch was born in Haifa in 1934. He studied at Tichon Hadash, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s Faculty of Architecture, and earned a master’s degree from the University of Tokyo.

Israel Goodovitch walks during the Big Brother "VIP" reality show final at Neve Ilan studio, June 16, 2015.

At least 90 killed in China's worst coal mine disaster in over 16 years

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for authorities to "spare no effort" in treating the injured and conducting search-and-rescue operations.

Rescuers work at the site following a gas explosion at Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, Shanxi province, China May 23, 2026.

Talia Chaya Timsit, 11, dies of injuries after Tel Aviv bus accident

"I have 41 years of experience and still don’t understand how this accident happened," said Yaron Sheff, a United Hatzalah paramedic who responded to the scene.

Security and rescue forces at the scene of a bus accident in central Tel Aviv, May 18, 2026.

US and Nigeria eliminate ISIS leader Abu-Bilal al-Minuki in joint operation, Trump says

US and Nigerian forces killed ISIS global deputy Abu-Bilal al-Minuki in a joint operation, Trump confirmed on early Saturday.

US President Donald Trump listens to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 8, 2026.

Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg, who moved back to Germany in his 80's, dies aged 101

Weinberg, who was born in Rhauderfehn in 1925, passed away in the town of Leer, not far from his birthplace in northwest Germany.

Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg, 99, poses in inside his old classroom at the memorial at the former Jewish School before a discussion with foreign journalists a week before the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on January 20, 2025 in Leer, Germany.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke dies at age 29

Clarke's death was announced Tuesday by the Grizzlies and his representation, Priority Sports.

Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Memphis Grizzlies power forward Brandon Clarke (15) warms up before the game against the Washington Wizards at FedExForum, Dec 20, 2025.

New York judge releases purported Epstein suicide note

The note, scrawled on a yellow legal pad, was submitted by lawyers for Tartaglione, who was Epstein's cellmate for roughly two weeks in July 2019 while both were held at a Manhattan jail.

 U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.