Up to 500,000 civilians in Mosul face a “catastrophic” drinking water shortage as Iraqi forces advance on the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group in the city, the United Nations warned on Wednesday. “Nearly half a million civilians, already struggling to feed themselves day to ...
An earthquake has left at least four people dead and four others missing at a copper mine in Poland, owners KGHM said Wednesday. Four bodies were recovered at a depth of about 1,100 meters (3,600 feet) in the Rudna mine in the southwestern town of Polkowice, the head of the ...