The World Health Organization (WHO) said a cholera epidemic has killed some 1,310 people in war-torn Yemen since late April, warning that as many as 300,000 could get infected by the end of August. More than 200,000 suspected cases of cholera have been recorded in the country, WHO’s Yemen office ...
An overturned oil tanker has burst into flames in Pakistan after a person tried to light a cigarette nearby, killing at least 157 people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel, officials say. About 80 people were injured, with many suffering serious burns. ...