Death
Pioneering Israeli rock singer-songwriter Astar Shamir dies at 71
ACUM, the Israeli composers, authors, and music publishers’ rights organization, mourned Shamir as “a creator, author, singer, ACUM board member, and extraordinary woman.”
Military helicopter crash in Pakistani Kashmir killed all 22 personnel on board, military confirms
US official found dead in Myanmar, State Department confirms
Explosion in China's Guangxi region kills seven, injures 17
At least 12 killed, nine wounded, in Johannesburg shooting, South African police say
The South African Police Service stated that, at approximately 11:10 p.m., officers had responded to a report of a shooting in progress at the Jumpers informal settlement.
Israeli singer Yishai Levi passes away at 63 after being hospitalized in serious condition
Levi’s most recognizable songs include “Rikud Romanti” (2008), “Ha’achat Sheli” (2011), and “Od Hayom” (2014). His first and most famous album is called Hafla Im Ben-Mosh (1990).
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.
Five dead, two injured after blast at Hanwha Aerospace plant in South Korea
"Authorities have yet to identify the victims because their bodies were severely damaged," a health official told the same briefing.
Eleven confirmed dead in Washington state chemical accident, all bodies recovered
The ruptured tank contained about 900,000 gallons (3.4 million liters) of white liquor, and tests confirmed that contamination entered the nearby Columbia River, officials have said.
A gift of light and love: A grandmother's tribute to a beloved grandson
While we did not get the big miracle that we all had hoped and prayed for, we were blessed to have many minutes, hours, days, and even weeks of joy and smaller miracles.
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.
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.
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.
'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.
