Anger mounts after 92 killed in Iraq COVID hospital fire

NASSIRIYA, Iraq, July 13 (Reuters) – The death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq rose to 92, health officials said on Tuesday, as authorities faced accusations of negligence from grieving relatives and a doctor who works there. More than 100 people – patients and visitors – were injured […]

Death toll rises from air strikes in Gaza and rocket fire on Israel

Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza on Wednesday and Palestinian militants fired multiple rocket barrages at Tel Aviv and the southern city of Beersheba in the region’s most intense hostilities in years. At least 49 people have been killed in Gaza since violence escalated on Monday, according to the enclave’s health ministry. […]