#BREAKING At least 20 critically injured in accident at Israel pilgrimage site: rescue services
#UPDATE Dozens of people have been injured, 20 of them critically, after a grandstand collapsed at a Jewish pilgrimage site in Meron, Israeli rescue services say.
Tens of thousands of Jews were participating in an annual pilgrimage for the feast of Lag BaOmer
#BREAKING 'Dozens of dead' in Israel pilgrimage accident: rescue services
#UPDATE A stampede at a densely packed Jewish pilgrimage site has left dozens of people dead in Israel.
Rescue workers had initially said that chaos erupted when a grandstand collapsed but later revised that to say a stampede caused the casualties
VIDEO: Pilgrimage stampede among 'Israel's worst disasters', says medic.
An emergency medical worker from Israeli voluntary organisation United Hatzalah reacts after a massive stampede at a Jewish pilgrimage killed dozens of people in the north of the country
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#BREAKING Netanyahu calls stampede one of Israel's 'worst' disasters
#UPDATE Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a stampede that killed at least 44 people at a Jewish pilgrimage site on Friday was one of the "worst" disasters in Israel's history
📸 View of the northern Israeli town of Meron (foreground) after an overnight stampede
#UPDATE "The Mount Meron disaster is one of the worst to befall the State of Israel," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on Twitter, as he declared Sunday a national day of mourning u.afp.com/UWSX
India's coronavirus disaster deepens with the daily death toll climbing above 3,600 as dozens of countries sent urgent medical aid to help tackle the spiralling crisis
A desperate and determined diaspora scrambles to help India breathe.
Fielding frantic appeals for help, temples, mosques, gurdwaras and churches, regional and business associations, family groups and informal networks are all springing into action
#BREAKING Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan armies exchange fire on disputed border, at least one dead
#BREAKING Kyrgyzstan says seized Tajik border post during heavy fighting
#UPDATE#Kyrgyzstan's national security committee said Thursday it had "seized" a border post belonging to Central Asian neighbour #Tajikistan during the worst fighting at their disputed border in years u.afp.com/UW4U
#BREAKING Cyprus settlement talks found little common ground: UN chief
#UPDATE UN chief Antonio Guterres says three days of informal talks in Geneva with rival Cypriot leaders failed to find common ground that could help resolve the decades-old dispute
#BREAKING Turkish Cypriot leader says 'no sense' in talks without equal status recognition
Women make history as Pelosi, Harris flank Biden for speech.
It marks a milestone in the nation's nearly 245-year history, and female lawmakers noted the symbolism regarding the strides that women have taken to reach positions of American power