Accidents

Publisher of Call Of Duty video game apologises over use of Itaewon crowd crush footage

Visitors walk past a Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 placard during the preview night of Paris Games Week 2026 in Paris on Oct 21.

Spanish train was travelling at 160kmh when it smashed into second one, report finds

The Civil Guard said it has received reports of 64 people missing in what is already Spain’s deadliest train accident since 2013.

Fire breaks out at Nepal hotel along route to Everest base camp

Onlookers watch as a fire guts Hotel Good Luck, which lies along a route leading to the Mount Everest base camp.

3 dead as ‘fairy chimney’ rock spires collapse at tourist site in Turkey’s Cappadocia

Turkey’s Cappadocia region is home to exquisite rock formations known as “fairy chimneys”.

Long jumper Julieta Gallego among victims of deadly Spain train collision

Long jumper Julieta Gallego is among the victims of a train collision in Spain’s Toledo province that killed at least 69 people.

Spain’s deadly train crash adds new complication to Sanchez’s re-election campaign

Sanchez said the “terrible tragedy” would be investigated and pledged to address any failures that came to light.

Malaysian singer Siti Nurhaliza nursing facial bruises weeks after concert rehearsal fall

The accident happened during rehearsals for Siti Nurhaliza’s Oct 17 concert in Kuala Lumpur while she was performing a stunt that involved a piece of fabric.

Spanish rescuers search trains in hope of finding survivors of deadly crash

Rescue teams are working carefully as they are not certain if there are more survivors in the wreckage.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 29, 2026

Flavio Bolsonaro arriving in the US on Oct 28, with his family, after fleeing Brazil.

Spain rail crash came after train ordered to go in error: Minister

Spain’s Transport Minister Oscar Puente said a technical failure had halted all services, but that a train was later ordered to go, in “error”.

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