59 killed and more than 100 injured in North Macedonia nightclub fire
Interior minister says blaze at pop concert in eastern town of Kočani probably caused by pyrotechnics
Sun 16 Mar 2025 12.53 GMT
Fifty-nine people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a fire that broke out in a nightclub in North Macedonia early on Sunday.
The blaze in the small eastern town of Kočani is thought to have erupted when special-effect pyrotechnics caused the roof of the Pulse nightclub to go up in flames.
North Macedonia’s interior minister, Panche Toshkovski, informed reporters of the number of deaths after visiting the scene.
Code Name CaesarThe Man Who Photographed Assad's Torture Victims
For more than two years, a junior officer in the Syrian military, his sister and a friend risked their lives to collect evidence of the atrocities being committed by the regime. Their work changed the world's view of Bashar al-Assad. And it also radically altered their own lives.
Heroes aren’t born. They’re made. Like Caesar, a Syrian man whose real name is Farid Almazhan.
Up until spring 2011, Almazhan was an ordinary junior officer in the army of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, loyally carrying out orders at military police headquarters in northern Damascus. He was responsible for photographing the bodies of soldiers after they died – in accidents, for example. "That was my job,” he says.
But then, he became the man who smuggled 26,342 high-definition photos of 6,679 dead bodies out of the country. A collection of images that make up the most damning evidence yet of the regime’s suspected crimes against humanity. Should Assad one day be dragged into court, it will be in large part due to these pictures.
Thousands show support for coup-accused Bolsonaro at Rio rally
Several thousand supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro packed Copacabana beach in Rio on Sunday to show their backing for the right-wing firebrand, who is accused of attempting to overthrow his left-wing successor.
Bolsonaro, 69, has called for a million-strong demonstration on the famous beach in a show of strength ahead of elections next year in which he hopes to be a contender.
Brazil's 2019-2022 president is hoping to emulate US President Donald Trump's political comeback.
"I am here because I want to leave a better Brazil for my children. We are living in a dark time," 64-year-old former military officer Jose de Souza Vitorino, who was among the demonstrators, told AFP.
Thousands gather to commemorate Mexico's missing people
Nationwide vigils have been taking place in Mexico with shoes and candles placed in remembrance of the victims of the recently discovered mass grave in Jalisco. More than 124,000 people are officially listed as missing.
Thousands of people across Mexico gathered on the streets on Saturday to demand justice after families discovered a mass grave with charred bones, shoes and clothing at a suspected cartel training ground.
In several cities, demonstrators laid out hundreds of pairs of shoes and candles on the ground, in remembrance of the victims. They carried posters that read: "Mexico is a mass grave" and "We demand answers."
Vigils took place in the western state of Jalisco, where the mass grave was found, and in other cities including Mexico City, Tijuana, Veracruz, San Luis Potosi, Guadalajara, Puebla, Veracruz, Cancun and Colima.
Dozens reported killed after Trump orders ‘decisive’ strikes against Yemen’s Houthis
Dozens of people have been reported killed after US President Donald Trump ordered “decisive” military action against Houthi rebels in Yemen, opening a new salvo against the Iran-backed group that has targeted shipping lanes in the Red Sea.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the US would deploy “overwhelming lethal force” against the Houthis “until we have achieved our objective,” signaling the start of a major operation that could last weeks and prompting the Houthis to warn of escalation.
The US strikes killed at least 31 people and injured 101 others in Yemen, mostly women and children, the Houthi-run health ministry said.
Victims of 1995 Aum sarin attack struggling with PTSD, survey shows
Around a quarter of victims who responded to a survey about posttraumatic stress linked to their experience of the Aum Shinrikyo nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway 30 years ago are likely still suffering the disorder, a nonprofit support group said.
The findings by the Recovery Support Center are based on an annual survey and free medical checks conducted on hundreds of victims since 2000 following the sarin attack on March 20, 1995, that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000. It is still considered Japan's worst terrorist attack.
In the survey, respondents were asked to answer 22 questions such as whether the scene of the attack suddenly comes to mind, and if they try not to think about the incident on a five-point scale. The respondents' total score determines whether they are considered to be suffering PTSD.
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