At least 44 people were crushed to death at an overcrowded religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what they called a stampede.
Here is a list of some of the worst stampedes over the last three decades:
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Cambodian police have arrested the Turkish-Mexican former director of a school run by the movement of U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara blames for a failed 2016 coup, his wife said on Friday.
Osman Karaca, former director of (...)
سلطت هيئة الإذاعة البريطانية "بي بي سي" الضوء على معايشة أجراها أحد الصحفيين بالمؤسسة خلال زيارته لمصر، والتي رصد خلالها أفضل الوجبات في مصر وقارنها بالوجبات العالمية.
وبحسب دين مولن، الصحفي البريطاني المستقل، المقيم بين القاهرة ولندن، والذي عمل قبل (...)
The Cannes Film Festival revealed that Cambodian director Rithy Panh, director of The Rice People in 1994, will preside over this year's Caméra d'Or jury.
Accompanied by a jury of industry professionals, he will award the prize among one of the 22 (...)
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) must be green and sustainable, President Xi Jinping said in opening a summit on his grand strategy, adding that the massive infrastructure and trade plan would deliver "high-quality" growth for all.
Xi's plan (...)
The conviction of former Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide is a symbolic human rights victory. However, the legal process has been criticized as being marred by corruption and delays. Ate Hoekstra reports from Phnom Penh.On Friday in Cambodia's (...)
Cambodia has granted a pardon to an Australian filmmaker jailed in August on espionage charges for six years, a court in the capital, Phnom Penh, said on Friday.
In a warrant, the municipal court ordered the release of James Ricketson because he had (...)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, September 6, 2018 (News Wires) — Cambodia's one-party legislature has confirmed Prime Minister Hun Sen for another five-year term, cementing his status as one of the world's longest-serving leaders.
The National Assembly (...)
An Australian filmmaker went on trial in Cambodia on Thursday on charges of endangering national security after he was arrested last year for flying a drone to capture images of an opposition political rally.
James Ricketson was taken in an orange (...)
Former Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda has signed a two-year contract to coach Cambodia's national football team without pay, Honda and the country's soccer chief said on Sunday.
"Honda has volunteered to help coach Cambodian national football team," (...)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, August 6, 2018 (News Wires) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has challenged his top political rival: take an oath to have lightning strike you dead if you say again that last month's general election was unfair.
Hun Sen, (...)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, July 29, 2018 (Reuters) - Voter turnout for Cambodia's general election on Sunday was 80.49 per cent, the National Election Commission (NEC) said.
In the previous general election in 2013 turnout was 69.61 per cent, or 6.73 (...)
PHNOM PENH, July 25, 2018 (Reuters) - Cambodia's armed forces put on a show of power on Wednesday, displaying anti-riot gear and assault rifles at a sports stadium in the capital Phnom Penh ahead of a general election this weekend which some have (...)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, June 19, 2018 (News Wires) - A Cambodian defense official says China has agreed to provide more than $100 million in military aid to the Southeast Asian nation, a close political ally.
Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Chhum (...)
PHNOM PENH, June 18, 2018 (News Wires) - A Cambodian prince hurt in a car crash that killed his wife was flown to Bangkok for treatment Monday and is expected to recover, a member of his political party said.
Prince Norodom Ranariddh, a former prime (...)
MANILA, Philippines, May 1, 2018 (AP) — Workers and activists marked May Day on Tuesday with rallies to demand their government address labour issues.
International Workers' Day is a public holiday in many countries, though activities are restricted (...)
PHNOM PENH, April 30, 2018 (Reuters) - Cambodia began registering political parties on Monday for a July general election which long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen is poised to win after the Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition party.
The (...)
PHNOM PENH, April 23, 2018 (Reuters) - Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday urged senators to protect justice and human rights as the upper house of the country's parliament met for the first time since the ruling party swept a controversial (...)
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen challenged the United States on Sunday to cut all aid after it announced it was ending funding for a general election next year in response to the dissolution of the main opposition party, media reported.
Hun Sen, (...)
The American ambassador to Cambodia on Tuesday rejected allegations by strongman premier Hun Sen that the US was involved in plotting to overthrow the government, calling the claims a "red herring".
The accusations followed the arrest of leading (...)
Some 700 people have joined the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Cambodia. Among them are four presidents from the region and a host of business leaders. DW's Manuela Kasper-Claridge reports.Nobody knows, how many ministers from the Philippines have (...)
Hun Sen, Cambodia's prime minister and Asia's longest ruling leader is hosting the World Economic Forum on Asia and more than 700 delegates just weeks before an election. Manuela Kasper-Claridge reports from Phnom Penh."Cambodia is more capitalistic (...)
Workers and activists marked May Day on Monday with defiant rallies and marches for better pay and working conditions. Some countries celebrate International Workers' Day with a public holiday, though others restrict activities, which can lead to (...)
Angelina Jolie has spoken about how Cambodia was her awakening, as she premiered her new film in the country.
The actress was speaking exclusively to the BBC before the screening of First They Killed My Father, a true-life account of the Khmer Rouge (...)
A criminal court has fined the country's exiled opposition leader for claiming the prime minister's Facebook page had been inflated by fake "likes." The opposition complains of state intimidation ahead of elections.Prime Minister Hun Sen's official (...)