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Kandahar, Oct 16 (EFE).- The death toll from Friday’s deadly suicide bombing attack by the Islamic State terror group on a minority Shia mosque in southern Kandahar province has risen to 60.Most of the families on Saturday were burying their loved ones, although some burials were yet to take place due to the high death toll, officials told Efe.SHOT LIST: FUNERAL OF SOME OF THE VICTIMS OF THE SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACK HELD IN KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN.
Port-au-Prince, Aug 15 (EFE).- Haitian authorities on Sunday raised to 1,297 the death toll in the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the country on the weekend.Civil Protection reported that 1,054 people are known to have died in the Sud Department, another 122 in Nippes and 119 in Grand'Anse, all of these provinces on the country's slender southwestern peninsula, while another two people lost their lives in northwest Haiti.Meanwhile, the Venezuelan government on Sunday sent the beleaguered nation 30 tons of supplies, including food, medicine and potable water, to help the general populace after the powerful Saturday quake that injured at least 2,800 people. (Camera: MARÍA MONTECELOS).SHOT LIST: HUMANITARIAN AID ARRIVE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.
The death toll from a powerful earthquake which struck eastern Turkey rose to 31, officials said Sunday, as rescue efforts continued. The magnitude 6.8 quake hit on Friday evening, with its epicentre in the small lakeside town of Sivrice in Elazig province but also affected neighbouring cities and countries. IMAGES
Survivors of the 6.2 magnitude quake in central Italy that's claimed at least 70 lives recount stories of trapped residents crying for help from under the rubble and people sifting through mortar to get to them until rescue teams could arrive. Mana Rabiee reports.
Officials in Ecuador say the death toll after the weekend's devastating earthquake has risen beyond 440, with expectations that it will increase further. Nathan Frandino reports.
Search and rescue continues after Ecuador earthquake kills more than 270 people. Julie Noce reports.
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