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Spain Investigates Deadly Toledo Train Crash Amid Election ConcernsAccidents

Spain Investigates Deadly Toledo Train Crash Amid Election Concerns

By Fatma Younis Spanish authorities are continuing their investigation into Wednesday's high-speed train colli...

FlyDubai Pilot Honored for Thwarting Tel Aviv Flight HijackingAccidents

FlyDubai Pilot Honored for Thwarting Tel Aviv Flight Hijacking

By Islam El-Sakka A FlyDubai pilot has been honored for his bravery after preventing a hijacking attempt on a ...

Erin Patterson Loses Appeal, Faces Life in Prison for Mushroom KillingsAccidents

Erin Patterson Loses Appeal, Faces Life in Prison for Mushroom Killings

By Basant El-Faramawy Australian woman Erin Patterson, known as the "mushroom killer," has lost her appeal aga...

600 Bitcoin Mining Computers Stolen in Iceland, 11 ArrestedAccidents

600 Bitcoin Mining Computers Stolen in Iceland, 11 Arrested

By Fatma Younis Some 600 computers used for mining bitcoin have been stolen in Iceland in what local media hav...

Erin Patterson Loses Appeal Against Triple-Murder Conviction in AustraliaAccidents

Erin Patterson Loses Appeal Against Triple-Murder Conviction in Australia

By Basant El-Faramawy Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has lost her appeal to overturn her triple-m...

Glacial Lake Outburst in Bhutan Triggers Mass Evacuations in IndiaAccidents

Glacial Lake Outburst in Bhutan Triggers Mass Evacuations in India

By Salma El-Sakka Thousands of people have been evacuated and cross-border alerts issued after a glacial lake ...

Tool thefts hit UK tradespeople every 20 minutes, figures showAccidents

Tool thefts hit UK tradespeople every 20 minutes, figures show

By Fatma Younis Traders' tools worth thousands of pounds were stolen somewhere in the UK every 20 minutes last...

Former police officer faces murder trial after suicide rulingAccidents

Former police officer faces murder trial after suicide ruling

By Karim Hammam Police initially ruled Sandra Birchmore's death a suicide, but the FBI later accused a police ...

Australian Court Orders Life Without Parole for Mushroom Poisoning KillerAccidents

Australian Court Orders Life Without Parole for Mushroom Poisoning Killer

By Karim Hammam An Australian appeals court has ordered Erin Patterson to spend the rest of her life in prison...

UK Student Pilot Among Three Killed in Oregon Helicopter CollisionAccidents

UK Student Pilot Among Three Killed in Oregon Helicopter Collision

By Islam El-Sakka A student pilot from the United Kingdom was among three people killed when two helicopters c...

Scottish Police Target Online Gangs Forcing Children to Self-HarmAccidents

Scottish Police Target Online Gangs Forcing Children to Self-Harm

By Islam El-Sakka Scottish police have joined international law enforcement in targeting online gangs that gro...

Spain Train Crash Kills 69, Ignites Rail Safety DebateAccidents

Spain Train Crash Kills 69, Ignites Rail Safety Debate

By Ahmed Abdelsalam A deadly train collision in Toledo province on Wednesday killed 69 people, marking Spain's...

Former Massachusetts detective on trial for murder of pregnant womanAccidents

Former Massachusetts detective on trial for murder of pregnant woman

By Salma El-Sakka Former Massachusetts police detective Matthew Farwell is on trial in federal court, charged ...

Helicopter Collision in Oregon Kills Three, Closes HighwayAccidents

Helicopter Collision in Oregon Kills Three, Closes Highway

By Islam El-Sakka Two helicopters collided and crashed into a farm field Thursday near McMinnville Airport, so...

New York State Police to Investigate All Cornell Sexual Assault ComplaintsAccidents

New York State Police to Investigate All Cornell Sexual Assault Complaints

By Fatma Younis New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Thursday that state police will investigate all futur...

Former Bachelor Star Sam Wood Seeks Bail on Strangulation ChargesAccidents

Former Bachelor Star Sam Wood Seeks Bail on Strangulation Charges

By Sohaib Shams Former reality TV star and wellness influencer Sam Wood has launched a second bid for bail in ...

Three Dead in Midair Helicopter Collision Near Oregon AirportAccidents

Three Dead in Midair Helicopter Collision Near Oregon Airport

By Karim Hammam Three people died after two helicopters collided in midair near McMinnville Municipal Airport ...

Ashley Paul Griffith charged with 202 more child abuse offencesAccidents

Ashley Paul Griffith charged with 202 more child abuse offences

By Sohaib Shams Former Sydney childcare worker Ashley Paul Griffith has been charged with 202 additional child...

Australian Mushroom Murderer Loses Appeal, Faces Life Without ParoleAccidents

Australian Mushroom Murderer Loses Appeal, Faces Life Without Parole

By Sohaib Shams Australian woman Erin Patterson has lost her appeal against convictions for murdering three re...

Woman pleads guilty to murdering best friend's infant son in PittsburghAccidents

Woman pleads guilty to murdering best friend's infant son in Pittsburgh

By Salma El-Sakka Nicole Virzi, 32, pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Pittsburgh court to third-degree murder and ...

Polymarket Halts Trading After Security IncidentAccidents

Polymarket Halts Trading After Security Incident

By Fatma Younis Polymarket temporarily suspended trading on its international platform on Thursday following a...

Two Colorado College Students Die on Hiking Trip in RockiesAccidents

Two Colorado College Students Die on Hiking Trip in Rockies

By Salma El-Sakka Two Colorado Mountain College students, Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were foun...

Spain train crash kills 69, including athlete and former ministerAccidents

Spain train crash kills 69, including athlete and former minister

By Salma El-Sakka A high-speed train collision near Urda in central Spain on Wednesday morning killed 69 peopl...

Gang Jailed for £1M Smash-and-Grab Robberies in London's West EndAccidents

Gang Jailed for £1M Smash-and-Grab Robberies in London's West End

By Salma El-Sakka Three men have been jailed for a series of smash-and-grab robberies targeting luxury fashion...

Spain Train Crash: Leaked Audio Sheds Light on CollisionAccidents

Spain Train Crash: Leaked Audio Sheds Light on Collision

By Sohaib Shams Leaked audio recordings published by Spanish media have revealed communications between a cont...

EU Peacekeeping Helicopter Crashes in Bosnia, Four KilledAccidents

EU Peacekeeping Helicopter Crashes in Bosnia, Four Killed

By Fatma Younis An Italian military helicopter participating in a European Union peacekeeping mission crashed ...

Driver Banned After Object Hits Police Car Windscreen in EssexAccidents

Driver Banned After Object Hits Police Car Windscreen in Essex

By Salma El-Sakka A driver in Essex has been handed a six-month driving ban and a fine after an object flew fr...

Paris suburb shooting suspect targeted Muslims and Africans, prosecutor saysAccidents

Paris suburb shooting suspect targeted Muslims and Africans, prosecutor says

By Salma El-Sakka A man suspected of a deadly shooting near Paris last week has admitted targeting people of "...

Georgia Woman Charged with Child Abandonment After Leaving Baby at Auto ShopAccidents

Georgia Woman Charged with Child Abandonment After Leaving Baby at Auto Shop

By Karim Hammam A Georgia woman has been charged with child abandonment after allegedly walking into an auto r...

French prosecutors: Man targeted Muslims, Africans and North AfricansAccidents

French prosecutors: Man targeted Muslims, Africans and North Africans

By Basant El-Faramawy French prosecutors say a man targeted Muslims, Africans and North Africans, according to...

Driver banned after object from car roof smashes police windscreenAccidents

Driver banned after object from car roof smashes police windscreen

By Islam El-Sakka A driver has been banned from the roads for six months after an unsecured object flew off th...

Man pleads guilty to murder of woman in Henley-on-ThamesAccidents

Man pleads guilty to murder of woman in Henley-on-Thames

By Fatma Younis A 45-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a woman in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire...

Polymarket Halts Trading After Third-Party Hack Drains User WalletsAccidents

Polymarket Halts Trading After Third-Party Hack Drains User Wallets

By Islam El-Sakka Polymarket halted trading on its international platform Thursday for nearly an hour after a ...

Met Police refers itself to watchdog over Thomas Markle allegationsAccidents

Met Police refers itself to watchdog over Thomas Markle allegations

By Fatma Younis The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC...

Four dead as Italian helicopter crashes on EU mission in BosniaAccidents

Four dead as Italian helicopter crashes on EU mission in Bosnia

By Islam El-Sakka Four people were killed and 11 injured when an Italian military helicopter crashed on Thursd...

Four Dead in Italian Helicopter Crash During EU Mission in BosniaAccidents

Four Dead in Italian Helicopter Crash During EU Mission in Bosnia

By Ahmed Abdelsalam Four people were killed and 11 injured when an Italian military helicopter crashed during ...

Hong Kong Leader Apologizes for Deadly Residential Fire That Killed 168Accidents

Hong Kong Leader Apologizes for Deadly Residential Fire That Killed 168

By Islam El-Sakka Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee apologized Thursday for government failures that contribu...

Trial Set for Man Accused in Trump Dinner AttackAccidents

Trial Set for Man Accused in Trump Dinner Attack

By Karim Hammam A federal judge has set a trial date for Cole Tomas Allen, the man accused of attempting to as...

Prison Recalls Surge 27% in England and Wales, Exceeding ReleasesAccidents

Prison Recalls Surge 27% in England and Wales, Exceeding Releases

By Basant El-Faramawy More prisoners were recalled to jail than released in England and Wales in the first hal...

Prosecutors Seek to Keep Charges Against Lindsay Clancy After MistrialAccidents

Prosecutors Seek to Keep Charges Against Lindsay Clancy After Mistrial

By Ahmed Abdelsalam Prosecutors have asked a judge to reject a motion to dismiss charges against Lindsay Clanc...

Georgia woman charged with child abandonment after leaving baby at auto shopAccidents

Georgia woman charged with child abandonment after leaving baby at auto shop

By Karim Hammam A Georgia woman has been charged with child abandonment and reckless conduct after leaving her...

Man Pleads Guilty to Murder of Ex-Microsoft Employee in Henley-on-ThamesAccidents

Man Pleads Guilty to Murder of Ex-Microsoft Employee in Henley-on-Thames

By Sohaib Shams A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a former Microsoft employee in Henley-on-Thames, in ...

Man in 'Dumb and Dumber' Costume Shot at Wrong Houston ApartmentAccidents

Man in 'Dumb and Dumber' Costume Shot at Wrong Houston Apartment

By Karim Hammam A man dressed as Jim Carrey’s character from “Dumb and Dumber” was critically wounded early Th...

Spain Train Crash Kills 69 Near Toledo After Signalling FailureAccidents

Spain Train Crash Kills 69 Near Toledo After Signalling Failure

By Ahmed Abdelsalam At least 69 people died when a high-speed train from Madrid to Seville struck another trai...

Florida dad drowns saving seagull from fishing lineAccidents

Florida dad drowns saving seagull from fishing line

By Islam El-Sakka Florida father of two William “Stone” Romberg died on Sunday after drowning while attempting...

Colorado firebomber pleads guilty to federal hate crimesAccidents

Colorado firebomber pleads guilty to federal hate crimes

By Sohaib Shams A man who firebombed a group of protesters in Boulder, Colorado, has pleaded guilty to federal...

Egyptian man to change plea in Colorado hate crime firebombingAccidents

Egyptian man to change plea in Colorado hate crime firebombing

By Ahmed Abdelsalam An Egyptian man is scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday to change his not-guilty ...

Host Kicks Drone Into Model's Face on Live Mexican TVAccidents

Host Kicks Drone Into Model's Face on Live Mexican TV

By Islam El-Sakka Mexican television host Ernesto Chavana accidentally kicked a production drone into the face...

Egyptian Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crimes in Boulder FirebombingAccidents

Egyptian Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crimes in Boulder Firebombing

By Ahmed Abdelsalam Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in D...

CCTV Shows Frying Pan Used to Stop Huntingdon Train AttackerAccidents

CCTV Shows Frying Pan Used to Stop Huntingdon Train Attacker

By Karim Hammam CCTV footage shown at Cambridge Crown Court depicts a train crew member using a frying pan to ...