Natural Disasters or Divine Punishment?
Hazrat Mirza Tahir AhmadThe Review of Religions, December 1993 [ Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V ] Cataclysms of nature that antedate human existence and sometimes still occur in uninhabited […]
Amazon fires deepen a split between Brazil’s evangelicals and fellow Christians
Source: Religion News Service BY Eduardo Campos Lima SAO PAULO (RNS) — The apparently intentional escalation of fires in the Amazon rainforest has contributed to a growing political split among […]
Pope calls for global commitment to put out Amazon fires
Source: Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday called for a global commitment to put out the fires in the Amazon, saying the area was essential for the […]
The Amazon in Brazil is on fire – how bad is it?
Source: BBC News By The Visual and Data Journalism Team Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil – the most intense blazes for almost a decade. The […]
Amazon fires: Merkel and Macron urge G7 to debate ’emergency’
Source: BBC News The French and German leaders say the record number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is an international crisis which must be discussed at this weekend’s G7 […]
When disaster hits, Indonesia’s Islamists are first to help
Source: Associated Press By STEPHEN WRIGHT PALU, Indonesia (AP) — The two flags hanging outside Anwar Ragaua’s house have gotten him police warnings but the wiry 50-year-old vows he’s not […]
Boeing: Airlines ground 737 Max 8 jets after latest crash
Source: BBC News Several airlines have grounded Boeing 737 Max 8 jets following a deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash. The flight crashed minutes after takeoff on Sunday, killing all 157 people […]
Lion Air crash: Boeing 737 plane crashes in sea off Jakarta
Source: BBC News A Lion Air Boeing 737 passenger plane with 189 people on board has crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. Flight […]
Greece wildfires: Dozens dead in Attica region
Source: BBC News At least 74 people have died in wildfires in the Attica region around Athens, in Greece’s worst fire disaster in more than a decade. Flames fanned by […]
Laos dam collapse: Many feared dead as floods hit villages
Source: BBC News At least 20 people have been killed and more than 100 are missing in flooding following the collapse of an under-construction dam in south-east Laos. Workers found […]
Pakistan fuel tanker inferno kills at least 150
Source: BBC News A lorry carrying fuel has burst into flames near the Pakistani city of Ahmedpur East, killing at least 150 people, local officials say. Villagers had gathered, reportedly to collect fuel leaking from the crashed tanker, when it caught fire. Dozens are being treated in hospital. It appears […]
Portugal forest fires kill 58 near Coimbra
Source: BBC News A catastrophic forest fire in Portugal has claimed at least 58 lives, officials say. Most died while trying to flee the Pedrógão Grande area, 50 km (30 […]
The London Tower Fire Is Being Called Theresa May’s Hurricane Katrina Moment
Source: Time BY Mark Leftly / London Jun 16, 2017 Hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters will descend upon Westminster Friday evening calling for justice for the victims of the […]
London fire: Death toll rises to 17 but ‘no more survivors’
Source: BBC News At least 17 people died in a massive fire that engulfed a west London block of flats, police said, as they warned that figure could rise further. […]
Italy Rigopiano avalanche: Dozens missing under snow and rubble
Source: BBC Rescuers have removed three bodies from a hotel engulfed by an avalanche in central Italy as a desperate search for up to 35 other people continues. Heavy snow […]
Israel fires: Dozen suspects arrested on suspicion of arson
Source: BBC Israeli police have arrested 12 people on suspicion of arson over a series of wildfires that have burned around the country for four days. Firefighters have brought a blaze under control around the northern city of Haifa, where about 80,000 people were ordered to evacuate. But officials say […]
Iran trains crash in Semnan province killing dozens
Source: BBC At least 35 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train collision in northern Iran. Four carriages derailed and two caught fire when a train that had broken down was hit by another train. The accident happened in freezing temperatures early on Friday, 250km (150 […]
In pictures: Israel wildfires force evacuations in Haifa
Source: BBC Tens of thousands of people flee their homes as wildfires reach the northern Israeli city of Haifa. AP Wildfires have raced into northern districts of the Israeli coastal […]
The place where 1000 ships were sunk
Source: BBC By Fiona Young-Brown 21 November 2016 Six miles off the coast of Deal in East Kent, England, seal pups frolic on the ever-changing, intricately-patterned sands that are exposed […]
Emirates plane catches fire in Dubai; hundreds escape, 1 firefighter killed
Source: CNN By Paul Armstrong, Schams Elwazer and Holly Yan, CNN Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (CNN)Hundreds of passengers miraculously escaped after an Emirates flight skidded on a runway and […]