General NewsViolence surges in Ecuador as floods and airstrikes hit worldwide
Violence surges in Ecuador as floods and airstrikes hit worldwide
It happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies reported overnight from Thursday to Friday.
- In Israeli attacks on Lebanon on Thursday, 37 people died, and 151 were injured, according to the Ministry of Health in Beirut. Israel carried out further airstrikes on Beirut. According to media reports, one of the targets was Hashem Safieddine, considered the successor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed last Friday.
- The ongoing heavy rains in Croatia caused the Sava River, which flows through Zagreb, to overflow its banks on Thursday. According to Croatian authorities, the country implemented flood control measures in anticipation of worsening conditions on Friday. "On Thursday, a decision was made to implement emergency flood control measures in threatened areas where riverbanks have burst, and further increases are expected," the Croatian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
- President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa declared a 60-day state of emergency in the capital, Quito, and in six out of twenty-four provinces due to escalating violence from armed drug gangs. The head of state emphasized that the wave of violence "has reached the proportions of an internal armed conflict." "We are in a war of life and death, in which we cannot yield to terrorists," Noboa said, referring to the riots organized by criminals who ended up in Ecuadorian prisons and are responsible for hundreds of murders in the country, the Ecuadorian leader stated.
- In the province of Balochistan, in southwest Pakistan, a bus carrying wedding guests fell into a gorge on Thursday. Seven people died in the accident, authorities and rescue services reported. According to Wasim Baig, a spokesperson for the health department, the bodies of the victims and 17 people injured in the accident were taken to a local hospital. Some of the injured are in critical condition.
