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At least six killed, others trapped under rubble, after residential building collapses in Lebanon

Abdel Hamid Karimeh, the head of the municipal council, speaking at a press conference in Tripoli, did not say how many people might still be trapped under debris.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ, REUTERS
People evacuating a collapsed apartment building in Tripoli, Lebanon on February 8, 2026.
A miner works in a coltan mine in Birambo, Masisi territory, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 1, 2018

More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says

"More than 200 people were victims of this landslide, including miners, children, and market women. Some people were rescued just in time and have serious injuries," the governor's spokesperson said.

|ByREUTERS
Residents stand in an alley after vacating their house next to a fallen scaffolding following an earthquake in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 21, 2025.

Earthquake jolts Bangladesh, killing five and injuring around 100

"I have never felt such a tremor in my life. We were at the office when the furniture started shaking. We rushed down the stairs on the street and saw other people on the road already," said Sakib.

|ByREUTERS
Seiyun Palace.

Yemen's Seiyun Palace, one of the world's largest mudbrick structures, restored

In 2022, a large section of the outer wall collapsed, raising widespread concern over its future.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Mideast tourism hit by collapse of British holiday firm, UAE unaffected

Worldwide about 600,000 tourists have been stranded by the collapse.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019ByARAB NEWS/TNS, KHALEEJ TIMES/TNS