CARACAS -- Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez said early Thursday that the death toll from the powerful earthquakes that struck the country had risen to 164, while 971 people were injured.
Rodriguez said the earthquakes had triggered 30 aftershocks. Rescue personnel from across the country were being deployed to concentrate efforts in the hardest-hit areas, particularly La Guaira state and Greater Caracas, where 10 buildings had collapsed. (Venezuela-Earthquake-Death)
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli political and military officials on Thursday denied a report according to which the Israeli army had withdrawn from part of the "security zone" it holds in southern Lebanon, Israel's Channel 12 News reported.
The denials came after a U.S. State Department official earlier in the day told Reuters that Israel had pulled back from part of its buffer zone in southern Lebanon. (Israel-Lebanon-Buffer zone)
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TOKYO -- More than 10 people were hospitalized following a multi-vehicle collision involving a school bus in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Thursday, local media reported.
According to Kyodo News, the accident occurred at an intersection in Kawachinagano at around 6:20 p.m. local time, involving the school bus, a bicycle, and several passenger vehicles. (Japan-Osaka-Accident)
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NEW DELHI -- The death toll in Wednesday's under-construction warehouse collapse in India's Kolkata city rose to 11, local police said on Thursday.
The incident had occurred in the Taratala area of Kolkata, the capital city of the country's eastern state of West Bengal. (India-Warehouse-Death toll) Enditem
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