LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of migrants including hundreds of unaccompanied children have been kicked out of Algeria and left in the desert without food, water or shoes, aid groups have said. Over 7,000 people including more than 700 children have been trucked over the border by the Algerian authorities since April in a dramatic escalation…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia on Thursday warned the United States not to take military action against Iran, amid speculation over whether Washington would enter the war alongside Israel. Israel launched an unprecedented wave of strikes at Iran last week, to which Tehran responded with missile and drone attacks. Moscow is one of Iran’s most important…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The British man who was the sole survivor of last week’s Air India plane crash has helped lay his brother to rest at a funeral in western India. Vishwashkumar Ramesh’s brother Ajay was also on the ill-fated flight but did not survive the tragedy. A visibly upset Ramesh was one of the…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A Father’s Day tragedy unfolded in Florida when a dad died while rushing into the ocean to save his two young daughters who were on the verge of drowning themselves, according to police and reports. Antwon Wilson, 33, was celebrating at the beach near the B Ocean Resort in Fort Lauderdale …
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims has crashed in India, killing seven people on board. The accident happened within minutes of the helicopter taking off, officials said, on what should have been a 10-minute flight. The helicopter was flying to Guptkashi, a prominent Hindu pilgrimage site in the Himalayas, from Kedarnath temple town…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman’s stroke of fate spared her from boarding the ill-fated Air India jet, delayed by just 10 minutes due to heavy traffic. A woman said that she was “thankful to God” after narrowly missing the doomed Air India flight by 10 minutes due to heavy traffic Bhoomi Chauhan was supposed to…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British dad drowned in a hotel pool while playing with his grandchildren – just hours before he was due to watch his son get married. John Fazackerley, 60, failed to resurface during game in the water with the youngsters and, although guests and paramedics dashed to perform CPR, the retired builder…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The British man who was the sole survivor of Thursday’s Air India plane crash said he managed to escape the wreckage through an opening in the fuselage. “I managed to unbuckle myself, used my leg to push through that opening, and crawled out,” Vishwashkumar Ramesh told Indian state media DD News….