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85 people killed, 3 businessmen arrested: What we know about Yemen's deadly Ramzan stampede
•The tragedy unfolded at a school in the Old City of Sanaa, a UNESCO world heritage site, after a large crowd gathered to receive a businessman's 5,000 rial (about $8 or Rs 657) handout for the end of Ramzan, the Muslim holy month of fasting
Stampede in Yemen kills 85: A look back at the deadliest crowd crushes in past 10 years
•The stampede that killed at least 85 people during a charity distribution event in Sanaa, Yemen, is one of the deadliest crowd incidents in the last decade
Migrant shipwreck in Italy kills at least 59, including 12 children
•Italian coastguards said the overloaded vessel broke up in violent waves off Crotone, with one officer reporting that a suspected people smuggler had been arrested by the security forces
Mexican security forces captures son of drug lord 'El Chapo' before US President Joe Biden's visit
•Ovidio Guzmán, nicknamed 'the Mouse', had not been one of El Chapo's better-known sons until an aborted operation to capture him three years ago
Month of anger in Iran over Mahsa Amini's death in hijab arrest
•Young women and girls have defiantly removed their Islamic headscarves, or hijabs, in standoffs with the security forces that have left dozens dead, according to human rights groups
Iran protests: At least nine people killed in clashes between security forces and protesters over Mahsa Amini's death
•The scope of Iran's ongoing unrest, the worst in several years, still remains unclear as protesters in more than a dozen cities, venting anger over social repression and the country's mounting crises, continue to encounter security and paramilitary forces
How EU countries are lending a helping hand to France as it battles deadly wildfire
•Six European Union nations have sent firefighting teams and equipment to France as it battles a spate of wildfires, including a fierce blaze in the parched southwest that has forced thousands to evacuate
Pakistan reported 434 terror attacks on security forces in first half of 2022: Report
•According to details of the attacks on the security forces, at least 323 soldiers of security forces and other institutions were martyred in the wake of terror assaults
Authorities order inquiry into encounter in J&K's Kupwara
•The security forces had launched a search operation of a terrorist hideout in Chandigam, which later led to an exchange of fire, where four terrorists were killed in the encounter
Over 200 high-powered bulletproof vehicles stationed in J&K amid high threat for Amarnath Yatra
•Almost double the companies of all security forces have been deployed in Jammu and Kashmir compared to the previous year for the security of Amarnath Yatra.