At least 20 people have drowned in Central African Republic after a ferry sank while carrying passengers on a river, witnesses said Saturday. The wooden ferry was carrying more than 300 people to a funeral over the Mpoko River in…
Navalny’s mother brings flowers to his grave a day after Moscow funeral
Lyudmila Navalnaya and Alla Abrosimova, the mother and mother-in-law of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, were among mourners who brought flowers to his grave in Moscow a day after thousands of people turned his funeral into one of the largest…
Irish singer Sinead O’Connor died from ‘natural causes’, coroner confirms
Acclaimed Irish singer Sinead O’Connor, who was found dead in her London home in July last year, died of natural causes, the coroner has said. The Nothing Compares 2 u singer was pronounced dead at the scene, and police said…
Woman who knocked on coffin at her funeral dies after week in hospital
An Ecuadorean woman has died days after mourners at her funeral were shocked to find her alive in her coffin. Bella Montoya, 76, was first declared dead by a doctor at a hospital in the city of Babahoyo last week.…
‘Dead’ woman found breathing in coffin
Mourners at the wake of an elderly Ecuadorean woman were startled to discover she was still alive. A hospital doctor in the city of Babahoyo declared Bella Montoya, 76, dead following a suspected stroke. She was placed in a coffin…
Prison hit for barring inmate from attending mother’s funeral
Correctional authorities’ decision not to allow an inmate to leave prison to attend his mother’s funeral in 2021 was due to COVID-19. According to him, the reason was due to reasons of COVID-19 quarantine was a violation of human rights,…
Greece’s last king Constantine II buried in private funeral
Greece’s final king, Constantine II, has been laid to rest in a private funeral after he died at the age of 82. European royals – including Princess Anne – gathered to pay their respects at the service in Athens on…
Thousands pour into St Peter’s Square for funeral of Benedict XVI
Mourners have poured into Saint Peter’s Square for the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to pay their final respects to the German theologian and attend a rare requiem mass for a dead pontiff presided over by a living one.…
World leaders and royalty gather for Queen’s funeral
World leaders have arrived at Westminster Abbey for the state funeral of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. King Charles III will lead a sombre procession behind his mother’s coffin on the short journey from Westminster Hall to the abbey…
Car bomb explodes at Washington funeral, suspect fires at city employees
Washington State police are searching for a suspect who allegedly placed an explosive in a funeral-goer’s car, causing the vehicle to blow up. Authorities in Auburn, Washington, said a passenger in a dark sedan placed the bomb while the victim…
