The United Nations reports that a record 383 aid workers were killed in the 2024 calendar year, up by 31% from 2023, including 181 who were killed in Gaza and 60 in Sudan. There have already been 265 aid workers killed so far this year. (DW)
At least 71 people are killed, including 17 children, when a speeding passenger bus carrying deported migrants veers off a road and collides with a truck and motorcycle before catching fire in Guzara District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. (Reuters)(Al Jazeera)