Collapse

A defunct synagogue, reminder of a once-proud community, collapses in Pennsylvania’s coal region

Mahanoy City’s first Jewish congregation dates back to 1888, having laid the cornerstone for the former Beth Israel Synagogue in 1923.

|ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
Beth Israel of Mahanoy City, seen here in the 1950s, was built by Jewish merchants and businesspeople who served the area's burgeoning coal industry.
People evacuating a collapsed apartment building in Tripoli, Lebanon on February 8, 2026.

At least six killed, others trapped under rubble, after residential building collapses in Lebanon

Abdel Hamid Karimeh, the head of the municipal council, speaking at a press conference in Tripoli, did not say how many people might still be trapped under debris.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ, REUTERS
A miner works in a coltan mine in Birambo, Masisi territory, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 1, 2018

More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says

"More than 200 people were victims of this landslide, including miners, children, and market women. Some people were rescued just in time and have serious injuries," the governor's spokesperson said.

|ByREUTERS
Residents stand in an alley after vacating their house next to a fallen scaffolding following an earthquake in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 21, 2025.

Earthquake jolts Bangladesh, killing five and injuring around 100

"I have never felt such a tremor in my life. We were at the office when the furniture started shaking. We rushed down the stairs on the street and saw other people on the road already," said Sakib.

|ByREUTERS

Water cooling tower at Haifa oil refinery collapses

The tower, part of a set of two, was built during the British Mandate, and posed as one of most notable icons of the city.

JUNE 13, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
One of the water cooling towers at the Haifa oil refinery collapses, June 12, 2020

Mideast tourism hit by collapse of British holiday firm, UAE unaffected

Worldwide about 600,000 tourists have been stranded by the collapse.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019ByARAB NEWS/TNS, KHALEEJ TIMES/TNS