Death Archives

An American football player holds the ball during a training session of the Rio Football Academy team inside the luxury condominium Peninsula, located at the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 24, 2024

Life

Mississippi is the 5th most dangerous state for fatal brain injuries

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have contributed to approximately one million deaths in the United States over the last 2 decades. Where are the major...

Dr. Tim SandleApril 3, 2026

The EU held extraordinary talks about Iran on Sunday

World

EU warns against long war, urges ‘credible transition’ in Iran

The EU warned Sunday against a prolonged war in the Middle East, saying further escalation could threaten Europe and beyond, as it urged Iran to...

AFPMarch 1, 2026

A black flag was raised on Sunday at the Islam Qala border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran

World

Afghanistan warns Iran war will impact whole region

Afghanistan said on Sunday that the war in neighbouring Iran would negatively impact the whole region and expressed “deep regret” over the violence flaring...

AFPMarch 1, 2026

People gather to mourn the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on March 1, 2026

World

Music, mourning as Iran’s Khamenei is killed

Cheers in Tehran. Retaliation and mourning announced by Iran. Protests erupting in some parts of the Muslim world, celebrations in others. The world greeted...

AFPMarch 1, 2026

Rachel Fournier has a brain tumor and has just had her request for medical assistance to help her die granted

Life

Canadians are choosing when to die, often with a smile

One in 20 Canadians who died in 2023 chose themselves when they would go.

AFPFebruary 24, 2026

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson addresses the "Fairness in Democracy" rally, 06 December 2000, at the State Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida.

World

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84: family

Veteran US civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson, one of the nation’s most influential Black voices, died peacefully Tuesday morning, his family said in...

AFPFebruary 17, 2026

Seif al-Islam Gaddafi was seen by some as a reformer and moderniser until the Libyan revolt in 2011, when he became one of the most hardline supporters of his father's regime

World

Who is behind the killing of late ruler Gaddafi’s son, and why now?

Seif al-Islam, the son of Libya’s slain longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi and once seen by some as his likely heir, has been killed. Targeted...

AFPFebruary 4, 2026

The fire at Le Constellation left 40 people dead, mostly teenagers, who were celebrating the New Year

World

Swiss fire fatalities not given routine autopsies: lawyers

The victims of the Swiss New Year fire disaster have not undergone routine autopsies to determine how they died, lawyers representing their families said...

AFPJanuary 16, 2026