At least 25 people killed in terrorist attack on church in Syria A suicide bomber killed at least 25 and injured 63 in an Eastern Orthodox church near Damascus. Euronews · Jun 22, 2025
Blood, Destruction At Damascus Church After Suicide Attack At the blood-stained Saint Elias church in Damascus, Umm George wept as she desperately searched for her son, who was among the worshippers when a suicide bomber struck on Sunday. International Business Times · Jun 22, 2025
At Least 20 Killed In Suicide Attack On Damascus Church At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said, with Syria's interior ministry blaming a member of the Islamic State group. International Business Times · Jun 22, 2025
Islamic State suicide bombing in Damascus church kills 22 and injures 63 Evening attack is first major atrocity by Islamist terror group in Syria since President al-Assad was deposed The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2025
At least 13 killed after suicide bomb attack on busy church in Syria IN FULL The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2025
Suicide bomber kills at least 22 in packed Syrian church near Damascus Interior ministry says preliminary investigation points to Islamic State The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2025
How could Iran respond to the U.S. attack on key nuclear sites? Its options are the ‘strategic equivalent of a suicide bombing,’ expert says “They can strike U.S. embassies and bases, attack oil facilities in the Persian Gulf, mine the Strait of Hormuz, or rain missiles on Israel—but the regime may not survive the blowback.” Fortune · Jun 22, 2025
Bowling coach kills 17-year-old student in shocking murder-suicide Recently graduated teenager and coach were only known to be acquaintances The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2025
Verdict against a pardoned Capitol rioter is only a partial victory for a police officer's widow A police officer’s widow wanted to prove that a man assaulted her husband during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol and ultimately was responsible for her husband’s suicide nine days later The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025
Grandma facing eviction after her son, who took his own life after robbing a bank, faked the deed to her home Barbara Arnold, 77, of Texas, discovered her son allegedly forged her name on the deed of her longtime home after he died by suicide. The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025
Loneliness back in top causes of raised suicide risk Economic pressures and personal and family relationship breakdowns are still the leading causes of distress for Australians but loneliness is rising. AAP · Jun 19, 2025
Trump administration removing 988 hotline service tailored to LGBTQ+ youth in July The 988 National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will stop providing tailored support options to LGBTQ+ youth and young adults on July 17 The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025
‘Radical acceptance’: Yiyun Li lost both her sons to suicide. Her rigorous memoir reveals her as a very special writer “My husband and I had two children and lost them both,” writes Yiyun Li early in her latest book, Things in Nature Merely Grow. And then, with harrowing directness, “Both chose suicide”. The Conversation · Jun 18, 2025
Trump kills LGBTQ+ suicide hotline The Trump administration ends the option for LGBTQ callers to speak with specialists in LGBTQ mental health Salon · Jun 18, 2025
Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025 Inmate died after ‘restraint-related’ incident in prison, inquest hears Azroy Dawes-Clarke, 28, from Romford, east London, was an inmate at HMP Elmley when he died after suffering multiple cardiac arrests.
Bangkok Post · Jun 18, 2025 Teacher commits suicide over extra work A 39-year-old teacher committed suicide at her home in Buri Ram, leaving a note saying she was overwhelmed by the pressures placed on her at work.
The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025 Trial opens for lawsuit against pardoned Capitol riot defendant over police officer's suicide Nine days after he helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters, Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith shot and killed himself while driving to work
The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2025 Patrick Dodson condemns decades of inaction on suicide hanging points in Australian prisons Exclusive: Aboriginal deaths in custody royal commissioner says ‘people need to be empowered and take action against those agencies’
Tom’s Hardware · Jun 13, 2025 ChatGPT touts conspiracies, pretends to communicate with metaphysical entities — attempts to convince one user that they're Neo ChatGPT's affability and encouraging tone leads people into dangerous, life-threatening delusions, finds a recent NYT article. Many examples of responses encouraging psychosis-like symptoms have been found by a variety of researchers, including some leading people to commit suicide to meet imaginary AI-created phantoms.
The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025 Here’s where the national mental health hotline is used the most The crisis center has received more than 16 million calls, texts, and chats since its 2022 launch
The Guardian - AU · Jun 13, 2025 A perfect storm of errors meant Darren was placed in an unsafe cell. He died two days later Experts say failure to remove known ligature points from the cells of high risk inmates is just one part of the ‘perverse situation’ in Australian jails
The Conversation · Jun 13, 2025 Data on sexual orientation and gender is critical to public health – without it, health crises continue unnoticed As part of the Trump administration’s efforts aimed at stopping diversity, equity and inclusion, the government has been restricting how it monitors public health. Along with cuts to federally funded research, the administration has targeted public health efforts to gather information about sexual orientation and gender identity.
The Conversation · Jun 12, 2025 The complex reality of college student mental health: Data reveals both challenges and positive trends The word “crisis” is used frequently and, I would argue, inaccurately, to depict the psychological well-being of today’s college students.
Euronews · Jun 11, 2025 What we know about the gunman who killed 10 in Austria school shooting Ten people, including high school students, were killed in the country's worst mass shooting in its post-World War II history. The perpetrator also died in an apparent suicide, police said.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 10, 2025 After Chelsea’s mother died in an unsafe cell the coroner delivered a scathing message Coroners say they are being ‘fobbed off’ by governments and have no power to ensure that dangerous ligature points are removed from prison cells