KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Rains have claimed more than 100 lives in Pakistan for the past month. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDM), 13 people were killed by the renewed monsoon rains on Sunday. Authorities said nine people were killed by landslides and collapsed roofs. Most of the deaths were reported in the [&...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Nine people were killed in a plane crash in Sudan’s coastal city of Port Sudan, the Sudanese army said Sunday in a press release. The army said the crash was due to a technical failure and that four military personnel were on board. “A civilian Antonov plane today crashed at Port Sudan […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): At least 17 people were killed and 53 others injured when a bus fell into a roadside waterbody in the southern Jhalakathi district of Bangladesh on Saturday, the police said. “There are eight women and three children among the deceased. Of the injured, 45 have been taken to the nearby government hospitals,” […]...
JERUSALEM, Palestine – Israeli forces Thursday killed a Palestinian near a shrine in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. The Palestinian Ministry confirmed the death of one person, without providing further details about the individual. Three others were wounded in the incident and taken to the hospital. The Israeli army claimed that ...
ISLAMABAD (AA): At least 11 people were killed and several others wounded when a wall collapsed in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad due to heavy rains on Wednesday. According to a local official, the incident occurred near Golra Mor, Peshawar Road, when the wall of an under-construction bridge collapsed and buried the laborers working there. “So f...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Bangladesh is grappling with a deadly dengue outbreak this year, prompting health experts to call for a national public health emergency. On Tuesday, it reported 13 deaths from the disease, its highest single-day death toll so far this year, taking the total number to 127. Nine of these were in Dhaka. Meanwhile, [&helli...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): At least three people died and 25 others went missing after a boat sank late Sunday in Bangladesh’s Buriganga river near the capital Dhaka after colliding with a sand-laden bulkhead, said officials. The boat, which was carrying over 50 passengers, immediately sank after the collision, they said. “We recovered seven peop...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA): A gendarme and four civilians were killed after terrorists attacked the Tillaberi region of Niger, the Nigerien Armed Forces General Staff said on Saturday evening. “In the afternoon of July 14, 2023, a detachment of the national gendarmerie on a convoy escort mission on the Torodi-Makalondi stretch was the target of a [...
ISLAMABAD (AA): Expressing anger over recent attacks against Pakistani security forces, Islamabad has accused Afghanistan of not fulfilling its obligations as a neighbor. Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Kabul is not abiding by the commitments made in the 2020 Doha agreement. “Five to six million Afghans are living from the pa...
ANKARA (AA): The Indian government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, Friday extended the time for the submission of suggestions over uniform civil code for the followers of all religions. “The Law Commission has decided to grant an extension of two weeks (until July 28) for the submiss...
