[ad_1] Twenty-nine students taking their high school exams in the Central African Republic died in a stampede sparked by an exploding power transformer, the health ministry told AFP Thursday. Just over 5,300 students were sitting the second day of the baccalaureat exams at the time of the explosion early Wednesday afternoon in Bangui, the capital … Read more
[ad_1] Listen to article Seven soldiers were killed in Gaza after an attack on their armoured vehicle, Israel said Wednesday, in one of the deadliest incidents for its forces in the more than 20-month war. The troops were operating in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis on Tuesday when their vehicle caught fire after assailants attached … Read more
[ad_1] Listen to article Four people were killed and four others were injured in a roadside bomb blast on Wednesday in the Sharamkhel area of Pewar, Parachinar, in Upper Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), police said. District Police Officer (DPO) Malik Habib confirmed the casualties and said a police team had launched an investigation at the … Read more
[ad_1] GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed another 46 people waiting for aid in the Palestinian territory on Tuesday as rights groups and UN agencies slammed the US-backed food distribution system. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 21 people were killed and around 150 wounded by Israeli fire near … Read more
[ad_1] Listen to article RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed 11 Indian-sponsored terrorists, while two security personnel were martyred, during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the South Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the military said in a statement on Tuesday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation was conducted in the general area of Sararogha in South Waziristan … Read more
[ad_1] HYDERABAD: A prisoner died, while two others were injured, in an ambush on a prison van returning to the central jail in Khairpur, on Tuesday. Reportedly, one of the attackers was also injured in the exchange of fire. Reportedly, the prisoners were disembarking when five armed men initiated an assault, killing inmate Muhammad Hashim … Read more
[ad_1] QUETTA: In a tragic incident, at least six people lost their lives and more than ten others sustained injuries when a passenger bus suddenly caught fire near the Western Bypass in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. Rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the injured to nearby hospitals for urgent medical treatment. … Read more
[ad_1] Listen to article Over 40 people, including children and health care workers, were killed in an attack on a hospital in Sudan at the weekend, the head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Attack on the Al Mujlad Hospital took place in West Kordofan, near the front line between the Sudanese army and the … Read more
[ad_1] Listen to article At least seven people were killed and more than two dozen injured after Russian drones and missiles struck Kyiv and its surrounding region overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. The attacks sparked fires in residential areas, destroyed parts of high-rise buildings, and damaged metro infrastructure, prompting fresh outrage amid Moscow’s intensifying aerial campaign. … Read more
[ad_1] DAMASCUS: At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Syria’s capital Damascus on Sunday, health authorities and security sources said. It was the first suicide bombing in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad was toppled by an Islamist-led … Read more