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Seven killed in road accident in Pakistan
Islamabad : Seven people were killed and four others injured in a road accident in Pakistan's Punjab province on Saturday, police said.The incident happened in the wee hours of the morning when a trailer fell on a slum area located near…
29 dead in Beijing hospital fire
Beijing : At least 29 people were killed due to a fire at a hospital in Beijing, authorities said on Wednesday.The fire, which broke out at Beijing Changfeng Hospital Tuesday, has been extinguished, reports Xinhua news agency.
The fire…
4 killed, 3 injured in road accident in Pakistan
Islamabad : At least four people were killed, three others injured and several went missing in a traffic accident in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.The accident happened in Upper Kohistan area where a passenger van fell…
4 firefighters dead in Karachi factory blaze
Karachi : Four firefighters were killed while trying to contain a massive blaze at a factory in Karachi, rescue teams said on Thursday.The bodies were recovered in the morning, Salman Qureshi, a firefighter from Saylani Welfare Trust, told…
Fire erupts in Japan nuke plant
Tokyo : A fire broke out at an idled nuclear power plant in Japan's Niigata prefecture on Tuesday, and was quickly extinguished, local media said.The fire was detected just after 11 a.m. at the No. 5 reactor building at the…
Volcano erupts in Russia’s Far East, posing threat to aviation
Moscow : The Shiveluch volcano in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted on Tuesday and spewed an ash plume up to 15 km into the sky, posing threat to air traffic.The Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern…
Wildfires destroy 100 homes in S.Korea amid typhoon-class strong winds
Seoul : A wind-swept wildfire ripped through the South Korean coastal city of Gangneung on Tuesday, destroying about 100 homes and forcing hundreds of residents and tourists to evacuate.The wildfire broke out on a hill in Gangneung's…
14 killed in road accident in Kenya
Kenya : At least 14 people were killed and several others injured in a road accident involving a university bus and 14-seater minibus along a busy highway in Kenya on Thursday, the police said.
Rift Valley regional police commander Tom…
10 killed in Philippine ferry fire, 230 rescued
Philippines : At least 10 people were killed and 230 others rescued after the ferry they were travelling in caught fire in the Philippines, authorities said on Thursday.
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commodore Marco Antonio Gine said the…
Windstorm kills 7 in Syria
Damascus : A strong windstorm killed seven people, including three children, in Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Six victims died as a result of wall collapses in the strong wind on Wednesday and a man in the…