More than two dozen people have been killed and several feared missing following the collapse of a railway bridge in northeastern India. The bridge under construction caved in near the Sairang town of Mizoram state, killing at least 26 individuals, the BBC reported, citing local officials. Abou 40 workers were at the site when the More
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recorded 4,752 pediatric firearm deaths in the United States in 2021. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains a publicly available data query system called Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER).14 The system provides access to an array of public health data, including demographics, mortality, More
Saudi security forces have killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants seeking to enter the kingdom from Yemen, Human Rights Watch (HRW) claimed in a report. HRW said in its annual report on August 21 the killings took place between June 2022 and June of 2023. It slammed the killings as a crime against humanity. HRW requested More
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen has threatened to raise their voice for independence from Pakistan if the rights of Pashtuns are not protected and atrocities against them not stopped. Addressing a big rally in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, Pashteen severely criticized the Pakistan Army for what he said usurping the mineral assets of Pashtuns More
A dozen people were killed and 66 others injured in a blaze at a filling station in the southeastern Russian region of Dagestan. The explosion occurred at a filling station in Makhachkala, with initial reports putting the death toll at 27. Interfax said the fatalities included children. But hours later, the region’s health minister told More
At least 53 people have been killed, thousands displaced as a result of wildfires in the US town Lahaina, according to a media report on Friday. Hawaii Governor Josh Green said the destruction caused by Maui’s wildfires was the worst natural disaster in the state’s history, turning thousands of people homeless and leveling as many More
Torrential rains and floods have left at least 33 people dead and 18 others missing in Beijing, a media report said on Wednesday. The Chinese capital was hit by flash flooding induced by the heaviest rains in six decades from July 29 to August 2, the Global Times reported. One government official told a press More
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in a report says about 118.5 million girls around the world are deprived of education. The UN agency said in a fresh report today that there was a need to increase the budget for educational equality between men and women and such action should be implemented More
Representatives from 40 countries will attend a summit that kicked off in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday to discuss a set of common principles to end the war in Ukraine. The aim of the meeting is to draft key principles on how to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Al-Jazeera reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on More
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been arrested by police after a court found him guilty of “corrupt practices” and sentenced him to three years in prison. The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman was arrested by Punjab police from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore shortly after the Islamabad court ruled Khan’s dishonesty had been More
