At least 10 people have been killed and 14 others injured after a gas cylinder exploded in the Soldier Bazaar area of Karachi, Pakistan. According to Aaj TV, the explosion occurred late on Wednesday night in a three-storey residential building. The blast, which took place on the ground floor, was so powerful that a large More
At least 37 miners have died and 25 others were hospitalised due to suffocation at a mining site in Plateau State, Nigeria, media reports said. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning in a mining pit in Kampani, a community in the Wase area, Reuters reported. Dele Alake, Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals Development, said the More
The United States plans to withdraw around 1,000 remaining troops from Syria over the next two months, a media report said on Thursday. US officials told CBS News that Washington intends to end its roughly decade-long military presence in the country, which has been part of the campaign against the Islamic State (IS). The security More
Oman’s Foreign Minister, who is mediating the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States, says the second round of talks between the two countries ended with “good progress in identifying shared objectives and the relevant technical issues.” The second round of negotiations between Iran and the United States, mediated by Oman, concluded last night More
At least six people have been killed and 46 others injured after a passenger bus overturned on a highway in southeastern Brazil, a media report said on Tuesday. Al Jazeera reported the accident occurred early on Monday on the BR-153 highway near the city of Marilia. It said bus was carrying farm workers from the More
Pakistani media have reported that two people were killed and 12 others injured in an explosion near a police checkpoint in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Aaj TV reported today that the explosion occurred near the Miryan police checkpoint in Bannu city, killing two people, including a child, and injuring 12 others. Sources said that according to More
Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, leading a diplomatic and technical delegation for the second round of nuclear negotiations with the United States. The first round of talks between Iran and the United States was held on 6 February this year in Muscat, the capital of Oman. Following More
Eleven people were killed and 12 others injured in a traffic accident in Pakistan’s Sindh province on Sunday. According to Pakistan AJ Television, a passenger bus collided with a truck in the Tando Masti area of Khairpur district. The injured were taken to a hospital, with some reported to be in critical condition. sa Views: More
US President Donald Trump has said that regime change in Iran would be “the best thing that could happen.” Negotiations between Iran and the United States were held a week ago in Muscat, the capital of Oman. Following the talks, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that both sides had outlined their positions and demands More
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a decisive two-thirds majority in Friday’s general elections, a result expected to restore political stability after months of unrest following the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Early counts in what domestic television channels described as Bangladesh’s most competitive election in yearsshowed the BNP and its allies securing at least 212 of 299 parliamentary seats, More
