Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Noor Islam Nizami was gunned down on Tuesday in North Waziristan district, the Express Tribute reported on Wednesday. District Police Officer (DPO) confirmed Nizami lost his life on the spot as a result of the gunfire. An investigation into the More
At least 29 people have been killed and three others injured as a result of a blaze at a nightclub in the central Istanbul city of Turkey, an official said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Turkish state news agency Anadolu said the fire erupted in a basement of a 16-story building in Besiktas area More
The body of of the man who burnt the Holy Quran in Sweden and Denmark has been found in his house in Norway, media reports said on Wednesday. The Iraqi refugee and critic of Islam, Salwan Sabah Matti Momika, had staged several burnings of the Holy Quran in Sweden and Denmark. After Momika’s body was More
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake rattled eastern Taiwan on Wednesday morning, killing at least seven people, a media report said. The temblor, billed as the strongest to hit Taiwan in 25 years, left seven people dead and more than 700 wounded, Reuters reported. Another 77 people are reportedly trapped in tunnels and buildings, which caved in More
Five World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers, including foreigners, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza. Reuters quoted the Gaza government media office as saying the victims included citizens of Poland, Australia and Britain, as well as a Palestinian. Meanwhile, WCK wrote on X: “We are aware of reports that members of the World More
At least seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members have been killed in an Israel airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, media reports said on Tuesday. Tasnim news agency reported Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the Quds Force of IRGC and his deputy Gen. Mohammad Hadi Hajriahimi were killed in More
Two Pakistan Army soldiers have been shot dead and four others wounded in southwestern Balochistan province. The soldiers were part of the army’s bomb disposal squad that came under attack in the Ankara Dam area of Gwadar district on Sunday, a police official said. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mohsin Zohaib said: “The incident took More
Following the killing of Chinese engineers in a suicide attack in Shangla district, a Chinese firm has halted work on a power project in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. While suspending work on the Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project, the company laid off more than 2,000 workers, Dawn reported on Thursday. On Tuesday, five Chinese engineers More
Spain has air-dropped 26 tonnes of humanitarian assistance to hungry Palestinians in the beleaguered Gaza Strip. The Foreign Ministry in Madrid said in a statement, cited by Reuters, Spain also urged Tel Aviv to open land border crossings to ward off a looming famine. The ministry said Wednesday’s airdrops, conducted in coordination with Jordan, were More
Five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver were killed in a suicide blast in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, media reports said. Five Chinese nationals and one Pakistani were killed in an attack on a convoy in Bisham tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla, a dawn.com report said citing the local police chief. A suicide More
