A base of Pakistani forces came under attack from militants in Chagai district of Balochistan province, a media report said on Monday. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for the attack. Some reports indicate that four armed individuals attacked the Frontier Corps (FC) base on Sunday night. One of them reportedly detonated explosives More
At least 174 people have died due to floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, local media reported on Saturday. The death toll has risen to 174 from the previous count of 94, according to Reuters, which cited the country’s disaster mitigation agency. Dozens of people remain missing. The floods, which struck on More
Media reports on Friday said that U.S. National Guard member Sarah Bäckström, who was shot on Wednesday, has died. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has searched several homes in Washington and San Diego, including the residence of the detained suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal. The shooting took place on Wednesday, when two U.S. National Guard More
At least 44 people have been killed and nearly 300 others are missing after a massive fire broke out in an apartment complex in Hong Kong, media reports said on Thursday. Reuters quoted police as saying that the huge fire — still burning in a Hong Kong apartment complex — may have been intensified by More
The Trump administration suspended all immigration applications from Afghan nationals with immediate effect on Wednesday night following a shooting in Washington, D.C., that critically injured two National Guard members from West Virginia. US President Donald Trump said the suspect in the attack entered the country from Afghanistan in 2021, according to reports. The two West More
Three Pakistani security forces were killed and five others wounded in an attack on a security compound affiliated with the Pakistani paramilitary forces in Peshawar on Monday, media reports said. The attackers opened fire as they forced themselves into the headquarters of the frontier constabulary in Peshawar city before blowing themselves up inside the complex, More
Vietnam’s Ministry of Environment has announced that the death toll from severe flooding and days of heavy rainfall has risen to 90 people. According to The Guardian, citing the Ministry of Environment, the floods have been ongoing since last week across several regions, particularly in the central parts of the country. At least 12 people More
At least 15 people were killed and several others injured on Friday as a result of a gas explosion at a factory near Faisalabad’s Malikpur area in Pakistan’s Punjab province Rescue 1122 said the incident took place early in the morning after the boiler of the factory exploded, causing the collapse of the building and More
More than 170 buildings were destroyed after a fire swept through a coastal city in southern Japan, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate to emergency shelters, according to a media report on Wednesday. Reuters, citing Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency, reported that around 175 residents of the Saganoseki district in Oita City — located More
Pakistani opposition parties’ alliance on Tuesday staged a march from Parliament House to Supreme Court against the newly enacted 27th Amendment. The 27th Amendment was signed into law on November 13 after passage from the parliament amid strong criticism by the opposition parties. The legislation, which has brought major structural changes to the judiciary and More
