The second-largest diamond ever found – a rough 2,492-carat stone – has been unearthed in Botswana at a mine owned by Canadian firm Lucara Diamond, a media report said. It is the biggest find since the 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond, found in South Africa in 1905 and cut into nine separate stones, many of which are More
At least 17 people were killed and 40 others injured as a result of an explosion in Andhra Pradesh state of India, Reuters reported on Thursday. Reuters quoted Andhra Pradesh police chief M Deepika as saying the blast occurred at the Escientia Advance Science factory of Amakpali district on Wednesday, What caused the explosion was not More
Thirty-five Pakistani pilgrims were killed and 18 others wounded in a bus crash in neighbouring Iran on Wednesday morning, local TV channels reported. The vehicle carrying the pilgrims flipped over at a checkpoint in Yazd city, DawnNews TV said, citing Iranian media reports. With 53 passengers, mostly from Larkana and Ghotki areas of Sindh province, More
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel has accepted a “bridging proposal” of ceasefire deal in Gaza and wants Hamas to do the same. On Monday, Blinken arrived in Israel to push for achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and end the 10-month-old conflict. Blinken spoke to journalists after a day of meetings with Israeli More
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on a state visit, says a media report. According to TASS news agency, Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are expected to meet on further strengthening bilateral relations and international issues. Azerbaijani ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu was quoted as saying: “As it More
US President Joe Biden is optimistic about a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, asking the parties involved not to undercut truce efforts, the BBC reported on Saturday. “We are closer than we’ve ever been” to a ceasefire in the embattled Palestinian enclave, the US leader said after the latest round of negotiations. Biden added More
Five unidentified people have been found dead in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, officials say. Their bullet-riddled bodies were found hanging from electric poles in the Dalbandin town of Chaghai district on Friday. “All five victims appear to be non-local and are likely to be Afghan nationals,” a senior district police officer believed. The corpses were More
Sweden’s public health agency has recorded what it says is the first case of a more dangerous type of mpox outside the African continent, a media report said on Friday. According to BBC, the person became infected during a stay in an area of Africa where there is currently a major outbreak of mpox Clade More
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared state of public health emergency due to the outbreak of mpox in some African countries. The BBC reported the disease was known to be spreading through sexual and skin contact, talking and breathing closely. Its symptoms are similar to flue, causing skin issues and can be lethal to More
Amid mounting tensions in the Middle East, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian leaders. “Yes, he has already arrived in Moscow,” Russia’s special presidential representative for the Middle East and African Mikhail Bogdanov told TASS news agency. Abbas is likely to meet President Putin today (Tuesday), according to Palestinian More
