At least 34 people have been killed and dozens others wounded in a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in northwest Colombia, media reports said on Sunday. The mudslide struck a busy municipal road on Friday in a mountainous area connecting the cities of Quibdo and Medellin, Reuters reported. Rescuers and canines from across Colombia were More
The World Health Organization (WHO) says about 10,000 people have died from COVID-19 in December 2023. VOA quoted Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of WHO, as saying: “Holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month.” He said nearly 10,000 deaths were reported in December, while More
At least five Turkish soldiers have been killed and eight others wounded in an attack by militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, media reports said on Saturday. VOA quoted the Turkish Defence Ministry as saying: “Clashes broke out after the terrorists attempted to infiltrate the Operation Claw-Lock region on Friday.” Three More
At least 11 members of a family have been found dead in a house in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, media reports said on Thursday. A police official told Dawn that the deceased, including two brothers, their two wives and six children, appeared to have been poisoned and tortured to death two or three days More
At least 142 employees of United Nations have been killed so far in Gaza Strip, says the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The deaths of UN staffers were the highest in the organisation’s history, UNRWA was quoted by Qatar News Agency. The agency said in a statement that 130 of its More
At least 21 people were injured as a result of an explosion at a hotel in Texas, the United States, a media report said on Tuesday. The blast took place at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Downtown Hotel, according to a spokesperson for MedStar, which provides emergency medical services and operates ambulances in the area, More
At least five police personnel were killed and 27 others injured in a blast near a police van in the Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, media reports said. The explosion took place close to a police van in the Mamund Tehsil area of Bajaur, District Police Officer (DPO) Kashif Zulfiqar told Geo More
The Biden administration’s top diplomat has opposed forcing Palestinians into exiting Gaza, reports the BBC. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed Palestinians must be allowed to return to their homes once conditions improved. During his visit to Qatar, Blinken denounced statements from some Israeli ministers regarding the resettlement of Palestinians elsewhere. The Hamas-run health More
A noted Pakistani religious scholar has been gunned down by unidentified attackers in Islamabad, media reports said on Saturday. Deputy Secretary General of Sunni Ulema Council Maulana Masood Rehman Usmani was shot dead in Ghauri town area on Friday, police said. On receiving information, police personnel and a large number of activists and local leaders More
At least 162 Palestinians have been killed and another 296 injured in latest bombardment by Israeli forces on the besieged Gaza Strip. The Israeli forces “struck over 100 targets” across Gaza during the past 24 hours, including military positions, rocket launch sites, and weapons depots, according to Arab News. The death toll mounted in the More
