Israel said on Wednesday it had killed Iran’s intelligence minister in the second strike on a top leadership figure in two days, and had authorised the military to target any senior Iranian official it can locate. A day after killing Iran’s powerful security chief Ali Larijani in the highest-level targeted killing since that of the […]
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Blast hits Kabul mosque in vicinity of interior ministry, kills
KABUL: A blast hit a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital in the vicinity of the heavily fortified interior ministry compound on Wednesday, officials said, killing at least two people and wounding 18, according to medics. The government did not immediately say what caused the explosion in Kabul, where militants have carried out a number of attacks […]
Mother of three shot dead by husband
SARGODHA : A man killed his wife over domestic issues, in the jurisdiction of Bhera Police station. Police said on Wednesday that Mumtaz, resident of village Rakh Chiragah of Tehsil Bhera used to quarrel with his wife Kausar Parveen (28) over domestic issues. In a fit of rage, Mumtaz allegedly shot dead his wife and […]
Building collapse kills 7 in India after monsoon rains
A three-story building collapsed after monsoon rains in a hilly area of northern India on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said Monday. Rescuers were looking for half a dozen people, including some soldiers, still unaccounted for early Monday. Several soldiers were among the 31 people rescued since the collapse occurred in the town […]
Taliban car bomb kills at least 12 in attack on Afghan security compound
Taliban Islamist fighters killed at least eight Afghan security force members and four civilians, as well as wounding more than 50 civilians, by blowing up a car bomb in central Ghazni province on Sunday, government officials and the Taliban said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for detonating the bomb near the National Directorate of Security (NDS) […]
Another act of negligence kills a child
KARACHI: Saba, an eight-year-old died after being injected with the wrong injection here at a local clinic on Sunday. This happened for the second time within a span of two-weeks after Nashwa a 9 month old infant died due to medical negligence. Zafar Iqbal, Saba’s father, told a private source that she was brought to […]
Mobile snatcher guns down engineering student in Peshawar
An engineering student Zeeshan Wazir hailing from North Wazirstan has been killed by the unknown mobile snatchers in the jurisdiction of Peshtahara police station Peshawar. According to his friends Zeeshan was on his way back to hostel at 3pm when the unknown mobile snatchers attacked him and wanted to snatch his mobile and as he […]
Shelling kills at least two in Tripoli as powers divided over Haftar’s push
At least two people were killed in heavy shelling in the Libyan capital Tripoli, an official said on Wednesday as Europe and the Gulf were divided over a push by eastern forces commander Khalifa Haftar to seize the city. Nearly two weeks into its assault, the veteran general’s eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) is stuck […]