SHIKARPUR: At least five people, including four members of the same family, were killed in a rocket and gun attack in Goth Bechanji near Chak town on Wednesday night, police said. The victims have been identified as Abdul Khaliq Shar, his two sons Khalid and Raja Shar, his brother Abdul Sattar Shar, and a guest, […]
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Rockets fired as Iraq MPs attempt to elect president, end deadlock
Rockets fired as Iraq MPs attempt to elect president targeting Baghdad’s Green Zone wounded 10 people on Thursday, as Iraqi lawmakers gathered for their fourth attempt to elect a president and break political gridlock that has sparked protests and deadly violence. The latest unrest follows warnings this week by the United Nations mission, which said […]
China’s rocket segment disintegrates over Indian Ocean
BEIJING: A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, the Chinese space agency said, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down. In Beijing, officials had said there was little risk from the freefalling segment of the Long March-5B rocket, which […]
Militant rocket fire kills 12 civilians in Syria: state media
Rocket fire has killed 12 civilians in a regime-held village in northwestern Syria, state news agency SANA has said blaming former Al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham for the attack. SANA said 15 people were also wounded late Sunday in the attack on Al-Wadihi village south of Aleppo city and said HTS, which controls parts of […]
Israel strikes Gaza after first rocket fire since early May
Israeli warplanes bombed bunkers at a Hamas base in Gaza early Thursday following the first rocket fire from the territory since early May, the military said. Israeli aircraft targeted “underground infrastructure” at the base in the southern Gaza Strip, it said in a statement. The strike came after Israeli air defenses intercepted a rocket launched […]