Topic: South Asia
Four people, including two children, were killed and 28 wounded Saturday in a bomb blast and a militant attack on Pakistani troops, security officials said.The children and one civilian were killed by a remote-control motorcycle bomb targeting security forces in Punjgur district ...
Shadi Khan was once a proud soldier fighting the Taliban, but today he quivers in pain, socks bagged around metal pins after a bomb blew off his legs on Pakistan's deadliest battlefield.His unit had arrested 10 Taliban operatives and killed another eight, ...
A fire that swept through a steam bath claimed the lives of 24 persons; 15 persons were treated for smoke inhalation. Mid-February, Yuanshi (Yuan-shih) county, Hubei (Hupeh) province, China. A passenger minibus traveling on a country road struck a mine planted on ...
The infant, who had been left on the dump in the town of Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh state, suffered burns when the waste was set ablaze by a municipal worker.The worker heard the baby's cries after he lit the fire and grabbed ...
After a cathartic post i wanted to write something funny, you know. Whenever i read a mail from my boss, my first reaction is ?Shit, i hope i am not fired?, because gulf is a place where there are unlimited possibilities for ...
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won his second successive NatWest Series toss, and chose to bat first against England on a sunny morning at Headingley.. Both teams were unchanged, after England's 24-run victory at Chester-le-Street two days ago.. It was anticipated all-rounder Abdul ...
Four policemen and two civilians were injured Friday in Indian Kashmir in a grenade attack by suspected Muslim militants, minutes after protesters and police clashed.The grenade was hurled at a group of local police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in ...
Pakistan's ambassador to Tehran was injured and taken to hospital on Tuesday when he was attacked by an Afghan while taking a walk in the capital, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman told local media."Today Pakistan's ambassador, as he was walking, was beaten up ...
Australia's government on Sunday welcomed a call from India for restraint in media coverage of attacks on Indians, stressing there was no evidence that race was a factor in two recent incidents.New Delhi urged its media to act responsibly after an Indian ...
At least seven people were injured in an explosion in a building in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, police said, but the cause was unknown. "The nature of the explosion is not yet known," senior police official Mohammad Karim Khan ...
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