110 deteriorate in Pakistan floods
A government official in Pakistan said 110 people have been killed across the country in heavy monsoon downpours and flooding as more rain is forecast for the coming days. Ahmad Kamal, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Authority, said on Saturday that 61 people died in the eastern... read more »
Shiv Sena leader held for alleged rape of minor
Sixty-one-year-old local Shiv Sena leader Vasudeo Nambiar was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping a minor, who studied in a school run by him. The crime came to light after the girl recently delivered a child. Nambiar, the district deputy chief of Shiv Sena who also owns a school and a temple... read more »
North Korea test-fires more tactical missiles
North Korea test-fired three missiles into the sea on Saturday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The launch occurred at a site in the North’s border town of Wonsan, it said. The missiles were presumed to have landed about 210 kilometres out in the East Sea. “The military is staying... read more »
34 coal miners trapped underground in Bosnia
ZENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Thirty-four miners were trapped Friday deep inside a coal mine that collapsed in central Bosnia, officials said. They confirmed the miners were alive and had air for now. The union leader at the Zenica coal mine, Mehmed Oruc, said two tunnels in the mine collapsed... read more »
Tit-for-tat with Pakistan: Game theory suggests what Modi did was right
There was never any good reason for India to engage with Pakistan in the first place, because it is well-known that that country is only defined as “not-India”, and its army needs the... read more »
How Sierra Leone is screening travelers for Ebola
With 2,240 Ebola cases now reported , the World Health Organization is urging the four countries affected by the deadly outbreak to perform exit screening at “international airports,... read more »
10 dead, 22 missing in Hiroshima landslide
TOKYO — Rain-sodden slopes collapsed in torrents of mud, rock and debris early Wednesday in the outskirts of Hiroshima, killing at least 10 people and leaving 22 missing, the... read more »
Islamabad on edge as Imran Khan, Qadri supporters reach Parliament
Pakistan protesters reached the Islamabad parliament building in the early hours of Wednesday morning in their bid to force Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign, but did not go... read more »
sraeli strike targeted Hamas military chief, group leader says
Israeli and Palestinian officials traded blame early on Wednesday for the collapse of the Cairo negotiations aiming to secure a long-term truce in Cairo. Hamas claims that Israel attempted to... read more »
