More than 60 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants was found off Cape Verde in West Africa, BBC reported.
Thirty-eight people, including children, were rescued.
Almost all those on board the boat, which was at sea for over a mo…
At least 35 people were killed in an explosion that triggered a huge fire ball at a fuel station in Russia’s remote Caucasus republic of Dagestan, spurring condolences from President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
Images distributed by the emer…
Five people have died after a landslide fell on a car plying the Gaurikund Highway in Rudraprayag, India.
According to BBC Hindi, a car was found with five bodies inside while removing a landslide in Tarsali under Gaurikund Highway.
District D…
A wildfire that swept through the resort town of Lahaina on Hawaii's Maui island has killed at least 36 people, authorities said, while leaving smoldering ruins in its wake and forcing thousands to flee the onetime capital of the Hawaiian Kingdo…
Pakistan's President Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly on Wednesday (August 9), on the recommendation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The President has dissolved the Parliament according to Article 58 (1) of the Constitution of Paki…
A candidate in Ecuador's forthcoming presidential election who has campaigned against corruption and gangs has been shot dead at a campaign rally, BBC reported.
The deceased has been identified as Fernando Villavicencio, a member of the count…
Forty-one migrants have died in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, BBC reported.
A boat with 45 people onboard sailing to Italy from Sfax in Tunisia capsized, a group of four migrants who survived the shipwreck told rescuers.
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An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Afghanistan's Fayzabad on Sunday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported.
The tremors were felt at 18:53:18 (UTC+05:30). No casualties have been reported until the posting of thi…
At least 30 people were killed and over 80 others sustained injuries after 10 bogies of Hazara Express derailed on Sunday in Sindh's Nawabshah district, 275 kilometers away from Karachi, Geo News reported.
Asian News International reported th…
Police arrested Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore on Saturday after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts, potentially barring the opposition leader from contesting an upcoming elect…
