Twenty one people were on Monday injured when a liquefied gas bottle exploded at a restaurant in southwest China’s Yunnan province. The explosion took place at a rice noodle restaurant in the provincial capital Kunming as a delivery van packed with liquefied gas containers was parking at the door. Police began transferring the bottles to another pickup truck as soon […]
» Read moreAt least 15 people were killed and 55 others injured on Sunday when a powerful bomb ripped through a crowded used clothes market in Pakistan’s restive northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan. The explosion occurred at the Eidgah market in Kurram Agency’s Parachinar area which was bustling with people who were out shopping for clothes. 15 people were killed and 55 […]
» Read moreAn earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude struck Tajikistan on Monday, shaking buildings as far away as New Delhi and in Pakistan, the U.S. Geological Survey and witnesses said. A spokesman for Tajikistan’s Emergencies Committee said it had no information so far on any casualties or damage from the quake. The quake did not affect Russian military bases in Tajikistan, RIA news […]
» Read moreThe Russian airforce has hit nearly 1,500 targets in Syria in the past nine days, the military said on Saturday. Russian bombers have been flying under cover of strategic fighter jets following the downing of one of its plane by Turkey last week. Defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that the Russian air contingent carried out 431 sorties and bombed […]
» Read moreBritish warplanes carried out airstrikes in Syria early on Thursday, hours after Parliament voted to authorize air attacks against Islamic State group targets there. Four Royal Air Force Tornados took off from a British air base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, shortly after the 397-223 vote by lawmakers in the House of Commons. A Ministry of Defense spokesman said the planes had […]
» Read morePrime Minister Nawaz Sharif has indicated that Pakistan is ready for a dialogue with India without pre-conditions for sustainable peace, according to Pakistani TV channel Geo News. Mr. Sharif is said to have given this indication during a meeting with his British counterpart David Cameron on the sidelines of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) here on Friday. The channel […]
» Read more