Residents of Lake Jackson, Texas, have been warned about using tap water after a deadly brain-eating microbe was found in the city’s public water supply. Tests confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri in the system. The amoeba can cause an infection of the brain, which is usually fatal. Infections are rare in the US, with […]
A man suspected of injuring two people with a meat cleaver in Paris. He has admitted to deliberately targeting the former offices of the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine. The suspect reportedly linked his actions to the magazine’s recent republication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Charlie Hebdo did this as a trial over the 2015 […]
At least 13 people were killed and seven others were injured as a passenger van caught fire after it overturned on Super Highway Saturday night, according to rescue workers. The van overturned because its tie rod broke, according to the M9 highway police. The police, however, has yet to identify the cause of the fire. […]
Thousands of members of the Hindu Community of Pakistan from across the country have reached Islamabad to protest the deaths of 11 Pakistani Hindu migrants families who died mysteriously last month in India’s Jhodpur region. “We want justice for these eleven Pakistani Hindus who were killed in Jodhpur,” Ramesh Kumar, a lawmaker and Patron-in-Chief of […]
Ukraine: At least 22 people including military cadets were killed and two others were seriously injured on Friday when a Ukrainian air force plane crashed near Kharkiv in the east of the country, the interior ministry said. Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko confirmed the death toll to the local TV channel, describing the incident as […]
A South Korean official has been shot dead and burned by North Korean troops, the South’s defense ministry said, condemning the “brutal act”. Seoul said the man, who worked for the fisheries department, disappeared from a patrol boat near the border and was later found in the North’s waters. North Korean soldiers shot him, then […]
Dean Jones, the former Australia batsman, has died on Thursday after a heart attack in Mumbai. He was 59. Jones, who was is in India as a commentator for the IPL, is understood to have suffered a massive heart attack around noon IST. “It is with great sadness that we share the news of the […]
Karachi has witnessed an increasing number of incidents of rape, attempt to rape, sexual assault, gang rape, or murder after rape in recent days. In the latest incident of an apparent gang rape, a 22-year-old girl has claimed that she was kidnapped from the upscale Clifton neighborhood on Monday night in a black Vigo and […]
At least a third of 270 whales stranded off Tasmania have died and more are feared to be dying. Rescuers in Tasmania freed 25 stranded pilot whales, but 90 already dead. The pilot whales were discovered in shallow waters off the west coast of the island on Monday. It’s unknown what drew the whales to […]
We have often read about many cases where husbands burn their wives, domestic violence, and honor killings. Sahar Khan’s story is also much alike. Sahar Khan is a resident of Alipur area of Muzaffargarh, was set on fire by her husband in December last year. Her husband did that to claim her insurance of Rs […]