A young Iranian woman has died after falling into a coma following her detention by morality police enforcing Iran’s strict hijab rules, sparking protests by Iranians on social media and on the streets on Friday. In the past few months, Iranian rights activists have urged women to publicly remove their veils, a gesture that would […]
PESHAWAR: Unidentified armed men attacked the convoy of JUI-F leader and mayor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district Saddam Hussain Betni, resulting in the martyrdom of four police personnel on Friday, officials said. District Police Officer (DPO) Waqar Ahmed Khan said that two policemen were also injured during the attack. The martyred personnel were identified as Imran, […]
Pro-Taliban imam among the dozens dead and wounded in a suicide attack on the Guzargah Mosque in western Herat city. A blast outside a mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan on Friday killed a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric as well as civilians, police said. “Eighteen people were martyred in the incident and 23 […]
Pakistan is home to more glaciers than anywhere in the world outside the polar regions, but as the climate warms, it’s becoming more vulnerable to sudden outbursts of melting glacier water that have the power to bring widespread destruction to its people. The country’s chief meteorologist has warned that this year alone, Pakistan has seen […]
Pakistan is racing to prevent further loss of life as it reels from one of its worst climate disasters with floodwater threatening to cover up to a third of the country of 220 million people by the end of the monsoon season. Climate change minister Sherry Rehman said Sunday the unprecedented rain had created […]
KARACHI: Sindh’s displaced communities, who are already stuck in stagnant rainwater, face another challenge the breakout of water diseases and skin infections This is because of unhygienic conditions and contaminated water. Health experts warn of outbreaks of diseases including malaria, dengue, typhoid, diarrhea, and skin infections among children, women, and elderly persons. The helpless, displaced […]
With the flood death toll hitting 937 and still on the rise, the government of Pakistan has declared the monsoon rain-induced floods a “climate-inducted humanitarian crisis of epic proportions”. Leaving 30 million people shelter-less, the floods have caused tremendous damage. The government, both provincial and federal, and many non-governmental organisations are working hard to provide relief to […]
KP government declares an emergency in Swat till August 30 amid extreme flooding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has declared an emergency in Swat. The scale of devastation caused by extreme flooding in the district reached out of control following record rains. Provincial authorities are facing difficulty in rescuing affected families from hill stations of Swat, Dir, and […]
Lyra McKee, a well-known Northern Irish journalist who was killed while covering violence in Londonderry in 2019, saw two men indicted for her murder appear in court on Friday. In addition to murder; Gearoid Cavanagh (33), and Jordan Devine (21), were charged with arson; throwing petrol bombs, and murder. McKee, 29, was shot and killed […]
According to state-run media, an earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province on Thursday, killing three people and injuring 60. On an 8-point scale, local authorities assigned the earthquake a magnitude of 6.0, whereas the US Geological Survey (USGS) assigned a value of 5.4. According to the USGS, the earthquake struck in the early morning hours, with […]
