LAHORE: Twin suicide bombings in Pakistan targeting the military killed at least 39 people, including soldiers, and wounded nearly 100, on Friday in the city of Lahore, police said. Continue Reading

ANKARA: At least 51 people were killed when a powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale  struck remote villages in eastern Turkey early Monday, a local official said.  Continue Reading

LAHORE: A suicide bomber blew up an explosive-laden vehicle outside the interrogation centre of the Special Investigation Agency (SIA) of the Punjab government in Model Town on Monday morning, killing at least 12 people, among them eight security personnel and a woman, and injuring 89 others. Continue Reading

LAGOS: At least 500 people were killed Sunday in communal clashes near Nigeria’s central city of Jos, a state governor’s advisor told AFP Monday, revising a previous toll of around 100 dead. Continue Reading

At least 32 people are feared dead after mudslides and floods swept the Portuguese holiday island of Madeira. Continue Reading

Eight people were killed including one foreigner after a bomb blast ripped through a cafe and bakery popular with tourists in the western Indian city of Pune. Continue Reading

NEW YORK: A huge explosion ripped through a US power plant on Sunday being built in Connecticut amid reports up to 50 people may have died, emergency officials said, as a rescue operation swung into place. Continue Reading

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KARACHI: A motorcycle rigged with explosives rammed into a bus carrying Shias near the Nursery bridge in Karachi Friday, killing 12 people and wounding close to 50, while a second explosion inside Jinnah Hospital left at least ten people dead and injured another 20. Continue Reading

SRINAGAR: Indian police in Kashmir fired shots in the air and released tear gas for a third straight day on Wednesday to quell violent protests sparked by the death of a Muslim boy. Continue Reading