Helicopter Crash Kills Five Senior Engineers from Russian Defence Plant
SRINAGAR: Five senior engineers from Russia’s Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant, a major defence manufacturer, were killed when their helicopter crashed in the Dagestan region, Reuters...
Typhoon Kills Two, Forces Over One Million People to Flee in Philippines
SRINAGAR: At least two people have been killed and more than one million evacuated from their homes across the Philippines as Typhoon Fung-Wong made...
Afghanistan’s Opium Cultivation Plummets as Regional Trafficking Surges
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Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has fallen by 20 per cent compared to last year, continuing a dramatic decline since the introduction of...
Blasts Rock Indonesian School Mosque During Friday Prayers, 54 Injured
SRINAGAR: At least 54 people, mostly students, were injured when multiple explosions struck a mosque during Friday prayers at a state high school in...
Philippines Declares Emergency as Typhoon Kalmaegi Kills 240
SRINAGAR: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Thursday declared a state of emergency after Typhoon Kalmaegi devastated central provinces, leaving at least 241 people...
Second Earthquake of the Week Strikes Afghanistan
SRINAGAR: An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale struck Afghanistan early on Thursday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported.
According to the NCS,...
Over 100 Killed as Typhoon Kalmaegi Strikes Philippines
SRINAGAR: The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the central Philippines surpassed 100 on Wednesday, as authorities continued to assess the widespread destruction caused...
Seven Killed, Several Injured After UPS Cargo Plane Crashes
SRINAGAR: At least seven people were killed and several others injured when a UPS cargo aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Louisville International...
Zohran Mamdani Makes History as First South Asian and Muslim Elected New York City...
SRINAGAR: Zohran Mamdani has made history by becoming the first South Asian and Muslim to be elected Mayor of New York City, following a...
10 Killed, Over 250 Injured as Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan
SRINAGAR: At least ten people were killed and more than 250 injured when a powerful earthquake struck northern Afghanistan in the early hours on...
Over 100 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza as Ceasefire Collapses
SRINAGAR: At least 104 Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday night, the enclave’s Hamas-run health...
Netanyahu Orders ‘Immediate and Powerful’ Strikes on Gaza
SRINAGAR: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday directed the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to launch “immediate and powerful strikes” on the Gaza Strip,...
Plane Carrying Foreign Tourists Crashes in Kenya, 11 Killed
SRINAGAR: A small aircraft carrying foreign tourists crashed and caught fire in Kenya’s Kwale County on Tuesday, killing all 11 people on board, authorities...
US Fighter Jet, Helicopter Crash into South China Sea
SRINAGAR: A US Navy fighter jet and a helicopter operating from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed into the South China Sea within half...
Russian Strikes Target Ukraine, Hundreds Evacuated
SRINAGAR: Russian forces struck a coal mine in southeastern Ukraine and an energy facility in the country’s north, causing extensive damage and disrupting electricity...
