Thirteen terrorists were killed during two intelligence-based operations in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday. The operations were conducted on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in Quetta and Kech districts, the ISPR, the media wing of the Pa
Typhoon Bualoi and subsequent floods and landslides have left 34 people dead, 20 missing, and 140 others injured, with estimated economic losses of 8.78 trillion Vietnamese dong (about 356 million US dollars), Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday. The typhoon caused severe damage to infrastructu
Rescuers battling to extricate students from the rubble of an Islamic school under construction that collapsed and killed at least six in Indonesia's province of East Java faced a harder task on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake packed the debris tighter. The magnitude 6.5 quake complicated the
After Ajib Bahar's six-month-old son fell sick last year in Myanmar's war-torn Rakhine state, the 38-year-old Rohingya mother said she had no medicine or food to give him. The boy died in her arms. "My children cried all night from hunger. I boiled grass and gave it to them just to keep them quiet
Hunger is rising in Myanmar, the impoverished Southeast Asian country that has been ravaged by conflict since a 2021 military coup ousted an elected civilian government. Some 3.6 million people are displaced across the war-torn nation, according to the United Nations, and a lack of funding has lef
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia was also working to strengthen its armed forces when asked about US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's remark that the US must prepare for war to ensure peace. "We also prefer to strengthen our armed forces in every possible way, remaining full supporters of
A suicide bombing killed at least 10 people outside the headquarters of a paramilitary force in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Tuesday, officials said. Several gunmen stormed the headquarters after the bombing, triggering a gun battle with the paramilitary, provincial Chief Minister
Militants set off a powerful car bomb outside the headquarters of Pakistan’s paramilitary security forces in the southwestern city of Quetta on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding several others, authorities said. Before detonating their vehicle, four attackers who were insid
Vietnam's death toll from Typhoon Bualoi rose to 19 with another 21 people still missing, the government said on Tuesday, making it the most devastating storm to hit the country this year as heavy rains caused severe flooding in Hanoi and across northern provinces. Bualoi made landfall on Monday i
Israeli tanks thrust closer to the heart of Gaza City on Monday in the hours before Donald Trump was due to host Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, where the US president has promised "SOMETHING SPECIAL" in his latest bid to end the war. After nearly two years of failed diplomacy, Washington p
The death toll following a stampede at a political rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has climbed to 40, the state's health minister said Sunday, as medics treated at least 124 injured in hospitals. Ma Subramanian told The Associated Press that 36 v
Israeli tanks moved deeper into Gaza City's residential districts on Sunday, as local health authorities said they have been unable to respond to dozens of desperate calls, expressing concern about the fate of residents in the targeted areas. Witnesses and medics said Israeli tanks had deepened th
A stampede at a rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu killed at least 36 people and injured 40 others, the state’s health minister said late Saturday. Ma Subramanian told The Associated Press that the victims were dead by the time they were taken
