Eight killed in factory fire incident in Lahore
At least eight people, including two women and as many minors, were killed and two wounded in Lahore factory conflagration. The blaze broke out at the perfume factory located in Imamia Colony after a gas cylinder burst late Monday. The inferno caused eight deaths and burns injuries to several others. The fire has been brought […]
Kobe Bryant, daughter among 9 dead in helicopter crash in Southern California
NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter were among five people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Bryant was 41. Bryant was on his way to a travel basketball game with his daughter Gianna Bryant, who was 13, when the helicopter crashed, sources told […]
US Embassy vehicle involved in Islamabad traffic crash, leaving one dead
ISLAMABAD: At least one person was killed and four injured when two cars collided Sunday here at the federal capital’s Faisal Avenue Chowk, police said. According to the police, one of the cars involved in the crash belongs to the United States Embassy in Islamabad. The US Embassy car’s driver was arrested and a first […]
Kobe Bryant dead at 41 after helicopter crash, according to report
LOS ANGELES: Basketball legend Kobe Bryant died late Sunday in a helicopter crash in suburban Los Angeles, celebrity website TMZ reported, in an accident confirmed by police that saw five people killed. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials said there were no survivors from the morning crash on a hillside in Calabasas, west of Los Angeles. […]
Democrats wrap up case against Trump in Senate trial, defense team to take the floor
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s lawyers prepared to deliver the US president’s first full-throated defense on Saturday in the Senate’s historic impeachment trial, after Democratic prosecutors spent three days making their case for the Tump’s removal from office. Capping 24 total hours of arguments, Democrats told the 100 senators that Trump abused the power of the presidency […]
Rescuers scramble to find Turkey quake survivors
Rescue workers raced against time Saturday to find survivors under the rubble after a powerful earthquake claimed 22 lives and left more than 1,200 injured in eastern Turkey. The magnitude 6.8 quake struck on Friday evening, with its epicentre in the small lakeside town of Sivrice in Elazig province, and was felt across neighbouring countries. […]
Gunman opens fire in Germany, killing six people near train station
Germany: A 26-year-old man is believed to have shot dead his mother and father and four other people in a town in southwest Germany on Friday, police said, leaving two others seriously wounded. The suspect “called the police station in (nearby town) Aalen at 12:48 p.m. (1148 GMT) to inform them he had shot several people,” […]
Pakistan on High Alert Amid Coronavirus Outbreak in China
Islamabad: Pakistani health ministry has announced multiple measures including screening of passengers at airports as hundreds of cases of new viral respiratory illness have been confirmed in China. Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has introduced the screening measures at four major airports — in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar — in the wake of the […]
At Least 14 Dead After Preliminary Magnitude 6.8 Earthquake Strikes Eastern Turkey
ISTANBUL: A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 14 people, causing buildings to collapse and sending panicked residents rushing into the street. Rescue teams were being sent to the scene of the quake, which had its epicentre in the small lakeside town of Sivrice in the […]
Powerful explosion rips through building in US city of Houston
At least two people have been killed and seven injured after a massive explosion ripped through a factory in Houston. The blast sent huge fireballs rocketing into the sky and caused debris to rain down on the US city’s Gessner Road area. It was so vast, reports suggest, it was heard more than 20 miles away. […]
