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Islamabad, Oct 27: A massive earthquake struck remote and impoverished regions of northern Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 263 people as it shook buildings across South Asia and knocked out power and communications to already-isolated areas. The 7.5-magnitude quake was centered deep beneath the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan's sparsely populated Badakhshan province, which

Ankara, Oct 10: At least 86 people were killed today when two explosions ripped through groups of leftist and pro- Kurdish activists gathering for an anti-government peace rally in the Turkish capital Ankara. The attack, near Ankara's main train station, was the deadliest in the city's history and has ratcheted up tensions ahead of Turkey's November 1 snap elections, which were already riding high

Peshawar, Sep 18: In a brazen attack, heavily armed Taliban militants tried to storm an air force base in this restive Pakistani city today, sparking a fierce gunbattle with the security forces that left 13 terrorists dead and at least 22 people injured. Up to 10 gunmen wearing explosives-laden jackets and armed with hand-propelled grenades, mortars, AK-47 rifles attacked a guard post as they

Ankara, Sep 3: An image of a drowned toddler washed up on the beach in one of Turkey's prime tourist resorts swept across social media on Wednesday, after at least 12 presumed Syrian refugees died trying to reach the Greek island of Kos. The picture showed a little boy wearing a bright red t-shirt and shorts lying face-down in the surf on a beach near the resort town of Bodrum. In a second image

Bangkok, Aug 17: Two powerful bomb blasts outside a hugely popular Brahma temple in a crowded business district here today killed at least 27 people, including four foreigners. The twin blasts, which the government believed was aimed at damaging economy and tourism, occurred in a space of minutes around 7 pm (5:30 IST) outside Erawan Shrine dedicated to Lord Brahma in the downtown Chidlom district

Beijing, Aug 13: At least 44 people have been killed and 520 others injured, 66 of them critically, in twin blasts at a warehouse containing chemical and toxic materials in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin. The blasts ripped through the Ruihai warehouse, which stores dangerous goods, at 11.20 PM local time yesterday, following a fire report half an hour earlier. Fireballs erupted then

Dhaka, Jul 13: A video of a 13-year-old boy in Bangladesh, who was brutally tortured to death by a group of men for allegedly stealing a rickshaw, has triggered widespread protests including on social media, prompting authorities to launch a manhunt. The teenage vegetable vendor, Samiul Alam Rajan, was tied to a pole and beaten up for nearly 30 minutes until he died due to the torture while one of

Riyadh, Jul 3: Five Indians from Kerala were killed in Saudi Arabia when their vehicle was hit by a speeding trailer, a newspaper reported on Friday. All five -- Santosh Kumar, Iqbal Noman, Tulsi Krishnan, Ravindra Nair and Shiva Kumar Bhagvati Pillai -- died on the spot on Thursday, the Arab News quoted Indian embassy official Manoj Kumar as saying. They were employees of a private company in

New York, Jul 1: A hijab-wearing Muslim of Palestinian descent has been named the best-dressed girl at a school in New Jersey state, according to a website. Abrar Shahin, a student of Clifton High School, sports a black skirt and skinny jeans, ankle-high boots and a cropped white blazer in her yearbook photo. Her make-up is just about perfect, capped with plum-toned lip stick, the NorthJersey.com

Taipei, Jun 28: More than 500 people have been injured following an explosion at a water park outside Taiwan's capital Taipei after coloured powder being sprayed onto a crowd ignited. Government officials said 516 people had been injured, 194 of them seriously, with more than 400 still in hospital. "Our initial understanding is this explosion and fire ... was caused by the powder spray. It could