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Sanaa, Sep 27 (IANS) Five Al Qaeda members have been killed and 32 suspects arrested during a three-day military offensive in Yemen, the interior ministry said Sunday. According to a statement posted on the ministry’s website, two security personnel were also killed during the operation which was carried out in Hota town of Shabwa province [...]

Islamabad, Sep 18 (IANS) A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan late Friday night, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. There were no reports of damage or casualties. The quake was also felt in Pakistan’s Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and other cities in the northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and Punjab province, said Pakistan’s [...]

Sydney, Sep 17(ANI): The Australian government has decided to raise its aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan by 40 million dollars to bring its total commitment to 75 million dollars. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd made the announcement while making a flying visit to Pakistan’s Punjab province. The latest package includes 11 million dollars in aid to help [...]

Jampur (Pakistan), Sep 13(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reiterated his appeal for more help from the international community to carry out relief and rehabilitation efforts in the flood affected country. Gilani was addressing the media after visiting flood-hit areas in Jampur city in Punjab province. “The floods were a large scale tragedy [...]

Beijing, Sep 4 (IANS) At least 27 people were killed and 36 injured in two road accidents in northeast China Firday, authorities said. In Jilin province, a truck collided with a bus on an expressway near the provincial capital, Changchun, at about 2:50 p.m., leaving 17 people dead and 35 injured, Xinhua reported quoting traffic [...]

Thatta, Sept 3 (ANI): The United Nations office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has claimed that worldwide response to the flood disaster in Pakistan has almost come to a standstill. The fund contributions, which were initially slow, had increased after UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-moon visited Pakistan. But since last week, the aid has [...]

Beijing, Sep 2 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 57 missing when landslides hit a village in southwest China’s Yunnan province Wednesday night, authorities said Thursday. The landslides happened at Wama village of Longyang district, the provincial government’s emergency office said in a statement, Xinhua reported. It said the area was home to [...]

Beijing, Aug 26 (IANS) The company whose aircraft was involved in Tuesday’s deadly crash which killed 42 people and injured 54 has decided to cancel all its flights for safety reviews, officials said. The operations of Henan Airlines, based in Henan province, would be suspended for an unspecific time, said Wu Zhenkun, an official with [...]

Beijing, Aug 22 (IANS) At least 23 people have died and 69 are missing after mudslideS hit a remote mountain village in southwest China, Xinhua reported Saturday. Rescuers have retrieved 11 bodies Saturday, four days after the disaster in Yunnan province. ‘The chances of survival for the missing people are slim,’ said Hou Xinrong, director [...]

Chennai, Aug.21 (ANI): Representatives of fisherman’s associations from India and Sri Lanka are currently engaged in a dialogue from August 20 to 22 here, and, issues such as trans-border fishing and the attacks on fishermen are being discussed. Efforts are on to suggest practical solutions that could lead to peaceful co-existence in the Palk Bay. [...]

Beijing, Aug 21 (IANS) About 51,000 people were evacuated and three were reported missing Saturday after floods ravaged northeast China’s Liaoning province, authorities said. Some 230 houses collapsed while transport and power supply were cut in some areas of Dandong city due to the floods triggered by heavy rains, the authorities said. Roads along the [...]

Beijing, Aug 21 (IANS) About 51,000 people were evacuated Saturday morning after floods hit northeast China’s Liaoning province, authorities said. Three people were missing after floods ravaged the province. A total of 230 houses collapsed, and transport and power supply in some areas of Dandong city were cut off due to the floods triggered by [...]

Bangkok, Aug 18 (IANS) Five people, including a senior official, were killed in a helicopter crash in northern Thailand, an official said Wednesday. It is believed that the helicopter crashed into a mountain in Namom district, Nan province, said Nisakorn Kositratna, deputy permanent secretary of the ministry of natural resources and environment. Nisakorn blamed bad [...]

Beijing, Aug 18 (IANS) At least 67 people were missing after mudslides hit a remote town in southwest China’s Yunnan province early Wednesday, authorities said. Power supplies and telecommunications were cut following the mudslides in Puladi Township in Gongshan, Xinhua reported. Rescuers were sent to the area high up in the mountains bordering Myanmar, said [...]

Islamabad, Aug 14(ANI): The Pakistan Army has said that the security forces will continue its flood-relief efforts in affected areas, but will not divert forces from the battle against the Taliban. “The involvement of our troops in relief activities will have no impact on our fight against militants,” The Daily Times quoted Major General Athar [...]

Islamabad, Aug 14 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed Saturday in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, even as parts of the nation reeled under the havoc of floods on its Independence Day. The militants fired indiscriminately at a passenger bus in Mach city, near Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, killing [...]

Islamabad, Aug 14 (IANS) Floods triggered by torrential rains that have left over 1,600 people dead in Pakistan are now turning their fury on Sindh province, forcing the administration to order evacuation of major cities along the Indus river. Around 1.6 million people have been marooned in Sindh province after floods submerged over 25,000 villages, [...]

Islamabad, Aug 13 (IANS) The World Bank has announced a grant of $900 million for relief and reconstruction work following the floods in Pakistan that have cost the nation around Rs.250 billion, a media report said Friday. Pakistan is grappling with its worst ever floods that have left over 1,600 people dead and affected over [...]

Baghdad, Aug 13 (IANS) Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and five security personnel wounded in three attacks, including a suicide car bombing, in central and northern Iraq, police said. A suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army checkpoint Thursday night outside a military base in the village of Zaidan in Abu Ghraib area, just west [...]

Karachi, Aug 10(ANI): Pakistan’s Hindu community has called for deployment of Army in the flood-affected areas of Sindh province to safeguard the lives of thousands of Hindus allegedly being looted by the locals. Addressing the media at the Karachi Press Club, Pakistan Hindu Council chief Ramesh Kumar appealed to the government to move in the [...]