Acapulco: The Mexican government said Saturday that the death toll from Hurricane Otis had risen to 39 in the beach city of Acapulco. Figures from Guerrero state said the dead included 29 men and 10 women. Over 8,000 members of the armed forces have been deployed to rescue and aid those stricken by the catastrophe. The…
Astana : Over 30 people were killed and more than 23 are still missing after a fire erupted in a coal mine in Kazakhstan on Saturday, reported Al Jazeera, citing the Ministry for Emergency Situations. The Kazakhstan coal mine was operated by ArcelorMittal Temirtau, which is the local representative for Luxembourg-based multinational ArcelorMittal, the world’s second-largest…
Kochi : One person died and several more were injured after a multiple explosions took place at a prayer meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Kalamassery area of Kerala’s Kochi on Sunday morning, police said. Kalamassery CI Vibin Das said the first explosion took place around 9 am and multiple blasts followed thereafter, over the next…
Brussels: Three migrants died in a shootout near Serbia’s border with Hungary on Friday. Criminal gangs have been fighting for control of the area along an EU entry route used by smuggling rings. What we know about the shootingA gunbattle took place between migrants in an abandoned warehouse complex in a village called Horgos. Serbian media…
Kabul: An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Saturday, the National Centre for Seismology informed. According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at 10:11:10 (IST) at a depth of 100 kilometers. “Earthquake of Magnitude:4.7, Occurred on 28-10-2023, 10:11:10 IST, Lat: 36.69 & Long: 71.22, Depth: 100 Km, Region: Afghanistan,” the NCS posted…
Islamabad : Despite facing pressure from various nations to reconsider its decision regarding the deportation of illegal immigrants living in the country, Pakistan remains resolute and is unwilling to change its stance, according to The Express Tribune. Pakistan has made the decision to expel an estimated 1.7 million foreign nationals, primarily Afghans who had been residing…
Islamabad : Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is on the verge of a shutdown as it cancelled over 500 flights in the past 11 days due to the unavailability of fuel, ARY News reported. ARY News is a Pakistani news channel. PIA is facing its worst crisis in history as Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has cut its…
Luanda: Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, Sasmit Patra on Friday called for an inclusive approach by the world to tackle the big challenges faced by humanity and reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to overcome global trust deficiency. The Rajya Sabha MP was speaking at the 147th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly at Luanda, Angola. He said,…
Jiuquan: The spacecraft Shenzhou-17, or “Divine Vessel,” lifted off at 11:13 a.m. local time (0313 UTC/GMT) on Thursday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, on the edges of China’s Gobi Desert. “The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centr3 in northwest China,” state news agency Xinhua reported. The…
New York: Former US President Donald Trump was fined $10,000 (€9,500) for violating a gag order during a court appearance in a New York fraud trial Wednesday. Trump allegedly told one of Judge Arthur Engoron clerk’s during a trial break: “This judge is a very partisan judge, with a person who’s very partisan sitting beside him,…
