A woman and her two daughters died. Five other people were injured when the roof of a house caved in

A fierce dust storm in Lahore claimed the lives of two children on Tuesday. The winds travelled at a speed of 115 kilometres per hour. The minor girls died when the roof of their house in Shahdara caved in on them. Two other men were injured when a tree fell on them. 💨🌪⛈ This is…

At least 25 people were killed when Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted Sunday, belching ash and rock and forcing the capital’s main airport to close. The volcano expelled hot muddy material that caused the deaths — including of several children — in the El Rodeo and Las Lajas communities located on its southern slope, disaster agency…

A fire broke out at a two-storey house on Multan’s Vehari Road, killing three people. According to rescue workers, the three people died due to suffocation in the fumes. The deceased belonged to the same family. Eight firefighters doused the flames.

Shehbaz Khan A bus turned turtle in Karachi’s Korangi neighbourhood, killing two people and injuring seven others on Sunday. The accident happened near Vita Chowrangi. According to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data, 4,448 people died in traffic accidents in Pakistan between 2015 and 2016.

Muhammad Salim The roof of a madrassa caved in as fierce winds and rain lashed Bajaur Agency Saturday night. The roof collapse killed six children and injured five others. One of the injured children is in a critical condition, said doctors at a Peshawar hospital. The madrassa is located in Mamund tehsil. The roof caved…

A Russian fighter jet crashed after taking off from an airbase in Syria on Thursday, killing both pilots, Moscow’s defence ministry said in a statement carried by news agencies. “As it was climbing after taking off from the Hmeimim airbase, the Russian fighter Su-30SM crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. Two pilots, who fought until the…

Irum Sattar Six people were killed Wednesday near Layyah as a bus and tractor collided into each other. The deceased people were aboard the tractor when the accident happened. The bodies were taken to the district hospital.

ALGIERS: An Algerian military plane crashed near an airport outside the capital Algiers, killing several people on Wednesday, local media and a witness said, reported Reuters. More than 100 military personnel were on board the plane when it came down near Boufarik airport, local channel Ennahar TV reported. There was no immediate confirmation from authorities….

At least 30 people, including 27 children, were killed Monday in northern India when a school bus plunged into a deep ravine in the Himalayan foothills, police said. The bus carrying young students home in Himachal Pradesh state flew off a cliff near Nurpur, about 325 kilometres (200 miles) from the state capital Shimla, and…

Ten people were killed and two were injured when a four-storey hotel collapsed in a crowded part of the central Indian city of Indore late on Saturday, a local police official said, reported Reuters Rescue operations were complete and no other casualties were likely, assistant sub-inspector Ramesh Kirade told Reuters by telephone. While the building was…

NEWS DESK: At least 37 people were killed when a fire ripped through a busy shopping centre in an industrial city in western Siberia, with scores more reported missing, including children, reported AFP. Images on Russian television showed thick black smoke pouring out of the Winter Cherry shopping centre in the city of Kemerovo, which…

A suicide bomber on Wednesday killed at least 26 people, many of them teenagers, in front of Kabul University, officials said, as Afghans took to the streets to celebrate the Persian new year holiday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the deadly attack — the fifth suicide bombing in the Afghan capital in…

Nine people died while six others were injured as their jeep fell into a ditch in Jhelum Valley, Azad Kashmir, Wednesday They were on their way to Chakothi. Their vehicle slipped at a turning near the Line of Control and fell into a ditch. In February, five people, including an infant, were killed and nine…

NEWS DESK: Rockets fired by Syrian regime forces killed at least 13 civilians in the besieged rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus on Thursday, a monitor said, reported AFP. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 13 people were killed in Douma, the main town in Eastern Ghouta, three of them children….

NEWS DESK: Sixty-six people have been killed in a passenger plane crash in Iran, airline company officials say, reported BBC. The Aseman Airlines plane, en route from Tehran to the south-western city of Yasuj, came down in the Zagros mountains of central Iran. The Red Crescent has deployed a search and rescue team to the…

SEOUL: A fire in a South Korean hospital killed 31 people and injured more than 70, a fire station official said on Friday, with eight of those injured listed as being in critical condition, reported Reuters. The fire started at around 7.30 a.m. (2230 GMT) at the rear of the emergency room on the first…

GUATEMALA CITY: At least eight people were killed and 15 were seriously injured in Guatemala when a minibus came off the edge of a road and plunged down a ravine, an emergency services official said on Wednesday, reported Reuters. The vehicle was traveling in the San Pedro Necta municipality in a mountainous part of western…

NEWS DESK: Four people have been killed by falling trees or debris as a fierce storm tears across northern Europe, reported Radio New Zealand. Storm-related accidents killed three people in the Netherlands and one in north-west Germany. Gusts of up to 140km/h caused transport chaos. for everyone who doesn’t know how real / bad the…

Opponents of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hold a protest outside the Iranian embassy in west London, Britain December 31, 2017. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh DUBAI: Ten people were killed during street protests in Iran on Sunday, state television said on Monday, reported Reuters. The nationwide protests have drawn in tens of thousands of people and represent the…

People protest in Tehran, Iran December 30, 2017 in this picture obtained from social media. REUTERS. DUBAI: Two people were shot dead in protests in Iran bringing to four the number of fatalities in the country’s most serious unrest since 2009 and messages on social media called for more anti-government demonstrations on Monday, reported Reuters….