Pakistani coast guards seize narcotics worth 32 mln USD

7 years ago

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Coast Guards on Saturday foiled an attempt to smuggle 400 kg of narcotics worth Rs. 3.5 billion (around 32 million U.S. dollars) in the international market in Pakistan's...

Dahanu boat capsize: 32 students rescued, search ops on

7 years ago

Dahanu (Maharashtra) [India],  32 students have been rescued, after a boat with 40 school children on board capsized two nautical miles from the seashore in Maharashtra's Dahanu earlier today.  The...

Warming puts millions more at risk from river floods

7 years ago

BERLIN,  Scientists say millions more people around the world are threatened by river floods in coming decades due to climate change.  Researchers in Germany say greater flood defenses are particularly...

China supports DPRK, S. Korea in promoting inter-Korean dialogue, exchanges -- Xi

7 years ago

BEIJING,  Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that China has always supported the improvement of relations between South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), as well as...

23 insurgents killed in E. Afghan operation: gov't

7 years ago

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Twenty-three militants were killed and 14 others arrested following an operation in Nangarhar province, east of Afghanistan, Wednesday night, said the provincial government on Thursday.  "Special Operation ...

Catalan separatists argue in court for their release

7 years ago

MADRID (AP) — Three backers of Catalonia's independence sought Thursday to get released from jail for their role in the region's push to break from Spain, which triggered the country's...

India welcomes inter-Korean talks

7 years ago

NEW DELHI,  India on Thursday welcomed the recent talks between South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), saying it believed in reunification and reconciliation on the Korean...

At least 17 dead as mudslides hit fire-ravaged Southern California

7 years ago

LOS ANGELES, At least 17 people, including children, were killed and scores of homes destroyed as mudslides hit Southern California, still reeling from the impact of devastating wildfires, local authorities...

Magnitude 7.6 earthquake at sea off Honduras triggers tsunami warnings, no casualties reported

7 years ago

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, - There were no reports of casualties or severe damage yet as one of the strongest earthquakes in recent records to hit the Caribbean region struck late Tuesday...

5.6-magnitude quake hits western Iran

7 years ago

TEHRAN,  An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Soomar city in Iran's western Kermanshah province at 11:01 a.m. local time (0729 GMT) on Thursday, Iran's Seismological Center reported.The epicenter,...

Tianjin records best air quality in five years

7 years ago

TIANJIN,  The smog-prone Tianjin Municipality recorded its best air quality after five years of fighting air pollution, local authorities said Wednesday.  Tianjin, which neighbors Beijing, enjoyed 209 "good air" days...

Eight family members killed in road accident in central Kenya

7 years ago

NYERI, Kenya,  Eight family members died in a grisly road accident on Tuesday night after a commuter minibus they were traveling in rolled over at Kianugu area on Nyeri-Nyahururu road...

Myanmar security forces took part in killing 10 Rohingya: army

7 years ago

YANGON, Myanmar security forces took part in a massacre of 10 Rohingya in September, the army chief's office said Wednesday, as it admitted for the first time abuses during a...

S. Sudan hopes to use national unity day to rally for peace

7 years ago

JUBA,  A South Sudanese senior official said on Wednesday that they hope the upcoming National Unity Day (NUD) will help create purpose of unity in the war-torn country.  Nadia Arop,...

Endangered Asian elephant dies in Cambodian jungle after trapped in hole

7 years ago

PHNOM PENH,  An endangered young male elephant, age about one year old, was found dead trapped in a hole inside the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary (KSWS) in northeast Cambodia's Mondulkiri...