BBC: A suicide attack outside a court in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad has killed 12 people and injured at least 27 more, the country’s interior minister said. Mohsin Naqvi said a bomber was planning to attack the district courthouse – but was unable to get inside. Naqvi said authorities would prioritise identifying the bomber, and that […]
BBC: Monday evening was busy as usual near the Red Fort metro station in India’s capital Delhi when the sound of a loud blast broke through the cacophony on the streets. An explosion in a car killed at least eight people and injured more than 20. It was so powerful that several vehicles nearby almost melted, and […]
BBC: At least six people have died after a super typhoon barrelled through the Philippines, mere days after an earlier storm left more than 200 people dead. Super typhoon Fung-wong brought floods and landslides, which caused most of the deaths. It also cut power across entire provinces. It later weakened into a typhoon. More than 1.4 […]
BBC: A people carrier used to take passengers to and from planes has crashed at an airport near Washington DC, injuring at least 18 people, authorities said. The vehicle, which is also known as a mobile lounge, hit a dock at Washington Dulles International Airport around 16:30EST (21:30GMT) on Monday. According to the Metropolitan Washington […]
BBC: A Ukrainian former military officer is on the 10th day of a hunger strike in an Italian prison, where he has accused the authorities of mistreating him to make him confess to blowing up Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea in 2022. Serhiy Kuznetsov was detained in Italy in August on […]
BBC: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from jail, three weeks into a five-year prison term for taking part in a criminal conspiracy. He will be subject to strict judicial supervision and barred from leaving France. Sarkozy’s car was seen leaving La Santé prison in Paris just before 15:00 (14:00 GMT), less than […]
BBC: At least eight people have been killed and more injured after a car exploded near the Red Fort in Delhi, authorities have said. Delhi City police spokesperson, Sanjay Tyagi confirmed the deaths to the BBC, while the deputy fire chief said a further 19 people had been injured, according to AFP. Police are investigating […]
BBC: Hundreds of people in Delhi took to the streets on Sunday to protest against pollution as air quality continues to worsen in India’s capital and surrounding areas. People of all ages, including children, held banners and shouted slogans, demanding that the government take action to curb pollution, which is touching severe levels. Around 80 […]
BBC: At least seven people have died after a boat carrying undocumented migrants sank near the border between Thailand and Malaysia. Thirteen people have been rescued but hundreds are missing – they were among a group of 300 people, most of whom are Rohingyas, who left Myanmar’s impoverished Rakhine state two weeks ago on a […]
BBC: A weakened Typhoon Fung-wong is now passing over the South China Sea and expected to head to Taiwan, after leaving two people dead in the Philippines. Some 1.4 million in the Philippines had been preemptively evacuated before Fung-wong made landfall on Sunday as a super typhoon, carrying winds of 185km/h (115mph) and gusts of […]
