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India: Lightning strike kills at least 38 people in 24 hours
India: Officials reported on Monday that a lightning strike has killed at least 38 people…
Qureshi in Dushanbe to attend SCO Foreign Ministers Council
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrived in the Tajik city on Monday to represent Pakistan…
Violence spreads to South Africa’s economic hub in wake of Zuma jailing
Johannesburg Shops were looted overnight, a section of the M2 highway was closed and stick-wielding…
ECOSOC chief Munir Akram warns of serious clean water shortages by 2050
United Nations The President of United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Pakistani Ambassador Munir…
Pakistanis among 12 dead, 26 hurt in Turkey bus crash
Istanbul Twelve people died and 26 others were injured when a bus carrying migrants crashed…
30 million people under heat alerts as western US swelters
Los Angeles Hot weather alerts are in place for more than 30 million people across…
India set to overtake China as most populous nation
New Delhi India is on track to overtake China as the world’s most populated country…
Israeli settlements amount to war crime: UN expert
Geneva Israeli settlements in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank amount to a war…
Hackers disrupt Iran’s rail service with fake delay messages
Tehran Iran’s railroad system came under cyberattack on Friday, a semi-official news agency reported, with…
11 die of hunger every minute around the globe, says Oxfam
Cairo The anti-poverty organisation Oxfam says 11 people die of hunger each minute and that…
