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Shock waves, landslides may have caused ‘rare’ volcano tsunami: experts

Paris, Jan 17 (AFP/APP):A rare volcano-triggered tsunami sparked by the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai in Tonga could have been caused by shock waves or shifting underwater land, experts said Monday. “A volcanic-source tsunami event is rare but not unprecedented,” a post on the website […]

Hundreds of US-bound migrants in caravan stuck at Guatemala border

TEGUCIGALPA Tegucigalpa-January 16 (Online): Hundreds of Hondurans and Nicaraguans on Saturday reached the Guatemalan border but were prevented from crossing by Guatemalan security forces, the first such US-bound migrant caravan to be formed this year in Central America. Some migrants at the Izabel border crossing […]

Sudan revokes licence of Al Jazeera live TV unit

Khartoum, Jan 16 (AFP/APP):Sudan has revoked the licence of Al Jazeera Mubasher, part of the Qatar-based network, accusing it of “unprofessional” TV coverage of anti-coup protests, the channel said Sunday. “The Sudanese authorities announce they revoked the accreditation of Al Jazeera Mubasher and barred its […]

Strong quake rocks northern Greece

Athens, Jan 16 (AFP/APP):A strong 5.4-magnitude earthquake rocked northern Greece on Sunday near the country’s second city of Thessalonica, the National Observatory of Athens said. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 1150 GMT, was 23 kilometers (14 miles) south west of Orthodox spiritual […]

Monks flee temples in eastern Myanmar amid intense fighting

Yangon, Jan 16 (AFP/APP):Hundreds of Buddhist monks fled two major towns in Myanmar, a witness said Sunday, among thousands recently displaced by intense fighting between the military and rebel groups opposed to last year’s coup. A military power-grab 11 months ago expelled civilian leader Aung […]

North Korea test fired two ballistic missiles

North Korea-January 15 (Online): North Korea has once again test fired two ballistic missiles. In a statement, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the latest launch is strong reaction over the threat for new sanctions by United States. The United States criticised the latest […]

India says cloudy weather led to helicopter crash that killed defense chief

Mumbai-January 15 (Online): Cloudy conditions due to unexpected weather led to the helicopter crash last month that killed the head of India’s armed forces, General Bipin Rawat, and 13 others, the government said in a statement. “The accident was a result of entry into clouds […]

When people become stake holders to save the country then it is biggest national security: PM Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 14 (Online): Prime Minister Imran Khan has said we go to IMF under compulsion and the burden has to be put on the people to meet the conditionalities. “The country was not stabilized economically in the past. National security has been made clear […]

One dead, 30 rescued in new Channel migrant boat accident

Lille, France, Jan 14 (AFP/APP):One man has died and about 30 other people have been rescued in the Channel after their boat ran into difficulties while trying to cross from northern France to Britain on Friday, prosecutors said. The victim is believed to be in […]

NDMA responsible for Murree tragedy: IHC

ISLAMABAD, Jan 13 (Online): Islamabad High Court (IHC) while declaring National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) responsible for Murree tragedy has directed Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan to convene meeting of National Disaster Management Commission (NDMC) next week and file report thereof till January 21. The […]

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