11 drown as boat capsizes in Jamshoro

JAMSHORO, Aug 29 (Online): At least 11 people were drowned while seven others rescued when a boat carrying flood victims capsized at village Bilawalpur in Sehwan Sharif in Jamshoro district on Monday. According to the police, the people who drowned were migrating from submerged villages […]

Pope urges aid for flood-hit Pakistan

CENTRAL ITALY 28 Aug (Online): Pope Francis on Sunday called on the international community to help Paksitan, where deadly floods have killed more than 1,000 people. The Argentine pontiff appealed for “prompt and generous international solidarity”, and said he was praying for the victims. His […]

Six dead as truck hits Dutch village barbecue

NieuwBeijerland, Netherlands, Aug 28 (AFP/APP):Dutch police on Sunday said six people were killed and seven others hurt after a truck ran off the top of a dike and ploughed into a neighbourhood barbecue. Police were questioning the Spanish-registered driver of the lorry following the accident […]

Macron concludes Algeria visit with new pact

Algiers, Aug 27 (AFP/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune Saturday declared a “new, irreversible dynamic of progress” in their nations’ ties, concluding a visit by Macron aimed at ending months of tensions. The three-day visit comes less than two months […]

Van driver hits Brussels cafe terrace, injuring six

Brussels, Aug 26 (AFP/APP):A van driver ploughed through a crowded cafe terrace in Brussels’ city centre shopping and tourism district on Friday, slightly wounding six people before escaping the scene. A suspect was later arrested in the northern port city of Antwerp and he is […]

Ukraine nuclear plant back online as inspection prepared

Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug 26 (AFP/APP): Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant occupied by Moscow’s troops came back online Friday, the state operator said, after Kyiv claimed it was cut from the national power grid by Russian shelling. The plant — Europe’s largest nuclear facility — was severed […]

PM Shehbaz announces Rs 15 bln grant for Sindh as flood relief

SUKKUR, Aug 26 (APP): The federal government will provide a grant of Rs 15 billion to the Sindh government to overcome the heavy losses of lives and infrastructure in the wake of the massive destruction caused by flash floods, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on […]