Italy: €36.5 million allocated to regions worst hit by drought
Rome: Italy has declared a state of emergency in five northern regions battling the worst drought in 70 years, the...
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Italy: Rome battles wildfire in Parco del Pineto
Rome: A large wildfire broke out on Monday in Parco del Pineto, a regional park in the north of Rome,...
Relief goods being dispatched to Afghanistan immediately for earthquake victims: Marriyum
Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday said relief goods were being dispatched to Afghanistan immediately for...
PM sympathizes with Chinese people over flood-caused evacuations
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday expressed sympathies and solidarity with the people of China amidst massive evacuations caused by...
PM directs for provision of two helicopters to control Patnai fire
Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Sunday directed for provision of two helicopters to extinguish forest fire in Patnai area...
Pakistan, China to establish JWG to explore cooperation against forest fires
Islamabad: Pakistan and China will establish a Joint Working Group (JWG) to explore possibilities of cooperation between the two countries...
Italy: Florence shaken by another 3.7 magnitude earthquake
Florence: The area around Florence was shaken by an earthquake, measuring 3.7 in magnitude early Friday. The epicentre of the...
Italy: Rome police seek Maserati driver who damaged Spanish Steps
Rome: Rome police have launched an investigation after a motorist drove a Maserati down the Spanish Steps on Tuesday night,...
Pakistan expresses solidarity with Afghan people in wake of flash floods
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday conveyed its condolences and sympathies to the people of Afghanistan over the loss of precious lives...
Italy remembers victims of L’Aquila earthquake on 13th anniversary
Rome: Italy marks the 13th anniversary of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the city of L'Aquila in the early hours...
Pak Army helicopter crashes in Congo, eight personnel including officers, soldiers martyred
Rawalpindi: At least eight United Nations peacekeepers, including six Pakistani soldiers, were martyred when a helicopter crashed on a reconnaissance...
Indian missile incident can escalate nuclear tensions: Speakers
Islamabad: Experts have voiced grave concern over Indian missile landing in Pakistani territory and warned that India’s irresponsible attitude could...
PM expresses deep grief over loss of lives in China plane crash
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday expressed his deep grief over loss of lives in a passenger plane crash in...
Baloch leader Abdul Hayee Baloch dies in road accident
Lodhran: Veteran Baloch leader Dr. Abdul Hayee Baloch died in a road accident near Jalal Pur Pirwala interchange, Lodhran on...
FO summons Indian Charge d’Affaires with demand of justice for Samjhauta Express victims
Islamabad: India’s Charge d’Affaires in Islamabad was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to convey Pakistan’s “severe disappointment” at...
Italy: Calabria region hit by 4.3-magnitude earthquake
Rome: Italy's southern Calabria region was hit by a 4.3-magnitude earthquake on Thursday morning, according to the National Institute of...
5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes parts of Pakistan
Muzaffarabad: An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and its surrounding...
PPP rejects enquiry committee on Murree incident
Islamabad: Central Information Secretary PPP Parliamentarians Shazia Atta Marri has said that Pakistan People’s Party has rejected the enquiry committee...
Bilawal Bhutto demands judicial inquiry into the Murree tragedy
Islamabad: Chair Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has demanded to constitute a judicial commission for probe into the...
Sadiq Sanjrani’s younger brother died in road accident
Islamabad: Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani’s younger brother Salar Sanjrani died on Saturday in a car accident at Uthal, Balochistan....
Rescue operation to continue till tourists reach safe place: Maj Gen Wajid
Murree: Following the tragedy in Murree, the commanding officer of Murree Division Major General Wajid Aziz has said that rescue...
Pakistan saddened on loss of lives in BD
Islamabad: Pakistan is deeply saddened by the loss of precious lives in a ferry accident in Jhalakathi district in Bangladesh,...
Chinese businessman erroneously dropped at wrong location, rescued by police
Karachi: A Chinese businessman Mao Fankin was left stranded at Kati Pahari area of Karachi after a taxi driver erroneously...
India’s top military leader Gen Bipin Rawat dies in air crash
Islamabad: India’s Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Mrs Madhulika Rawat and 11 other persons died as...
Italy: A giant dragon rises from a lost forest
Rome: A giant wooden sculpture of a dragon has emerged from a north Italian forest devastated by Storm Vaia three...
Italy rescues 420 migrants in rough seas in Mediterranean
Rome: The Italian Coast Guard rescued more than 420 migrants Saturday, including dozens of minors, from boats in difficulty in...
Italy: Earthquake rocks Pesaro and Urbino
Rome: A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Italian province of Pesaro and Urbino, in Le Marche, at lunchtime on Friday. The...
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp down for users worldwide
Lahore: Social networking services Facebook, Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp are all experiencing issues for users worldwide, including in Pakistan....
Italy: Rome’s Ponte di Ferro bridge goes up in flames
Rome: The iconic metal bridge, which dates to 1863, went up in flames just before midnight, leading to some external...
L’Aquila: Italy PM opens park in memory of earthquake victims
Rome: Italian premier Mario Draghi travelled to L'Aquila on Tuesday morning to inaugurate a park in memory of the 309...
Gwadar New Airport to be operational in September 2023
Islamabad: The Parliamentary Committee on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was informed here on Thursday by the Secretary Aviation division...
75th Independence Day of Pakistan celebrated in Sri Lanka
Colombo: The High Commission of Pakistan and the Pakistani community in Sri Lanka celebrated 75th Independence Day “The Diamond Jubilee”...
CPEC: Work on KCR to start soon, says Planning Minister
Gwadar Pro Karachi: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has said that work on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor...
Chinese envoy expresses satisfaction over Dasu bus tragedy probe
Islamabad: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong Wednesday expressing satisfaction over the ongoing probe related to Dasu bus tragedy appreciated...
Asim Bajwa expresses solidarity with torrential rains affected people in China
Islamabad: China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Chairman Lt Gen (Retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa Wednesday expressed solidarity with the people of...
Pakistan, China narrative on bus blast identical
China Economic Net Islamabad: China and Pakistan have agreed that their narrative should be the same on the bus blast...
Chinese ambassador to Pakistan visits injured Chinese nationals from blast
China Economic Net Islamabad: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong, accompanied by Pakistani Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood, visited the injured...
Reti-Daharki Train accident “The up and down track has been restored” DSR Sukkur Tariq Latif
The Pakistan Railways completed the relief operation at the accident site and restored the tracks on Tuesday According to the...
Prince Philip has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace announces
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. A statement issued by the palace...
Italy: L’Aquila marks 12th anniversary of deadly earthquake
Rome: Italy is marking the 12th anniversary of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the city of L'Aquila in the early...
Pakistan saddened over deaths in Bangladesh
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday expressed grief over the loss of lives as a launch carrying passengers capsized in Bangladesh’s Shitalakkhya...
Passenger train carrying 490 derails in Taiwan, more than 48 dead and dozens injured
A busy passenger train carrying 490 people has derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, killing at least 48 and...
At least 32 killed in Egypt train crash
Tahta: At least 32 people have been killed and 165 injured in a train crash in central Egypt, officials say....
Rescuers save 67 children among more than 100 migrants in dinghy off Libya
Islamabad: More than 100 migrants, including 67 children, were rescued from a dinghy off the Libyan coast by a humanitarian...
Japan marks 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake
Islamabad: The Government and the people of Japan will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake...
Italy: 200 coffins washed into sea after cemetery landslide
Milan: Around 200 coffins were carried away in a landslide that struck a cemetery at Camogli, a tourist resort near...
Italy: Venice’s floating Nativity swept away by storm
Venice: A floating Nativity scene that made headlines around the world after it appeared in the waters around Burano, in...
Earthquake hits Greece and Turkey, bringing deaths and floods
A powerful earthquake has struck off Turkey's Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos, destroying a number...
Pakistan marks International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday marked the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. As a natural disaster...
Karachi plane crash survivor reaches Lahore on PIA flight
Lahore: Zafar Masud, one of the two passengers who miraculously survived the PIA plane crash in May 2020, travelled to...
Italy defense minister in Beirut today with aid
Rome: Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini will be in Beirut today (Monday), presenting emergency aid mobilized by his country’s military...
Kerala plane crash: Air India plane breaks in two at Calicut runway, 15 dead
An Air India Express plane with 191 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of...
Over 80 killed by bootleg alcohol in Indian state
New Delhi: More than 80 people have died in recent days after drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in the Indian state...
Many feared dead and missing as rain cause flooding a nursing home in Japan
Fifteen people are believed dead and nine are missing on Japan's southern island of Kyushu as devastating rains cause flooding...
22 lost their lives in van – train collision
At least 21 members of Peshawar's Sikh community along with a Muslim van driver lost their lives on Friday when...
Myanmar jade mine landslide kills 160
At least 162 bodies have been found after a landslide at a jade mining site in northern Myanmar, officials say....
PPP rejects plane crash report
Islamabad: Women leader of Pakistan Peoples Party addressing a press conference in Islamabad have rejected the report of plane crash...
Bilawal Bhutto rejects PIA plane crash report
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday while rejecting the government’s report into Pakistan International Airline’s...
Pilot, ATC did not follow set landing procedure: Report
Islamabad: Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan while presenting interim inquiry report of PIA’s plane crash in the National Assembly,...
Pilot, air traffic controller held responsible for PIA crash
Islamabad: Investigators in their preliminary report on the PK-8303 crash that claimed the lives of 97 people held the pilot...
RAF Lakenheath: US fighter jet crashes into North Sea
An F-15C Eagle from the 48th Fighter wing at RAF Lakenheath crashed into the North Sea on Monday. A US...
PK-8303 cockpit voice recorder found
Karachi: The missing cockpit voice recorder of the PIA PK-8303 that crashed on May 22 has finally been found, the...
Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck at ‘deadliest possible’ angle
Islamabad: New simulations from Imperial College London have revealed the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs struck Earth at the 'deadliest...
Investigation team to submit plane crash report within three months
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan Wednesday said PIA was fulfilling its responsibility of delivering the bodies of...
Japan offers condolences to Pakistan over the loss of lives in PIA plane crash
Islamabad: Motegi Toshimitsu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan has expressed his heartfelt condolences and sympathies to his Pakistani counterpart...
Raza Rabbani, trade unions reject PIA crash inquiry commission
Karachi: Former Chairman of the Senate and central leader of Pakistan People’s Party Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, labour leader Karamat...
Zardari saddened over plane crash in Karachi
Islamabad: Former President of Pakistan and President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians Asif Ali Zardari has expressed his deep sorrow and...
PM orders urgent inquiry into PIA air crash
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday ordered immediate inquiry into the crash of Pakistan International Airlines’ aircraft, resulting in...
Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane crashes in Karachi
A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 passenger jet flying from Lahore has crashed in a densely populated residential area of...
Pakistan plane crash: Fighter jet crashes near Islamabad park
An F-16 fighter jet belonging to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has crashed near a park in the capital Islamabad.In...
At least 4 dead, 15 unconsciousness after inhaling ‘lethal gas’ in Karachi’s Kemari area
Four persons, including an elderly woman died, while 15 others became unconscious after inhaling toxic gas in Keamari area on...
Thailand shooting: Soldier kills 20 in gun rampage
A soldier has killed 20 people and injured many more in a gun rampage in the Thai city of Nakhon...
Second Turkey avalanche buries dozens of rescuers
Thirty-three people have been killed and dozens more trapped after a second avalanche struck a mountainside in Turkey on Wednesday,...
7.7-magnitude quake hit coast of Jamaica
Jamaica earthquake: Huge 7.7-magnitude tremor hits off island’s coast Buildings 580 miles away in Miami evacuated after shaking The US...
Eight killed as blaze engulfs 35 boats in marina
At least eight people were killed when a massive fire destroyed dozens of boats in a marina in the US...
Plane crashes in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province: Officials
A passenger plane has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, according to officials.The aircraft came down in the Deh Yak district of...
Iranian plane slides onto highway
An Iranian passenger plane ended up belly-down in the middle of a highway after reportedly skidding off the runway during...
Earthquake kills 20 as buildings collapse
The quake, which struck on Friday evening, was followed by a number of aftershocks At least 20 people have been...
US crew dead in firefighting plane crash
The C-130 Hercules is a troop and cargo carrier that can be used as a water bomber.Three US residents died...
Australian Smoke to make ‘full circuit’ around globe, Nasa
Smoke from the massive bushfires in Australia will soon circle the Earth back to the nation, says Nasa.Massive infernos have...
Ukrainian plane crashes in Iran, 165 killed
A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 165 passengers crashed on Wednesday due to technical problems soon after taking off from...
Taiwan army chief dead in helicopter crash
Taiwan army chief dead in helicopter crash Taiwan's top military official is among eight people killed when a military helicopter...
Thousands flee to the sea as fires race to coast in Australia
Australia fires: Thousands flee to the sea as fires race to coast Thousands of people have fled to a beach...
Car Bomb in Somalia Kills at Least 50, Wounds Dozens
Car Bomb in Somalia Kills at Least 20, Wounds Dozens MOGADISHU, Somalia — A car bomb exploded at a busy...
Plane crash 12 killed, dozens injured near Almaty airport
At least 14 people have been killed after a plane with 98 passengers and crew crashed in Kazakhstan, airport officials...
Typhoon Phanfone 13 killed 15,000 others stranded
Philippines counts cost of deadly storm Typhoon Phanfone has killed at least 13 people in the Philippines, leaving a trail...
Raging forest fires engulf Valparaíso
At least 120 houses have been destroyed by fast moving forest fires in the Chilean city of Valparaíso, prompting a...
Indonesian bus plunges into ravine 26 dead, 24 missing
Indonesian bus plunges into ravine leaving 26 dead At least 26 people have been killed and 13 injured after a...
Thirteen killed several injured as coach collides with a pickup loaded with petrol in Quetta
QUETTA: Thirteen killed, several sustained wounds when a coach collided with a pickup loaded with petrol in Quetta here on...
Chilean military plane disappears with 38 on board
A military plane with 38 people on board has disappeared en route to Antarctica, Chile's air force says.The C-130 Hercules...
28 killed, 21 injured in a crash in Iran
Khash:28 killed, 21 were said to have been injured in the collision.Two vans crashed into each other near the town...
BangladeshTrains accident: 16 killed , 100 injured
Brahmanbaria: 16 people have been killed and around 100 others injured after two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh in the...
Japan deploys military rescuers as Typhoon Hagibis hits
Japan has deployed tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers after one of the strongest storms in years hit,...
Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall
Torrential rain and tornado-like winds are lashing large parts of Japan, as the country endures what could be its worst...
Rehman Malik-led Senate body mourns earthquake deaths
Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior in its meeting on Tuesday expressed grief over the loss of more than...
Mexico rollercoaster crash leaves two dead
La Feria Chapultepec amusement park was closed after Saturday's incident At least two people have been killed after a rollercoaster...
Ambassador of Japan expresses condolences with earthquake affectees
Islamabad: Kuninori Matsuda, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, has expressed his heartfelt condolences and sympathies with all the people who...
President & Prime minister regret the loss of lives and property in A.K. earthquake
Islamabad: Jolts of earthquake, measuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale, were felt in different parts of the country. According to...
5.8 magnitude earthquake rocks Mirpur
5.8 magnitude earthquake has struck eastern Pakistan, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 350, local officials say.The...
26 killed, dozen injured in passenger bus accident on Babusar Pass
At least 26 individuals were killed and a dozen others were injured in a passenger bus accident on Babusar Pass...
