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25 killed as wedding party bus party falls into gorge in India's Uttarkhand

25 killed as wedding party bus party falls into gorge in India's Uttarkhand

bdnews24.com 2022-10-05 10:59:40

At least 25 people have been killed when a bus veered out of control and plunged into a gorge in India's Uttarakhand, Indian media report. The state's disaster response force and police rescued 2...

At least four dead, dozens missing after avalanche in Indian Himalayas

At least four dead, dozens missing after avalanche in Indian Himalayas

-- 2022-10-04 22:24:10

At least four people have been killed and dozens are missing after an avalanche struck a team of mountaineers high in the Indian Himalayas, reports BBC. The 34 trainees and seven instructors were pra...

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

-- 2022-10-04 21:57:37

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan, in what appears to be a deliberate escalation to get the attention of Tokyo and Washington. The missile travelled 4,500km (2,800 miles) before fa...

Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit, say lawyers

Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit, say lawyers

REUTERS 2022-10-04 11:34:11

Lawyers for Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, facing a US lawsuit over the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, told a court on Monday the crown prince's appointment as prim...

North Korea fires missile over Japan

North Korea fires missile over Japan

-- 2022-10-04 10:52:08

Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, prompting a warning for residents to take cover and a temporary suspension of train operatio...

Indonesia forms team to probe soccer stampede   

Indonesia forms team to probe soccer stampede  

-- 2022-10-03 21:04:23

Indonesia on Monday set up an independent team to investigate a stampede at a soccer stadium that killed 125 people, including 32 children, as the country's human rights commission questioned the poli...

Iran's Khamenei backs police over Mahsa Amini protests

Iran's Khamenei backs police over Mahsa Amini protests

-- 2022-10-03 20:03:45

Iran's supreme leader on Monday gave his full backing to security forces confronting protests ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini in custody, comments that could herald a harsher crackdown to quell un...

Fans 'died in the arms' of players in Indonesia stadium crush

Fans 'died in the arms' of players in Indonesia stadium crush

-- 2022-10-03 18:49:09

Football fans "died in the arms" of players during a crush at Indonesia's Kanjuruhan stadium, the home team coach has said, as the number of children killed in the tragedy rose to 32. Javier Roca sai...

Five killed in fire at puja venue in India

Five killed in fire at puja venue in India

-- 2022-10-03 15:35:43

At least five people were killed and 66 others were injured after a huge fire broke out at a Durga Puja venue in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi. The blaze started on Sunday at around 9 pm local time,...

India scrambles fighter jets after report of bomb scare on flight from Iran

India scrambles fighter jets after report of bomb scare on flight from Iran

REUTERS 2022-10-03 14:51:12

India's air force (IAF) said on Monday it had scrambled fighter jets after receiving information of a bomb scare on an airline bearing Iranian registration transiting through Indian airspace. T...

Iran lawmakers chant 'thank you, police' amid growing public fury over woman's death

Iran lawmakers chant 'thank you, police' amid growing public fury over woman's death

REUTERS 2022-10-03 13:12:55

Iranian lawmakers chanted "thank you, thank you, police" during a parliament session on Sunday, amid weeks of anti-government protests across Iran following the death of a young woman in police custod...

Pakistani hospital overwhelmed as water-borne illnesses spread

Pakistani hospital overwhelmed as water-borne illnesses spread

REUTERS 2022-10-03 10:58:24

The emergency ward at the main government hospital in Sehwan, a small town in southern Pakistan, is overwhelmed. On a recent visit, Reuters witnessed hundreds of people crammed into rooms and corrido...

Pakistan’s Imran Khan may face legal action over leaked audio

Pakistan’s Imran Khan may face legal action over leaked audio

-- 2022-10-02 19:55:11

The cabinet of Pakistan has formally given the go-ahead to hold an inquiry into recently-emerged audio leaks purportedly featuring Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and his party lead...

How a deadly crush at an Indonesia football match unfolded

How a deadly crush at an Indonesia football match unfolded

-- 2022-10-02 19:26:58

The Indonesian government has revised the death toll from a stampede at a football stadium in Indonesia’s East Java province down to 125. Regional governor Emil Dardak said the data cross-check...

Kuwait government submits resignation

Kuwait government submits resignation

-- 2022-10-02 17:39:58

Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah on Sunday submitted the resignation of his government to Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Sabah, reports gulfnews.com citing st...

31 die in road accidents in India's Uttar Pradesh

31 die in road accidents in India's Uttar Pradesh

-- 2022-10-02 16:34:31

At least 31 people have died and over 30 people were injured in two separate road accidents in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, reports bdnews24.com citing NDTV and ANI. Both of the accidents took...

Indonesia football stadium riot death toll jumps to 174, league suspended

Indonesia football stadium riot death toll jumps to 174, league suspended

-- 2022-10-02 16:29:44

Around 180 people were also injured while trying to flee during the riot in one of the world's worst stadium disasters The death toll from an Indonesian football riot that turned into a stampede jump...

New Zealand welcomes back indigenous remains from Austria

New Zealand welcomes back indigenous remains from Austria

-- 2022-10-02 15:50:00

New Zealand on Sunday welcomed back the remains of around 64 indigenous New Zealanders that were stolen in the 19th century and sent back by Austria after more than 70 years of negotiations. In a cer...

Australian government slams Optus for cybersecurity breach

Australian government slams Optus for cybersecurity breach

-- 2022-10-02 11:35:34

The Australian government on Sunday levelled its harshest criticism yet against Optus, the second-biggest telecoms company, for a cybersecurity breach that affected the equivalent of 40 per cent of th...

Kabul blast kills teenagers appearing practice exam

Kabul blast kills teenagers appearing practice exam

-- 2022-10-01 22:11:44

A suicide attack at a tuition centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 35 people, most of them female students, the United Nations says, reports BBC. More than 80 others were wounded in...

Students rally as Iran protests enter third week   

Students rally as Iran protests enter third week  

-- 2022-10-01 21:01:45

Students rallied at universities across Iran on Saturday and strikes were reported throughout the country's Kurdish region, as demonstrations ignited by the death of a woman in police custody entere...

Senior Indonesian officials targeted by Israeli spyware last year

Senior Indonesian officials targeted by Israeli spyware last year

-- 2022-10-01 19:45:10

More than a dozen senior Indonesian government and military officials were targeted last year with spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm, according to nine people with knowledge of the...

5G services launched in India 

5G services launched in India 

-- 2022-10-01 18:11:50

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched 5G services in the country. Users will be able to enjoy 5G services in a couple of weeks.  The 5G network will not only offer faster Inte...

Iran leaders struggle to close ranks over protests

Iran leaders struggle to close ranks over protests

-- 2022-10-01 18:10:33

Iran's clerical rulers are eager to crush mass anti-government protests, but manoeuvring over the eventual succession to the supreme leader and rifts over security tactics have complicated efforts to...

Thai vegetarian festival returns after coronavirus pandemic

Thai vegetarian festival returns after coronavirus pandemic

-- 2022-10-01 15:34:17

Hundreds of devotees flocked to temples and staged processions to celebrate the annual vegetarian festival this week on the island of Phuket in southern Thailand, being held for the first time after t...

Iran arrests Europeans accused of role in unrest

Iran arrests Europeans accused of role in unrest

-- 2022-10-01 10:35:05

Iran, which has blamed "foreign enemies" for protests that swept the country after the death of a woman in morality police custody, said on Friday it had arrested nine European nationals for the...

Shashi Tharoor, a Gandhi loyalist, in race to lead India's opposition Congress party

Shashi Tharoor, a Gandhi loyalist, in race to lead India's opposition Congress party

-- 2022-09-30 20:24:32

An ex-United Nations diplomat and a veteran politician emerged on Friday as contenders to lead India's main opposition Congress party as it prepares to elect a new president from outside the Nehru-Gan...

Myanmar plane attacked, one injured  

Myanmar plane attacked, one injured  

-- 2022-09-30 19:09:27

A passenger plane of the state-owned Myanmar National Airlines was attacked during landing near Loikaw airport in eastern Myanmar on Friday morning, leaving one injured, according to local authorities...

Delhi implements 16-step plan to tackle air pollution

Delhi implements 16-step plan to tackle air pollution

-- 2022-09-30 17:20:27

The Indian capital of New Delhi will enforce a 15-step action plan to curb pollution ahead of the arrival of winter, when a haze of toxic smog envelops the world's most polluted city. High pollution...

Four shot dead in Indonesia's restive Papua region

Four shot dead in Indonesia's restive Papua region

-- 2022-09-30 16:36:02

Four people were shot and killed by an armed rebel group in Indonesia's restive West Papua province, the latest in a string of attacks on civilians, police said on Friday. The West Papua National Lib...