Pak govt buildings blown up
Peshawar: Unidentified men on Thursday blew up three Government buildings, including a hospital and two schools, in restive northwest Pakistan. Dynamite was used to blow up the buildings in Mohmand agency and Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
World’s highest rly tunnel opens in China
Beijing: The world’s highest tunnel for high-speed trains in northwest China became operational on Thursday at an altitude of 3,607.4 metres. The 16.3-km-long was completely linked up, operationalising the line linking Gansu Province and Xinjiang provinces.
Gerry Adams held over notorious IRA murder
Antrim (UK): Northern Ireland police questioned Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, a chief negotiator in the Irish peace process, over the notorious IRA murder of a woman suspected of being an informant in 1972.
Prosecution wants Mush trial to begin soon
Islamabad: The high treason case against Pervez Musharraf should start immediately, the prosecution has demanded alleging that the former Pakistani military dictator was trying to delay the trial by filing a string of pleas.
Yemen offensive kills 25 militants: Military
Sanaa: Soldiers backed by fighter jets and tanks pushed further into southern Yemen as part of an ongoing offensive targeting its local al-Qaeda branch, military officials said, an operation that has killed 25 suspected militants and 12 security force members.
Hundreds rescued from floodwaters in US
Pensacola Beach (US): People were plucked off rooftops or climbed into their attics to get away from fast-rising waters when nearly 2 feet (0.6 metres) of rain fell on the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast in the span of about 24 hours, the latest bout of severe weather that began with tornadoes in the Midwest.
4-yr-old shoots, kills 19-month-old brother
Houston: A four-year-old boy in the US has accidentally shot and killed his 19-month-old brother with a handgun, the fifth such tragic incident in the country within a month involving children.