42 dead, 100 missing in Nigeria boat mishap
lagos: A boat overloaded with passengers and goods travelling on the Niger River in central Nigeria has capsised, killing 42 people with 100 others missing, the state rescue agency said.
‘Syria schoolgirls told to wear Islamic clothes’
Beirut: An Al-Qaeda front group in Syria says girls in a village it controls will not be allowed to attend school unless they wear Islamic clothing, a monitoring group said on Saturday.
15 die as aftershock hits Balochistan
Islamabad/Karachi: At least 15 people were killed when a powerful 7.2-magnitude aftershock struck areas of southwest Pakistan on Saturday. devastated by a massive earthquake that claimed over 500 lives earlier this week.