18 bodies pulled from SW Pak mine after blast
Quetta: Pakistani authorities said on Saturday they have now retrieved 18 bodies after a blast tore through a coal mine in southwest Pakistan earlier this week, including two rescuers who entered after the explosion.The mine caved in after workers used dynamite during an excavation in Sinjidi, some 45 kilometres east of Quetta, the capital of oil and gas rich Balochistan province.
Toll rises to 42 in Italy bridge collapse
Genoa (Italy): Rescue crews found four more bodies on Saturday in the rubble of the Genoa bridge collapse, raising the death toll to 42, Italian media reported, as mourners filled a fairground pavilion for a state funeral for many of the victims found in recent days.
Israeli gunfire kills 2 Gaza border protesters
Gaza City: Israel troops shot dead two Palestinians taking part in protests along the Gaza border, the Palestinian Health Ministry in the enclave said. The Ministry named the dead men as Karim Abu Fatayer, 30, shot near the central Gaza Strip town of Bureij and Sadi Moamer, 26, killed near Rafah, in the south.
Belarus PM sacked over corruption scandal
Minsk: Belarus’s strongman leader Alexander lukashenko today sacked his Prime Minister and other key members of Government following a corruption scandal that saw top officials arrested. Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov will be replaced by former development bank head Sergei Rumas, the president’s press office said in a statement.