16 trapped in Nepal hydropower tunnel
Kathmandu: At least 16 workers, including two Chinese technicians, were on Friday trapped by a landslide inside an under-construction tunnel of a major China-assisted hydropower project in western Nepal. Officials have been deployed to rescue those trapped inside the tunnel.
Seven of a family shot dead in Pakistan
Islamabad: Seven members of a family were on Friday killed when two armed men shot at the vehicle in which they were travelling in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.
Don’t miss chance in nuclear talks: IRan
Cairo: Iran’s Foreign Minister is urging the West not to miss the opportunity President Hassan Rouhani poses in talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme.
4 killed, 30 hurt in blast in Karachi
Karachi: At least four persons were on Friday killed and 30 injured when a powerful bomb exploded outside a mosque in Karachi’s Delhi Colony, minutes after Friday prayers.
Saudi MERS death toll now 87: ministry
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia announced that two more deaths from the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus, taking the country's toll to 87, a day after King Abdullah tried to reassure a worried public. A health ministry bulletin on the Internet said a total of 299 cases of the virus had been detected in the kingdom since it first appeared in September 2012.