Baghdadbombs against Shiites kill 25
Baghdad: A spate of rush hour bombs, mostly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad, killed 25 people on Tuesday in the first major series of attacks to hit the capital since elections last month. The blasts, which also wounded 80 people, came as officials tallied votes from April 30 parliamentary polls amid a protracted surge in bloodshed that has killed more than 3,300 people this year.
Square-shaped hole discovered in Sun
Washington: NASA scientists have discovered a strange coronal hole, almost square in its shape, on the surface of the Sun. The coronal hole is an area where the solar wind is streaming out of the Sun at superfast speeds, researchers said.
5 abducted foreigners rescued from Pak
Karachi: Five abducted foreign nationals from Tanzania, Nigeria and Kenya were rescued on Tuesday during a raid in Pakistan’s troubled Baluchistan province, police said. “They were recovered during a raid in Overseas colony and they were chained inside a house,” District Police Officer Bashir Brohi said.
‘20 dead in collapsed coal mine in Turkey’
Istanbul: At least 20 miners were feared dead and up to 400 others trapped after a coal mine collapsed in the western Turkish province of Manisa on Tuesday, a lawmaker said. “Twenty workers were killed and around 30 were wounded in the accident. They died of choking and burns,” Muzaffer Yurttas, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), told NTV.
Car bomb blasts kill 34 in Iraq
Baghdad: Militants unleashed a wave of car bombings in Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 34 people and sending thick, black smoke into the Baghdad skies in a show of force meant to intimidate the majority Shiites as they marked what is meant to be a joyous
holiday for their sect.
US reaffirms security ties with Pakistan
Islamabad: The US on Tuesday “reaffirmed” the importance of its security relationship with Pakistan for regional stability and said it will continue to work together to build a stronger partnership. These remarks were made during US Navy’s Operations chief Admiral Jonathan Greenert’s visit to Pakistan during which he met with the top leadership here.
Pak polio virus found in sewage samples
Islamabad: Even as Pakistan grapples with polio, sewage samples taken from different parts of its most populous cities, Karachi and lahore, have tested positive for the virus that causes the crippling disease.
68 lawyers charged with blasphemy in Pak
lahore: Sixty-eight Pakistani lawyers have been charged with blasphemy for shouting slogans against a police officer named after a companion of Prophet Muhammad. An FIR has been registered under blasphemy law.