Pak interior minister shot at: Police
lahore: Pakistan's Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was on Sunday shot at and injured in a suspected assassination bid after he addressed a rally in Punjab province, police said. Iqbal, 59, sustained a bullet wound on his right shoulder. He was attending a corner meeting in Narowal's Kanjrur Tehsil when the incident occurred, the police was quoted as saying by Dawn News. He was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital, the report said.
Giraffe kills filmmaker at wildlife in S Africa
Johannesurg: A giraffe has killed a South African filmmaker who was on assignment at a wildlifefacility northwest of Johannesburg.
British navy gets 1st robot minesweeper
london: Britain's Royal Navy has taken delivery of its first unmanned autonomous minesweeping system, Defence Minister Guto Bebb said on Saturday.Bebb said the system, capable of safely clearing sea lanes of mines, could go on to be used in the future to defeat the threat of modern digital mines following a period of successful trials.
23 killed as coal mines collapse in Pak
Islamabad: Two neighbouring coal mines collapsed after gas explosions in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, killing 23 people, officials said. The first accident occurred in Marwaarh, 45 kms east of provincial capital Quetta.