A young couple from Texas were killed when a helicopter carrying them away from their own wedding crashed, according to officials. Will Byler and Bailee Ackerman Byler were both students at Sam Houston State University, the BBC reported on Tuesday. …
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25 killed in Afghan military helicopter crash
At least 25 people, including senior government and Army officials, were killed when a military helicopter crashed due to bad weather in the region bordering Afghanistan’s Farah and Herat provinces on Wednesday, authorities said. “The 25 people on board were …
Read More »Two killed, two injured in Varanasi mall firing
Two persons were killed and two others injured when a man opened fire at them at a mall here on Wednesday evening, police said. The assailant fled the crime scene as frightened people ran for cover. The deceased have been …
Read More »Kabul attack on election workers kills 1
At least one policeman was killed and six other people, including four workers of the Independent Election Commission, were wounded in a suicide attack here on Monday. An insurgent had detonated about 15 metres from the vehicle in which the …
Read More »11 people killed, 6 injured in US shooting
At least 11 people were killed and six others were injured after a gunman opened fire Saturday morning inside a synagogue in Pittsburgh, US state of Pennsylvania, a city official said. No children were among the fatalities and the six …
Read More »Four militants killed in two gunfights in Valley
Four militants were killed on Thursday in two separate gunfights with security forces in the Kashmir Valley. The security personnel surrounded Athoora village in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district after receiving information about the presence of militants there, police said. “As …
Read More »Six civilians, three militants killed in J&K’s Kulgam
Six civilians were killed in an explosion at an encounter site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday after a gunfight that left three militants dead was over, officials said. A police spokesman said the gunfight took place after …
Read More »1 killed, 47 injured in Afghanistan’s polling day bombings
Several blasts were reported from different parts of Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 1 person and wounding 47, as Afghans voted in the long-awaited parliamentary elections. Blasts were reported from Kabul and the provinces of Kapisa and Logar (east), …
Read More »Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi killed inside consulate, detains 18
After over two weeks of shifting stories, Saudi Arabia has acknowledged that missing journalist and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi died during a fistfight inside the country’s consulate in Istanbul and that 18 men had been arrested in the case. …
Read More »18 killed in Crimea college attack
A teenage student detonated an explosive device and opened fire at a technical college in Russian-annexed Crimea on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 40 others before turning the gun on himself, Russia’s investigative committee said. Investigators said …
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