ISLAMABAD (AP) — The death toll from flash floods triggered by seasonal monsoon rains in various parts of Pakistan has risen to 118 and floodwater has inundated vast areas, leaving tens of thousands homeless, authorities said Monday.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Hundreds of pro-government troops and dozens of tanks and armored personnel carriers pushed north toward the al-Anad military base in Yemen on Monday, as Saudi-led coalition airstrikes cleared the path for their advance, military officials said.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Hundreds of pro-government troops and dozens of tanks and armored personnel carriers pushed north toward the al-Anad military base in Yemen on Monday, as Saudi-led coalition airstrikes cleared the path for their advance, military officials said.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The confirmed death of the Taliban’s reclusive one-eyed leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has weakened the movement, giving Kabul an opportunity to step up the battle against the insurgency, an Afghan governor and one of the country’s most powerful former warlords said Monday.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The confirmed death of the Taliban’s reclusive one-eyed leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has weakened the movement, giving Kabul an opportunity to step up the battle against the insurgency, an Afghan governor and one of the country’s most powerful former warlords said Monday.
One Direction has proved that it is still going strong without Zayn Malik, with the boy band’s new song breaking streaming records. Released without previous publicity on Friday, “Drag Me Down” marks One Direction’s first song since Malik left in March, which led to acrimonious exchanges on social media among members of a group that had until then preserved a squeaky-clean public image. A song about gathering strength from one’s
One Direction has proved that it is still going strong without Zayn Malik, with the boy band’s new song breaking streaming records. Released without previous publicity on Friday, “Drag Me Down” marks One Direction’s first song since Malik left in March, which led to acrimonious exchanges on social media among members of a group that had until then preserved a squeaky-clean public image. A song about gathering strength from one’s
By Praveen Menon and Marine Pennetier KUALA LUMPUR/PARIS (Reuters) – Malaysia said on Sunday that airplane debris that washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion has been identified as being from a Boeing 777, the same model as a Malaysian Airlines plane which vanished last year. “We know the flaperon has been officially identified as being part of a Boeing 777 aircraft,” Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said
LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – Three members of former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s family were killed when a private jet crashed in southern England on Friday, British police said on Saturday. The Embraer Phenom 300 jet with four people on board was flying from Milan’s Malpensa airport to Blackbushe airport in southern England when it crashed at a nearby car auction site. It was not immediately clear how the victims
Iran’s parliament does not have authority over the nuclear agreement signed with world powers last month, the Islamic Republic’s top nuclear negotiator was quoted as saying on Saturday. The comments from Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s atomic energy agency, are the latest volley in a lengthy battle between Iranian officials supportive of the deal, and hardliners who are skeptical of it. The conservative-dominated parliament in June passed a