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Hopes for survivors wane after Pakistan flooding kills hundreds
AFP, Published on 17/08/2025
» BUNER (PAKISTAN) - Pakistani rescuers dug homes out from under massive boulders on Sunday as they searched for survivors of flash floods that killed at least 344 people, with more than 150 still missing.
Pakistan rescuers recover bodies after monsoon rains kill 320
AFP, Published on 16/08/2025
» PESHAWAR — Rescuers were struggling to retrieve bodies from debris after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan killed at least 321 people in the past 48 hours, authorities said on Saturday.
Killer whales spotted grooming each other with seaweed
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» PARIS - Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, scientists announced on Monday, saying it was the first evidence of marine mammals making their own tools.
Malala Yousafzai 'overwhelmed and happy' to be back in Pakistan
AFP, Published on 11/01/2025
» ISLAMABAD — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said she was "overwhelmed" to be back in her native Pakistan Saturday, as she arrived for a global summit on girls' education in the Islamic world.
8 officers shot, 4 fatally, while serving warrant in US
New York Times, Published on 30/04/2024
» CHARLOTTE - Eight law officers were shot Monday, four fatally, as a United States Marshals fugitive task force tried to serve a warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina, police said, in one of the deadliest days for law enforcement in recent years.
Seven dead after Sydney mall stabbing spree
News Agencies, Published on 13/04/2024
» SYDNEY - A man who fatally knifed six people in a Sydney mall was shot dead by a policewoman in the beachside suburb of Bondi on Saturday, Australian authorities said, as hundreds fled the scene.
US police capture fugitive Brazilian killer
AFP, Published on 13/09/2023
» NEW YORK - US police on Wednesday announced the capture of a convicted Brazilian murderer who caught national attention with his daring prison escape and two weeks on the run.
Seven killed, 44 wounded in blasts inside Pakistan police station
AFP, Published on 25/04/2023
» PESHAWAR (PAKISTAN) - At least seven people were killed and dozens injured in an attack inside a counter-terrorism police station in Pakistan on Monday, causing the building to collapse, officials said.
Bangladesh opposition mounts huge protest, MPs quit
AFP, Published on 11/12/2022
» DHAKA - Nearly 100,000 supporters of Bangladesh's main opposition party descended on Dhaka Saturday to protest against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and demand new elections.
On patrol with Kharkiv's elite 'Spetsnaz' police force
AFP, Published on 01/04/2022
» KHARKIV (UKRAINE) - Shouts, the doors are kicked down and a window smashed. In a matter of seconds, the hotel is surrounded and its occupants find themselves on the ground, wrists tied, or with their hands against the wall and a Kalashnikov in the small of their back.