An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale rattled the main Philippine island of Luzon on Friday, shaking structures around the capital Manila and nearby areas and forcing the evacuation of schools and office buildings, officials said. There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries. The temblor’s epicenter was traced near the town of […]
At least 36 died and some 120 others were injured on Friday when two trains collided in the suburbs of the Egyptian city of Alexandria, local media reported citing medical and security sources. The previous death toll stood at 28 people killed and 74 others injured. According to the Youm7 portal, 22 injured people have […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Two people were killed and two others went missing after floods and storms hit Iran’s northeastern province of Golestan, authorities said on Friday. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Friday, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) in the city of Aliabad-e Katul in Golestan Province, Hossein Shakki, said […]
A Facebook photograph of an atheist gathering has caused an uproar in Malaysia, with one official suggesting the people pictured should be tracked down to “fix their faith” if they are Muslim. The Malaysian government has also ordered an investigation following a meeting of the local chapter of the Canada-based nonprofit Atheist Republic in Kuala […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – North Korea said on Wednesday, August 9 it is considering plans for a missile strike on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, just hours after President Donald Trump told the North that any threat to the United States would be met with “fire and fury”, Reuters reports. The sharp increase in tensions rattled […]
At least nineteen people were killed on Tuesday when a 6.5-magnitude earthquake shook a largely Tibetan region of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and the government warned as many as 100 were feared dead, according to local residents and Chinese state media. The quake hit near the Jiuzhaigou nature reserve, a popular tourist destination a UNESCO […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A landslide in southwestern China has killed 23 people, the provincial government said on Tuesday, as heavy rain hits large parts of the country. Two people were missing after the landslide in mountainous Sichuan province’s Liangshan, while one person was pulled out alive, the government said in a statement on its official […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – A South Korean court ruled Tuesday, August 8 that Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries should pay compensation to former wartime slave workers, AFP reveals. The district court in the southern city of Gwangju ruled that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries should pay 120 million won ($106,700) in compensation to Kim Young-Ok, 85, and 3.25 million won […]
