A powerful earthquake hit northern Afghanistan earlier, with tremors being felt in Pakistan and India as well. The magnitude 7.5 quake was centred in the mountainous Hindu Kush region, 45 kilometres (28 miles) south-west of Jarm, Afghanistan, the US Geological Survey reported. The death toll from an earthquake crossed 200 in Pakistan, according to BBC. […]
Japanese authorities have confirmed the first case of cancer due to radiation exposure of an employee of the Fukushima power plant, which suffered a meltdown in three of its six reactors 2011, local media reported Tuesday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the NHK broadcaster, citing the country’s Labor Ministry, the employee took part in recovery […]
Typhoon Koppu, known additionally as Lando, made landfall in the northern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least two and displacing at least 16,000 people. The deadly storm caused a concrete wall in a home in Subic, Zambales to topple over, killing a 62-year-old woman and injuring her husband. A 14-year-old teenager was killed after being […]
MOSCOW, October 13 (Sputnik) — Russian aircraft carried out 88 sorties in Syria in 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The targets included IS command posts, weapon storage facilities, and sites where the group manufactured explosives, he said. Read more: sputniknews.com
Two blasts ripped through a crowd of peaceful protesters outside the train station in the Turkish capital earlier in the day, leaving at least 86 people dead. ANKARA (Sputnik) — Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday that ISIL, Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party are suspected of plotting the deadly […]
Communal attempts to banish the consumption or procurement of beef in India for religious reasons have taken a deadly turn. A mob consisting of 200 Hindu men lynched a Muslim man in the outskirts of the Indian capital of Delhi after rumors spread that his family was eating and storing beef. Mohammad Akhlaq, 50, was […]
BEIJING (Sputnik) — According to the China Radio International, the authorities are now investigating the event which took place at an apartment block at 08:00 local time (00:00 GMT). No casualties have been reported so far. On Wednesday, 17 explosions took place in the province’s Liucheng county killing seven people. A suspect, believed to have […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian military jets deployed in Syria on Wednesday carried out some 20 combat missions striking at least eight ISIL targets located in mountainous regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “As a result of airstrikes ammunition and fuel depots, heavy military hardware, as well as command posts in the mountainous areas have been […]
