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13 dead, 20 missing after China coal mine blast
Published On: November 1, 2016 08:04 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Nov 1: The Latest on an explosion in a western China coal mine. State media now say 13 miners have been found dead after a gas explosion inside a coal mine in western China, and rescuers continue to search for another 20 people trapped inside.
Indian police gun down escaped 8 Islamist prisoners
Published On: October 31, 2016 06:13 PM NPT By: Agence France-Presse
BHOPAL, Oct 31: Indian police gunned down eight Islamists on Monday after they escaped from a high-security jail by slitting the throat of a prison guard and scaling the walls with knotted bedsheets.
Smog chokes Delhi as pollution hits hazardous levels
Published On: October 31, 2016 04:36 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Oct 31: Residents of New Delhi woke up to a blanket of smog on Monday as air quality deteriorated sharply overnight in India's capital, triggering warnings that even healthy people were at risk of respiratory problems.
Afghan girl from iconic Nat Geo photo freed on bail
Published On: October 31, 2016 04:19 PM NPT By: Agencies
Days after being arrested in Pakistan on fraud charges, an Afghan woman, known for the iconic National Geographic photo from the 1980s, has been released on bail, the BBC reported.
US President Barack Obama celebrates Deepawali
Published On: October 31, 2016 03:03 PM NPT By: PTI
US President Barack Obama has celebrated Deepawali by lighting the first-ever diyo in the Oval Office of the White House and hoped that his successors would continue the tradition.
China state media: 33 coal miners trapped following blast
Published On: October 31, 2016 02:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Oct 31: Chinese state media say 33 miners are trapped after a gas explosion ripped through the shaft in which they were working.
Donald Trump just one point behind Hillary Clinton in latest national poll
Published On: October 31, 2016 12:48 PM NPT By: Agence France-Presse
FORT LAUDERDALE: The race for the White House narrowed noticeably on Sunday as Hillary Clinton sought to shake off a renewed FBI probe of her emails and Donald Trump blitzed western states nine days ahead of the vote.
300 million children breathe heavily toxic air: UNICEF
Published On: October 31, 2016 12:36 PM NPT By: Agencies
Some 300 million children live with outdoor air so polluted it can cause serious physical damage, including harming their developing brains, the United Nations said in a study released on Monday.
Powerful quake rattles Italy; no deaths immediately reported
Published On: October 30, 2016 12:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ROME, Oct 30: A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 has rocked the same area of central and southern Italy hit by quake in August and a pair of aftershocks last week, sending already quake-damaged buildings crumbling after a week of temblors that have left thousands homeless.
India says destroys four posts along contested border with Pakistan
Published On: October 30, 2016 12:39 PM NPT By: Reuters
The Indian army said it had destroyed four Pakistani military posts on Saturday along its contested border, the latest escalation of tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
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