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AFP FILE MUMBA – At least 12 people, including eight children, were killed when heavy monsoon rains caused a residential building to collapse in a Mumbai slum, Indian authorities said Thursday. Mumbai city authorities confirmed that seven other residents were injured in the incident late Wednesday, as rescuers continued searching ...

Mark Makela/Getty Images/AFP NEW YORK – The US has had “constructive discussions” with Pakistan through military, intelligence and diplomatic channels for the future of its capabilities to stop Afghanistan from becoming the base of any terrorist group, said National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. “I am not going to get into ...

Prime Minister Imran Khan met British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson this morning,’ Lodhi tweeted as she put out a picture of the meeting. (Photo: Twitter) LONDON/ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked UK to revisit the decision of placing Pakistan on Red List of travel ban countries. The Prime ...

LAHORE – At least 48 persons were killed and over 50 other were injured when Millat Express and Sir Syed Express collided in the wee hours of Monday near Daharki, a city in Ghotki District in the Sindh, Pakistan. According to spokesperson of Pakistan Railways, several bogies of Millat Express, ...

HERAT – At least 11 civilians including four women and three children were killed when a roadside bomb struck a bus in Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, as top US negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad visited Kabul. The latest attack targeting passenger vehicles occurred on Saturday evening in the western province of Badghis, ...

(Photo by STR / AFP) YANGON – At makeshift factories hidden in Myanmar’s jungle, locals who have formed self-defence groups make rifles to take the fight to the military junta, but their homemade weapons don’t always hit the mark. Myanmar has been in chaos and its economy paralysed since the ...

LONDON – The Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering has retained Pakistan on “enhanced follow-up” status for outstanding requirements, and Islamabad will continue to report back to it on the country’s progress to strengthen its implementation of anti-money laundering and combating financing terror measures, according to a media report on ...

File Photo NEW DELHI – Indian police have arrested seven people for possessing and planning to sell ‘mineral uranium’ in the black market in district in Jharkhand. According to Indian media reports, police said that they seized 6.4 kg of ‘uranium mineral’ from two of the accused, however, they are ...

A herd of wild Asian elephants stands in E’shan county in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province. (AP) BEIJING – A wandering herd of elephants has reached the edge of a big Chinese city as authorities rush to close off roads and neighborhoods to protect both the animals and people. It’s not ...

File Photo / China allows couples to have three children as birthrate falls /  Photo: Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket via Getty Images BEIJING (AFP) – China will allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing, state media said Monday, further unwinding four decades of strict ...