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Pak army kills 30 trying to cross from Afghanistan

Pakistan’s army said Friday it had killed 30 militants attempting to cross the border from Afghanistan over the last three days, after a suicide attack killed 16 soldiers in the same region.

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Pakistan building collapse kills 7

A five-storey building collapsed in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least seven people and injuring eight, officials said, with rescuers searching through the rubble for trapped victims.

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India monsoon season death toll hits 69

Flash floods and landslides after torrential rain over the last two weeks killed at least 69 people and injured 110 others in India’s northern Himalayan regions, officials said Friday.

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Taliban deny role in US citizen disappearance

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Thursday denied involvement in the disappearance of a US citizen in Kabul, after Washington announced a $5 million reward for information on his whereabouts...

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Pakistan floods kill 64 in a week

Flash floods and heavy rain in Pakistan have killed 64 people and injured 117 in a week, a government agency said on Wednesday...

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Blast kills four Pak officials

An explosion in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday killed at least four local government officials and police officers, a police official said...

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India chemical factory blast kills 12

A powerful explosion at an Indian chemical factory killed at least 12 people and injured several others on Monday, turning chunks of the building into rubble, a fire officer said...

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Law student in India ‘gangrape’ pre-planned

Three out of the four persons arrested in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a female student at a city-based law college had pre-planned the assault, a police officer said on Monday, Press Trust of India...

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Snakes on a plane bound for India again

Indian customs officers in Mumbai said they have stopped a plane passenger arriving from Thailand with a wriggling cargo of live snakes, the third such seizure this month...

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Flash floods, heavy rains kill 32 in Pakistan

Heavy rain and flash flooding across Pakistan have killed 32 people including 16 children since the start of the monsoon season this week, disaster management officials said...