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DAMASCUS: More than 1,000 civilians have been killed since Syria's government launched a brutal offensive on the rebel-controlled Eastern Ghouta enclave nearly three weeks ago, a war monitor said on Saturday. "The death toll has gone up…

MONTECITO: Rescuers used dogs and helicopters to search for victims on Wednesday of powerful mudslides which left at least 17 people dead in a southern California community that is also home to major celebrities including Oprah Winfrey.…

THATTA: The death toll in Thatta boat capsize incident climbed to 23 as the divers retrieved the dead body of a six-year girl from the sea, citing rescue sources ARY News reported. The ill-fated boat capsized on Thursday in the sea off…

KABUL: A US soldier has died in Afghanistan, foreign forces said, taking the number of American fighters killed in action in the country this year to 12.  The unidentified soldier "died as a result of wounds sustained during operations"…

CAIRO: At least 52 Egyptian police and conscripts were killed and six more wounded in a gun battle on Friday during a raid on a suspected militant hideout in the western desert, three security sources said. Sources had said late on…

SAN FRANCISCO: The death toll from California's wildfires rose to 42 on Wednesday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said, as rescuers found another body. The latest victim was found in Sonoma County,…

PESHAWAR: The outbreak of dengue fever in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has so far claimed fifteen lives within two months with 400 patients, suffering from the epidemic, being treated at different health facilities across the province.…

Europe's death toll from weather disasters could rise 50-fold by the end of this century, with extreme heat alone killing more than 150,000 people a year by 2100 if nothing is done to curb the effects of climate change, scientists said on…

MULTAN: The death toll of the horrific oil tanker blaze in Ahmedpur Sharqia near Bahawalpur rose to 206 as six more injured succumbed to burn injuries at Nishtar Hospital Multan and Jinnah Hospital Lahore, ARY News reported on Monday.…

ISLAMABAD: One of the injured in a cross-border fire and shelling which hit a civilian bus in disputed Kashmir last Wednesday succumbed to injuries on Friday, pushing the toll now to 10 in the latest deadly skirmish between Pakistan and…