TRIPOLI: At least three people were killed when suicide bombers attacked Libya’s foreign ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, the health ministry said, with a security source saying the assailants were suspected to be Islamic State (IS) militants.
Three attackers opened fire on the building before two of them managed to get inside and blow themselves up. The other was killed by ministry guards, the source said.
Heavy smoke rose from the building which was surrounded by security forces as people were rushed to hospital. The…
TOKYO: A powerful quake rocked Japan's second city of Osaka on Monday, killing three people including a nine-year-old girl and injuring scores of others, according to an official tally.
Television images showed buildings swaying and burst pipes spewing water after the quake, which struck at the height of rush hour in the city of around two million people.
However, there was no large-scale destruction and no tsunami warning issued after the earthquake, although commuters were stranded and tens of thousands were left…
LAHORE: A couple with four-year child burnt to death in a fire incident in Mazang locality of Lahore, ARY News reported on Thursday.
Fire erupted at third floor of an apartment building in Old Mazang area of Lahore leaving three people in the apartment dead.
According to rescue sources, a man Zahid, his wife Sameena and their four-year girl Ayisha were burnt to death in the fire in their apartment at third floor of the building.
Four fire tenders of Rescue 1122 reached the area to extinguish the blaze.
The…
JERUSALEM: Jerusalem suffered its bloodiest day yet Tuesday in a wave of unrest, with at least three people killed and many wounded in shooting and car-and-knife attacks on Israelis.