KABUL: The Taliban have released 21 of some two dozen hostages pulled from their vehicles on a highway in southern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, a day after they were abducted by the militants.
JUBA: A Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the airport in South Sudan's capital, killing at least 41 people on the flight and on the ground, an official and a Reuters witness said.
LAHORE: The Delhi-bound Samjhota Express returned to Lahore from Wagah after the Indian authorities warned of ongoing farmers' protest in Indian province of Punjab, ARY News reported.
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Pakistan Airline Pilots' Association (Palpa) on Wednesday called off its strike for two days after interruption by Senate's standing committee, ARY News reported.
KARACHI: Increasing differences between the national flag carrier and Pakistan Airline Pilots’ Association (PALPA) seem not to end any sooner, while an aviation official today also exposed the nonprofessional attitude and stubbornness of pilots, ARY News reported.
GUWAHATI: Rescuers were searching on Tuesday for about 20 people feared missing after a boat capsized and sank in a rain-swollen river in remote northeast India, a government official said.
JAKARTA: At least 35 people were injured Wednesday when a packed commuter train slammed into the back of another at a station in the Indonesian capital Jakarta during rush hour, an official said.
NEW DELHI: Two express trains derailed into a river in Madhya Pradesh overnight after flood water weakened the tracks, killing at least 20 people and injuring 100, the government said on Wednesday.
WARSAW: Around 1,400 passengers of the Polish airline LOT were grounded at Warsaw's Chopin airport on Sunday after hackers attacked the airline ground computer systems used to issue flight plans, the company said.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced 20 percent reduction of its domestic fares in respect of the holy month of Ramazan, ARY News reports.
QUETTA: The strike called by transporters in Quetta has entered 23rd day on Sunday, thus adding to hardships of commuters in the city, ARY News reports.
MOSCOW: Ten people were killed in a head-on collision in Russia not far from the Ukraine border Wednesday when a minibus drove into a truck, police said.
TAIPEI: A passenger plane with 58 people on board plunged into a river outside Taiwan's capital Taipei Wednesday, with 17 people rescued and dozens trapped inside, according to television reports.
NEW YORK: At least six people were killed when a busy commuter train crashed into a car on the rails outside New York City during Tuesday evening rush hour, local media reported.
DHAKA: Suspected anti-government protesters threw a petrol bomb at a bus full of sleeping passengers in Bangladesh Tuesday, leaving seven people dead and several others fighting for life as deadly political unrest deepens.