Tag: Killings

Under custody accused killed as police van attacked, culprit held

LOWER DIR: An under-custody accused was killed when a police van came under attack here on Monday. According to details, a culprit Bacha Zeb attacked...

Years old dispute settled after loss of 12 lives

LARKANA: A grand jirga to resolve a four-year-long dispute between the Dahani and Sadhayo communities was held on Saturday at the residence of Member...

Libya court sentences 45 to death over killings in 2011

  BENGHAZI: A Libyan court has sentenced 45 people to death by firing squad over killings during the 2011 uprising that evolved into civil war. The...

Two men gunned down in Karachi armed attacks

KARACHI: Two people were gunned down in different parts of the city on Wednesday. A 47-year-old man, Khan Muhammad was shot dead in Sohrab Goth area...

US embassy opening in Jerusalem, killings and outrage

JERUSALEM: The opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, after Washington recognised the disputed city as Israel's capital, sparked deadly demonstrations in Gaza in...

At least 7 Kashmiris killed in fighting and protests

SRINAGAR: At least seven Kashmiris were killed in fighting in Indian-held Kashmir on Wednesday, sparking angry retaliatory protests and violent street clashes across the restive Himalayan...

International court to enquire Duterte over killings

MANILA: The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has informed the Philippine government that it will start a preliminary investigation into allegations of...

Two freedom fighters, woman killed in Kashmir gun-battle

Dozens injured as locals try to storm gun-battle site to help freedom fighters escape Resistance leadership calls for shutdown across Kashmir to protest...

Arrested MQM-London activists confess to brutally killing political opponents

KARACHI: A party activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) confessed to brutally killing political opponents, revealed an investigative report. According to report, Saleem Chaudhry, the...

Nearly 400 die as Myanmar army steps up crackdown on Rohingya...

The army says it is conducting clearance operations against "extremist terrorists" and security forces have been told to protect civilians. But Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh say a campaign of arson and killings aims to force them out.

Thousands of Pakistanis protest IHK killings

Thousands of people marched in streets across the country on Wednesday to protest violence in India-held as the death toll from days of clashes...

Investigators suspect LeJ hand in killing of Army, Rangers and police...

Similarities in modes of sectarian killings and killing of security personnel indicate that LeJ is carrying out all these attacks Investigators have concluded that Lashkar-e-Jhangvi...

PML-N LG candidate guns down wife’s brother

A member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) shot dead his brother-in-law near the sessions court on Monday over a family dispute. According to details,...

Tense IHK shuts down after civilian deaths

Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) largely shut down on Monday as a general strike was called to protest at the killing of two civilians during a...

Russia responsible for civilian killings in Syria: Amnesty report

A human rights watchdog on Wednesday accused Russia of using cluster munitions and unguided bombs on civilian areas in Syria in attacks that it...

‘Witch’ killings haunt India’s remote villages

As he recovers in a children's shelter in eastern India, 17-year-old Ganita Munda is haunted by the sound of his family's screams as a...

Nigerians face killings, hunger in Boko Haram’s ‘state’

Women displaced as a result of Boko Haram attacks in the northeast region of Nigeria, sit together at a camp for internally displaced people in Yola, Adamawa State.