Tag: Massacre

Bosnia to bury hundreds at Srebrenica massacre site

Weeping Bosnians prepared Wednesday to bury 520 victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, with the two alleged masterminds of the slaughter finally on trial...

Bosnia to bury hundreds at Srebrenica massacre site

Weeping Bosnians prepared Wednesday to bury 520 victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, with the two alleged masterminds of the slaughter finally on trial...

JI appeals to stop Muslim massacre in Burma

Ameer Jamaat e Islami (JI) Pakistan Syed Munawar Hasan on Thursday urged the world community to exert its influence to stop massacre of Muslims...

Syria army kills 23 civilians as massacre outcry grows

The Syrian army killed at least 23 civilians in two protest cities on Saturday, a watchdog said, as an international outcry mounted over a...

Dozens slaughtered in new Syria massacre: watchdog

Pro-regime militiamen armed with guns and knives swept through a village in central Syria slaughtering dozens including women and children, a watchdog said Thursday...

Syria UN observers visit ‘massacre’ town

UN observers rushed on Saturday to a town in central Syria where scores of civilians were reportedly massacred, including 25 children, as the opposition...

US soldier seen as ‘level-headed’ before massacre

The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians during a shooting rampage was known to friends and family as "level-headed," his lawyers said. The...

47 bodies found after ‘massacre’ in Homs: Syria activists

The bodies of 47 women and children have been found in the Syrian city of Homs, where security forces have been fighting raging battles...

68 civilians killed in Homs region ‘massacre’

Armed men killed 68 people on Monday in a “massacre” in the rebel central province of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights head...

Dozens escape Mexico prison after massacre

Thirty members of a feared Mexican drug cartel were on the loose Tuesday after dozens of rival gang members were killed in a prison...

Sattar denies May 12 massacre comments

Rejecting Wikileaks revelations on the May 12 incident, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar on Thursday said his party was the major victim...

Norway massacre suspect sent on 8-week remand

The man who has confessed to carrying out a bombing and shooting spree that left 93 people dead in Norway would be held for...

Norwegians mourn massacre victims

Thousands of Norwegians held a minute's silence on Monday to remember the more than 90 victims of an anti-immigration killer who stunned the normally...

‘Massacre of missing persons could dismember Balochistan’

Southern Command Commander Lt Gen Jawaid Zia has expressed concern over the series of killing of Baloch missing persons and the dumping of their...

27 killed in Guatemala massacre near Mexico border

At least 27 people were found dead in a Guatemalan village near the border with Mexico Sunday morning in one of the worst mass...

Shabqadar massacre death toll climbs to 85

The death toll in the Friday’s double suicide hit on Frontier Constabulary recruits at Shabqadar town of Charsadda district has reached 85 while the...

An Urban massacre – Cutting down trees causes environmental hazards

LAHORE - The recent floods in Pakistan have been blamed on the deforestation in the Northern Areas. However, experts say that floods are only one aspect of the problem, because the less the number of trees the more effect global warming will have on Pakistan. But on a further micro level, the importance of trees is not being promoted by the government. Ironically while the government's forest department puts up banners that encourage tree plantation, in an unprecedented move some of