Security personnel inspect damaged derailed carriages after an explosion targeted a train in Quetta on May 24. (AFP)

Massive blast in Pak’s Balochistan as car with explosives hits train; army men among 24 dead

Over 24 people were reportedly killed and 50 others injured in southwest Pakistan after a powerful bomb exploded near a railway track in Quetta. The explosion was targeting a train carrying army personnel and their families from Quetta to Peshawar, news agency AFP reported. Security personnel inspect damaged derailed carriages after an explosion targeted a…

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Death toll rises to 37 in China’s fireworks factory blast

    Death toll rises to 37 in China’s fireworks factory blast

    The fireworks explosion occurred in Liuyang, Hunan, known as China’s fireworks capital. (AFP pic) BEIJING: The death toll has risen to 37 from 26 and one person remains missing after a fireworks factory explosion in the southern Chinese province of Hunan, state news agency Xinhua said today, in the deadliest blast reported in China since…

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    NIA investigates ISIS operative’s access to mobile phone in B’luru Central Prison

    NIA investigates ISIS operative’s access to mobile phone in B’luru Central Prison

    National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday morning visited Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Central Prison to probe illegal access to mobile phones among inmates, officials said. NIA investigates ISIS operative’s access to mobile phone in B’luru Central Prison Their visit came amid ongoing concerns about how prisoners have managed to obtain mobile phones and other illegal privileges…

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