US drone strike kills seven in South Waziristan
PESHAWAR – At least seven suspected militants have been killed while four others injured in a US drone strike near the Pak-Afghan border in South Waziristan Agency. Two of the dead militants are reported to be of Uzbek origin. Intelligence sources said that the US drone fired two missiles on a... read more »
Six labourers killed, 10 injured in coalmine blast
KALAYA: Six labourers were killed and seven others sustained injuries in a coalmine explosion in the Doli area in Orakzai Agency where the Mines and Minerals Department has declared several quarries and tunnels as dangerous, an official said on Thursday. Political Agent Zubair Khan said that... read more »
Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram may be ineligible to vote in upcoming ele...
Nigerians fleeing a wave of killings by the Islamist group Boko Haram have already lost loved ones, livelihoods and most of their possessions. Now they seem likely to lose their vote. A closely fought presidential election is to be held in a month’s time and the law states people must go home... read more »
Charlie Hebdo: Why Pope Francis’s friendly ‘punch’ needs ...
Pope Francis, widely acknowledged as one of the most progressive popes in recent times, appears to have joined the “condemn, but” brigade in the context of the Charlie Hebdo killings by Islamic fundamentalists in Paris. He seemed to suggest three things: that those offended have the... read more »
