TOKYO (Sputnik) – Two people were injured as a man attacked them with a knife in a hospital located in the Japanese city of Amagasaki, Hyogo prefecture, Kyodo News agency reported on Thursday. The knife-wielding man, 28, carried out the attack in the waiting room of Amagasaki’s central hospital at 11:45 a.m. local time on […]
A helicopter operated by Afghan army crashed in western Afghanistan near the Iranian border on Wednesday, killing all the 25 people on board. The aircraft crashed due to “bad weather” in Anar Dara district, which borders Iran, Farah provincial governor spokesman Nasir Mehri said. The Taliban claimed its militants brought it down. Both pilots and […]
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a Christian woman facing execution for blasphemy in a landmark case that has attracted global attention and incited deadly violence at home. Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on October 31 overturned the conviction by the Lahore High Court that had sentenced Asia Bibi, a mother of four, to […]
Typhoon Yutu pummeled the northern Philippines on Tuesday, forcing about 10,000 people to flee their homes as heavy rains and strong winds blew away tin roofs, uprooted trees and knocked out power lines, disaster relief officials said. Officials said it was too early to say if there were any casualties. They said many residents had […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A terrifying footage was posted on social media showing a 4-year-old Russian girl being suddenly attacked by a lioness during a traveling circus performance. The terrifying incident happened in Uspenskoye, a town of some 12,000 residents, located in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia. The footage, filmed by one of the spectators, […]
Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said Monday that a Lion Air passenger jet disappeared from radars 13 minutes after takeoff from Jakarta’s airport. The Boeing 737 MAX presumably crashed into the sea near the western coast of Indonesia’s Java Island as debris of a plane have been noticed by ships, local media reported, citing authorities. […]
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese megacity of Chongqing are holding a woman after a bloody knife attack on a kindergarten left 14 children injured. The attack at the New Century Kindergarten in Chongqing’s Banan district took place at 9:30 a.m. as the children were arriving for class, the Chongqing police department said in a statement […]
Thousands of Muslims rallied in several Indonesian cities on Friday to protest the burning of a banned hardline Islamic group’s flag that was inscribed with a declaration of faith, police said, while organizers seeking to promote moderate Islam canceled a demonstration outside Jakarta. There were no reports of violence during the protests, police said, as […]
