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Over 100 civilians killed, over 15,000 injured: JKCCS

  • ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP): The Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) has said that over 100 civilians have been killed and more than 15,000 injured by forces personnel in past over three months uprising in the Valley. JKCCS President, Parvez Imroz in a statement issued in Srinagar said since the killing of Hizbul […]

  • Indian forces launch crackdown in Baramulla

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP): Unidentified persons set alight twopassengers vehicles in Parimpora area of Srinagar this morning,police said. An official said that a group of masked youth thrashed thedrivers and asked the passengers to get off before setting thevehicles on fire, KMS reported. The vehicles, bearing registration numbers JK05B-5863 andJK09-9209, were carrying passengers to Srinagar […]

  • Air raids kill at least 12 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo: monitor

    BEIRUT, Oct 17 (APP/AFP): Air strikes killed at least 12 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo on Monday, a monitor said, bringing to 45 the death toll from 24 hours of raids on the battleground city. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five children were among the dead in the rebel-held Marjeh district of east […]

  • Vietnam floods kill 25 as new typhoon approaches

    HANOI, Oct 17, (APP/AFP) – Severe flooding in central Vietnam has killed at least 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes, officials said Monday, as the country braced for further destruction with a typhoon barrelling closer. Images from flood-hit provinces showed houses almost completely submerged and people paddling down waterlogged streets following heavy rain that […]

  • 6.9-magnitude quake hits off PNG: USGS

    SYDNEY, Oct 17, (APP/AFP) – A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Monday, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued. The tremor was estimated at a depth of 35 kilometres (22 miles) in the New Britain region of the country, some 418 kilometres northeast of the capital Port Moresby, the […]

  • 25 inmates killed in Brazil prison clash

    SAO PAULO, Oct 17, (APP/AFP) – At least 25 inmates died Sunday in clashes between two rival factions in a prison in far northern Brazil, the latest episode of violence shaking the country’s underfunded and overcrowded prison system. Seven of the dead were beheaded and six burned to death in fighting at a prison in […]