ISLAMABAD -- At least six people were killed and 15 others injured on Tuesday as a bus fell into a ditch in Haripur district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the rescue service reported.

The rescue service said that the accident took place in the evening in Khanpur area of the district due to overspeeding, resulting in the casualties. (Pakistan-Road Accident)

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HOUSTON, the United States -- An out-of-control wildfire in the Texas Panhandle, fueled by high winds and dry air since Monday afternoon, prompted evacuation orders in small towns and shut down a nuclear facility, according to media reports.

Pantex Plant, a major nuclear weapons facility in the United States, suspended its operation Tuesday night due to the raging wildfires. (US-Wildfire-Nuclear Plant)

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SYDNEY -- Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Wednesday that the shooting in Sydney's central business district was an isolated incident, with no link identified to suggest any gang involvement.

Earlier in the day, at about 12:50 p.m. local time, emergency services were called to a building on Castlereagh Street in Sydney's city center, where a 77-year-old man was found suffering an apparent gunshot wound. (Australia-Shooting-Injury)

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ANKARA -- Turkish authorities have detained 42 organizers allegedly involved in immigrant smuggling and 333 irregular immigrants in operations against suspects attempting to bring irregular immigrants to Türkiye via Iran, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday.

"We will never give an opportunity to immigrant smugglers who try to make our country a destination and transit route for irregular migration," Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media platform X. (Türkiye-Detain-Immigrant Smuggling Organizer) Enditem

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