ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani military announced late Thursday night that security forces had killed 10 terrorists during an intelligence-based operation in the Dera Ismail Khan district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, the operation was launched based on intelligence reports regarding the presence of a group of terrorists in the area. (Pakistan-Terrorism)
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CAIRO -- At least six people were killed on Friday, including a mother and her two children, in a three-story building collapse in Egypt's central Asyut province.
According to a statement published on the province's official Facebook page, the collapse also left 11 persons wounded, who were later transferred by the civil protection forces to the nearest public hospital. (Egypt-Building Collapse-Casualties)
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KATHMANDU -- Six people were killed and 64 others injured in hundreds of fires across Nepal in the past month, police said on Friday.
A total of 501 fires broke out in Nepal between mid-February and mid-March, also leaving 146 animals dead and 54 houses and 57 sheds destroyed, Nepal Police said in a report. (Nepal-Fires-Deaths)
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MOSCOW -- The Russian Defense Ministry on Friday said Ukrainian forces have "deliberately blown up the Sudzha gas metering station" as they retreated from Russia's western Kursk region.
The facility, located several hundred meters from the Ukrainian border, has been under Ukrainian control since August 2024, the ministry said. Russia has recently regained control over Sudzha. (Russia-Ukraine-Kursk) Enditem
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