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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

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Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis in emergency shelters after floods

The floods were triggered by heavy monsoon rains and have killed at least 42 people in Bangladesh and India since the start of the week

Pakistan flies home the injured and the bodies of 28 Shiite pilgrims killed in...

Iran has one of the world’s worst traffic safety records with some 17,000 deaths annually ISLAMABAD: Pakistan brought home Friday the bodies of 28 Shiite...

Death toll rises to 17 in blast at Indian pharmaceutical factory

Nearly 40 people were injured and rescue operations had been completed HYDERABAD: India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh wrapped up rescue efforts on Thursday at...

Bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashes in Iran, killing at least...

The pilgrims were on their way to Iraq to commemorate Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day following the death of a Shiite saint in the 7th century.

Former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive Susan Wojcicki has died at 56

Susan Wojcicki, the former YouTube chief executive officer and longtime Google executive, has died, her husband said. She was 56. “My beloved wife of 26 years and mother to...

‘It’s a thunderbolt,’ say Palestinians of Hamas chief’s killing

Hamas and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced that Haniyeh had been killed in Tehran in an Israeli air strike The killing of Hamas leader Ismail...

In Afghanistan, Taliban ban on girls’ education leaves thousands of classrooms empty

About 1.1 million girls denied access to formal education since Taliban ban in 2021 Afghanistan had about 4,000 secondary and high schools for girls

Search for people missing after Ethiopia mudslides continues as death toll rises to 257

Heavy rain triggered deadly slides on Sunday and Monday in a remote part of the country Many people were buried in the Gofa Zone of Kencho Shacha...

Morocco heatwave kills more than 20 people in 24 hours: ministry

Soaring temperatures affected much of the North African country from Monday to Wednesday A heatwave in Morocco has killed at least 21 people in a...

More than 400 injured in Bangladesh job quota rally clashes

Violence was a sudden escalation in efforts to hinder a determined campaign that has ignored calls to return to class Students have for weeks staged near-daily protests...