Deadly Blast in Pakistan Outside Courthouse
At least 12 people died when an attacker detonated a bomb in Pakistan’s capital on Tuesday after he failed to enter a courthouse, according to the country’s interior minister.
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Explosion in Pakistan’s Capital Kills at Least 12
A military official accused the Pakistani Taliban of staging the attack, which took place near a courthouse in Islamabad.
India’s Prime Minister Vows Justice After New Delhi Car Explosion Kills 8
Those responsible for the explosion “will not be spared,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India said. The blast killed at least eight people near a subway station at evening rush hour.
India Is Investigating a Deadly Car Explosion. Here’s What to Know.
The car exploded near a metro station in a historic part of New Delhi on Monday night. Officials are investigating and security is tight around the region.
Car Explodes in Crowded New Delhi Neighborhood
The authorities in India said they were investigating the cause of a blast near a busy metro station in the country’s capital that killed at least eight people and left several others injured.
Filipinos Reel From Destruction Left by Super Typhoon Fung-wong
Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall in the north of the Philippines on Sunday evening, killing at least two people and destroying about a thousand houses. The authorities had preemptively evacuated 1.3 million people.
Explosion Reported Near Red Fort in New Delhi
India’s top security official said the cause of the blast, near the Red Fort in the capital, was still being investigated.
Hundreds of Migrants Missing Off Malaysia’s Coast
A boat said to be carrying people from the Rohingya ethnic minority capsized, and another was missing. At least seven bodies were recovered.
Second Migrant Child Dies on ‘Reverse Migration’ Boat Route
A 3-year-old from Colombia died when a boat carrying migrants back to South America capsized off Panama’s Caribbean Coast, an official said. Another child drowned on the same migrant route in February.
Typhoon Strikes Philippines, Days After a Storm Killed 200 People
Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall in the Philippines on Sunday. At least two deaths have been reported and over a million people were pre-emptively evacuated from their homes.