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[ad_1] At least six people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a powerful blast ripped through a highly fortified area near the Afghan foreign ministry in downtown Kabul on Monday. According to international media reports, the explosion occurred at around 1:00 p.m. local time (0830 GMT) in close proximity to the Afghan foreign ministry complex when a number of ministry employees were present in the area. The Emergency NGO’s surgical center in Kabul in a Twitter post earlier said it received 12 people wounded in the blast while two other victims were declared dead on arrival. It further added that one child was among those wounded in the high-intensity explosion near a prominent trade center in downtown Kabul. In a statement later, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said the attacker was identified and targeted by the security forces near the checkpoint before reaching his target, putting the death toll at six. The capital Kabul and other major Afghan cities h...

[ad_1] At least nine people have been killed in a plane crash in Sudan’s coastal city of Port Sudan. “A civilian Antonov plane today crashed at Port Sudan Airport as a result of a technical failure, leading to the deaths of nine people, including four military personnel. One child survived the crash,” Sudanese army said in a statement on Monday. The crash came 100 days after fighting in Sudan broke out on April 15 between the army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in the capital Khartoum and states in western Sudan. Port Sudan in the Red Sea state, located on the eastern coast of the country, is one of the cities that have been under the control of the Sudanese army since the war began. Port Sudan airport is the only one still working in the country, making the city a vital transit point for much-needed foreign aid. The war has left at least 3,000 dead across Sudan, according to a conservative estimate. [ad_2] Source link https://worldnews2023.com/w...

[ad_1] A landslide triggered by heavy rains in India’s western Maharashtra state has killed at least 10 people, with many others feared trapped under piles of debris, officials say. According to Indian media reports, rescue teams on Thursday were battling lashing rain in the remote, hilly and forested Raigad district, with people scrambling at mounds of earth and rubble. The landslide occurred in Irshalwadi, a mountain village in Raigad late on Wednesday night, the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted. Harsh weather conditions have hampered rescue efforts and authorities have sent in medical teams to help the injured, he added. While 75 people have been rescued, many others are still stuck in the hamlet, about 60km (37 miles) from the state capital, Mumbai, an official told reporters. State Chief Minister Eknath Shinde arrived at the site on Thursday and told reporters, “The priority now is to rescue those still trapped beneath the rubble.” Some pockets...