QUETTA, Pakistan: An explosion inside a coal mine in southwest Pakistan killed 12 miners while eight were rescued, an official said Wednesday. The bodies of the dead were all recovered after the overnight collapse in Harnai, a district in the Baluchistan province, a mine inspector Abdul Rashid said. He said investigators were still working to … Read more
VINENA: Austrian mountain rescuers have saved a Syrian teen found injured and suffering from severe hypothermia, they said Tuesday, as new smuggling routes are being used to avoid stepped-up border controls in central Europe. Central European countries stepped up border controls last year as the numbers of migrants and asylum seekers crossing into the EU … Read more
CAIRO: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left for Slovenia on Sunday to lead his country’s delegation at a meeting of the two nations’ Joint Ministerial Committee for Economic Cooperation. Ahmed Abu Zeid, spokesman for the ministry, said Shoukry would discuss with senior Slovenian officials various matters regarding bilateral relations and ways to enhance them. Shoukry … Read more