Monday, 22 June 2015

30th anniversary of Air India Flight 182 disaster

June 22

As the morning sunshine slides across a memorial tomorrow morning in West Cork, a shadow on a sundial will mark the moment a jumbo jet was blasted out off the sky off the south-west coast. At exactly...

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Unidentified Rohingya human-trafficking victims given proper burial in Malaysia

June 22

Malaysian authorities Monday gave a Muslim burial to 21 human trafficking victims, believed to be Rohingya Muslim refugees, found in shallow graves in jungles bordering Thailand. The 21 were among...

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Heatwave kills at least 148 in Karachi, other parts of Pakistan

June 22

Nearly 150 people have died from heatstroke in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi in the last two days, according to officials. Hospital reports confirm at least 148 deaths, said the city’s...

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