A massive explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Karachi on Thursday injured at least 34 people, sparking fires and panic among residents in Pakistan’s largest city.
The blast caused fires in the warehouse and nearby shops, followed by smaller explosions that forced residents to flee. Smoke billowed from a multi-story building as firefighters worked to control the blaze.
The explosion was powerful enough to shatter glass in surrounding shops, sending shards into the streets.
"I thought several bombs have exploded," resident Aqib Khan told reporters.
The explosion came a day after intense monsoon rains flooded the city.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the incident in Pakistan’s financial capital, home to more than 20 million people.
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The sixth trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, China and Afghanistan began in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday.
Hundreds of Afghan refugees, including newborns and pregnant women, are living in Islamabad park under plastic sheets with nowhere to go. It's after landlords evicted them following pressure from Pakistan to expel documented, as well as undocumented, families ahead of a 1 September deadline.
Since January, more than 1.7 million Afghan citizens have returned from Iran and Pakistan, the United Nations said on Friday, warning of mounting humanitarian pressures.
The death toll from weeks of torrential rains and flooding in Pakistan has risen above 300, local officials said on Saturday.
A powerful eruption at Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent an ash plume more than 3,000 metres high on Sunday morning, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Saturday.
The UK is gearing up for Exercise Pegasus 2025, its largest pandemic readiness test since COVID-19. Running from September to November, this full-scale simulation will challenge the country's response to a fast-moving respiratory outbreak.
Honduras has brought back mask mandates as COVID-19 cases and a new variant surge nationwide.
Kuwait says oil prices will likely stay below $72 per barrel as OPEC monitors global supply trends and U.S. policy signals. The remarks come during market uncertainty fueled by new U.S. tariffs on India and possible sanctions on Russia.
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The European Union is pushing for U.S. tariff cuts on European cars to take effect retroactively, as both sides released details of their July trade framework deal aimed at easing transatlantic trade tensions.
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China is moving to restrict domestic technology companies from acquiring Nvidia’s H20 artificial intelligence chips thus highlighting the escalating technology rivalry between Beijing and Washington.
Tbilisi and Strasbourg are facing an escalating political standoff as Georgia’s democratic trajectory and its European aspirations collide with sharp criticism from European institutions.
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