21 Pakistani nationals rescued off Moroccan coast: FO
Celina Ali Islamabad: Based on verified information, twenty-one Pakistani nationals have been identified among the survivors of a maritime incident...
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DPM Dar directs efficient, timely assistance to Pakistani victims of Moroccan boat tragedy
Celina Ali Islamabad: Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Saturday issued instructions for coordination of the government’s response...
Boat capsizes near Morocco, over 40 Pakistanis among presumed dead
Celina Ali Islamabad: A migrant boat carrying 80 passengers capsized near Morocco, with over 40 Pakistanis reportedly among those presumed...
Fire at Bulgaria train station kills four homeless people
Sofia: Four homeless people were killed overnight on Tuesday at the main train station in Bulgaria´s capital Sofia when a...
At least 20 migrants missing as boat sinks off Italy, seven rescued
Rome: Seven migrants were rescued, but at least 20 are missing after their boat sank en route to Italy from...
President expresses grief over S. Korea plane crash
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday expressed his grief over loss of precious lives in a plane...
At least 85 killed as plane crashes while landing at South Korea airport
At least 85 people have died when a plane crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea The Jeju...
One Pakistani dead, 47 rescued in Greece boat incident
Celina Ali ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office Spokesperson on Sunday said that as per initial reports, a total of 47 Pakistanis...
Italy: Over 40 migrants feared dead off island
Rome: More than 40 migrants were feared dead off Italy’s Lampedusa after a lone 11-year-old survivor said the boat she...
2 killed, 36 injured in Kohistan bus accident: rescue official
Two people were killed and 36 others were injured when a Rawalpindi-bound passenger bus fell into a ravine in Khyber...
At least 2 die, 22 rescued as migrant boat sinks during Aegean crossing attempt
Greek maritime authorities said Monday at least two people – a man and a woman – died and 22 people...
At least 16 dead from a bus accident in Bulgaria
A bus carrying tourists has crashed near the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, leaving at least 16 people dead and 26 others...
Hainan’s tourism rekindles during National Day holiday after super typhoon
Haikou: As night fell, the Qilou old street in Haikou, the capital of south China's Hainan Province, got busier. A...
Portugal brings deadly forest fires under control
Lisbon: Portugal has brought under control the remaining forest fires it battled this week in the north of the country,...
Two pilot instructors killed after training plane crashes in Bulgaria
Sofia: Two pilot instructors were killed when a two-seater aircraft crashed during a training flight in Bulgaria on Friday, ahead...
Italy: Court ends detention for MSF migrant rescue ship
Rome: The international aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders — MSF) on Wednesday obtained the release of its...
PM lauds gatekeeper for averting Shalimar Express from major accident
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday paid tribute to Madad Ali, a gatekeeper who risked his...
20 migrants missing after wreck off Italy: UN
Rome: At least 20 migrants were missing in the Mediterranean after their vessel sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa,...
British champion boxer’s teenage sister dies in car crash in Greece
Athens: British champion boxer Callum Simpson has been left heartbroken after his 19-year-old sister Lily-Rae died in a car crash...
Grenfell inferno ‘culmination of decades of failure’: UK inquiry
London: The United Kingdom's Grenfell Tower fire disaster that killed 72 people was the result of "decades of failure" by...
Italy: Constantine Arch in Rome damaged by lightning during violent storm
Rome: Lightning has struck the Constantine Arch near the Colosseum in Rome during a violent thunderstorm, breaking off fragments from...
Audi Italy boss Fabrizio Longo dies after falling from 10,000-foot mountain
Rome: Fabrizio Longo, a 62-year-old Audi executive and passionate mountain climber, fell to his death from a height of 10,000...
Portugal declares day of mourning after four die in helicopter crash
Lisbon: Portugal has declared a day of mourning after a firefighting helicopter crashed in the Douro River leaving at least...
Zardari expresses sorrow over Dir Bala landslide tragedy
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday expressed deep regret and sorrow over the loss of lives caused...
Italy probes captain over Mike Lynch yacht disaster
Rome: Italian authorities have launched an official investigation into the captain of the Bayesian luxury yacht, which sank off the...
Italy: Divers retrieve body of last missing person from UK tycoon’s sunken yacht
Rome: Divers from the Italian coast guard found the last missing body from UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht...
Italy: Investigators trying to establish why Bayesian superyacht sank so quickly
Rome: Fishers in the Sicilian village of Porticello who witnessed the Bayesian superyacht sink rapidly in a violent storm on...
MoFA activates CMU to help tragic road accident victims in Iran
Celina Ali Islamabad: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) activated its Crisis Management Unit on Wednesday to assist Pakistanis in...
Italy: British tech magnate Mike Lynch among those missing after luxury superyacht sinks off Sicily
Rome: British tech magnate Mike Lynch and five other people were missing after their luxury superyacht sank during a freak...
Greece counts cost as firefighters bring fires around Athens under control
Athens: Greece on Aug 14 counted the cost of devastating fires outside Athens that claimed one life, forced thousands to...
