68 perish as ferry capsizes in Zimbabwe

. HARARE, ZIMBABWE: The death toll after a ferry capsized on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba this week has risen to 68 after more bodies were recovered on Saturday, the police said. The overloaded passenger ferry run by the government’s Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (RIDA) overturned on Tuesday in choppy waters. The police “advises Zimbabweans and relevant…

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Israeli air blitz kills 11 in south Lebanon

CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS: First aid responders and residents rush to the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the neighborhood in the southern Lebanese village of Deir al-Zahrani. PHOTO: AFP BEIRUT: At least 11 people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanon’s health ministry said. The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah…

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Morocco arrests 111 migrants

. RABAT: Moroccan police arrested at least 111 people on Saturday as they tried to enter Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, amid tightened security on both sides of the border after social media posts called for another mass migrant crossing. The attempted crossing came two weeks after more than 72,000 migrants surged into Ceuta,…

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Rawalpindi green-lights manhole safety project

Wasa chairman warns of action over uncovered manholes. PHOTO: FILE RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi District Council has approved a project to install heavy-duty iron and concrete covers on 350 dangerous and deep manholes and sewer openings across outlying areas under the tehsil councils. The project, costing Rs88.892 million, will also include the installation of strong safety…

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Aleem back Hazara province

. ISLAMABAD: President of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) Abdul Aleem Khan, while expressing support for the creation of Hazara Province in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, has said that the people across the country want new provinces to be created on administrative grounds. He said that voices for the creation of Hazara Province have been raised in the K-P Assembly…

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