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Gas explodes in train where people were cooking breakfast, 71 killed as Pakistan orders probe
By Paul Ombati,
1148, October 31, 2019 (EAT)
A gas explosion left 71 people dead on a Pakistan train on Thursday and around 43 others injured. The train was on its way from the southern city o...
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Zambia reports first polio case in 24yrs after vaccination gone wrong
By Imani Mitchelle,
1108, October 25, 2019 (EAT)
Zambia has reported its first local case of polio since 1995. A 2 year old boy was paralyzed by a virus derived from the vaccine, VOA reported on W...
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Teen Vogue picks up My Always Experience after KOT saga
By Citizen Reporter,
1700, October 24, 2019 (EAT)
Teen Vogue picked up MyAlwaysExperience, a hashtag started by Kenyans on Twitter, after it re-emerged on Wednesday with women across the world lamenti...
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Newly wed, family drown while trying to take a selfie
By Citizen Reporter,
825, October 8, 2019 (EAT)
A newly married woman and three of her family are reported to have drowned in a reservoir after trying to take a selfie. According to police in the...
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Four Kenyans secure spot in prestigious Future Leaders Connect programme
By Citizen Reporter,
1101, August 10, 2019 (EAT)
Four young Kenyans have emerged winners in the British Council’s prestigious Future Leaders Connect programme 2019. The four were among eight sho...
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US calls China a ‘thuggish regime’ for ‘harassing’ Hong Kong-based American diplomat
By CNN,
1205, August 9, 2019 (EAT)
The US State Department hit out at China Thursday, accusing Beijing of behaving like a "thuggish regime" after the personal information of an American...
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U.S. believes Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza is dead
By CNN,
900, August 1, 2019 (EAT)
The US believes late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's son Hamza bin Laden is dead, a US official told CNN on Wednesday. The official said the US h...
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At least 17 dead after Pakistan military plane crashes into major city
By CNN,
2055, July 30, 2019 (EAT)
At least 17 are dead after a Pakistani army plane crashed into a residential area in the major city of Rawalpindi early Tuesday morning, the country's...
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Attacks on security forces in Pakistan kill 10 soldiers
By Reuters,
1720, July 27, 2019 (EAT)
At least 10 soldiers have been killed in separate attacks within hours on Pakistan security forces. A military vehicle was ambushed and six soldier...
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Trump: I could win Afghan war ”in a week, I just don’t want to kill 10 milllion people”
By CNN,
951, July 23, 2019 (EAT)
President Donald Trump said the US has made "a lot of progress" toward ending the war in Afghanistan in negotiations with the Taliban in recent weeks ...
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More than 100 dead and 6 million affected by flooding across South Asia
By CNN,
2022, July 16, 2019 (EAT)
The death toll in South Asia continues to rise after flooding and landslides ravaged the border region of India and Nepal, leaving tens of thousands d...
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France calls on G-7 to double girls’ education funding in Africa’s Sahel
By VOA,
1357, July 6, 2019 (EAT)
France wants the world’s leading industrial economies to double funding for girls' education in the Sahel at a summit next month in the French town ...
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In Pakistan’s northern mountains, plastic bags face the bin
By Reuters,
825, June 27, 2019 (EAT)
In this district in northern Pakistan flanked by soaring mountain ranges and glaciers, plastic bags are now illegal. In late April, the provincial ...
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India to overtake China as the world’s most populous country: UN
By CNN,
902, June 20, 2019 (EAT)
India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country in less than a decade, according to a new United Nations report. China and Indi...
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Hundreds of HIV-infected Pakistani children left untreated
By VOA,
936, June 15, 2019 (EAT)
The U.N. World Health Organization says hundreds of HIV positive children in Pakistan cannot get treatment because there are not enough antiretroviral...
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Passenger opens plane emergency exit, mistaking it for the toilet
By CNN,
1727, June 10, 2019 (EAT)
A passenger on a UK-Pakistan flight at Manchester Airport caused severe delays after opening the emergency exit door in an attempt to reach the bathro...
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Blasts kill soldiers, Shi’ite Muslims in Pakistan
By VOA,
1132, June 8, 2019 (EAT)
Authorities in Pakistan say a roadside bombing Friday near the Afghan border killed at least four soldiers and injured four others, while two separate...
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Watchdog finds global press freedom at lowest point in decade
By VOA,
1122, June 5, 2019 (EAT)
The U.S.-based democracy watchdog Freedom House says press freedom is declining around the world, right alongside political rights and civil liberties...
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WHO counts down Africa polio clock despite fears of new outbreak
By Reuters,
910, May 29, 2019 (EAT)
Africa could be declared free of endemic “wild” polio early next year if a strain last seen in Nigeria almost three years ago does not resurface, ...
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Snakebites killing 200 people a day
By CNN,
1355, May 23, 2019 (EAT)
Snakebites kill more than 200 people a day around the world, but Thai firefighter Pinyo Pookpinyo was one of the lucky ones. When the tip of his th...
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