International News of the Week

Saturday

Berlin: A stampede inside a tunnel crowded with techno music fans crushes 15 people to death and injured dozens at Germany's famed Love Parade festival.

Islamabad: LeT, blamed for the Mumbai attacks, has expanded its operations to Afghanistan and the West and has become more active throughout the region, which calls for concerted action against the outlawed group, America's top military official says.

 

Sunday

Islamabad: Describing Pakistan's lawless tribal belt near Afghanistan as the "global headquarters" of al-Qaeda, top American military commander Mike Mullen says the US believes that the terror network's chief Osama bin Laden and his deputy Aiman al-Zawahiri are in this country.

London: India fears that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, blamed for the Mumbai carnage, may attempt to strike during the October Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and has voiced its concerns to the US, according to a media report.

Monday

New York: A week before the 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul, Polish intelligence had warned of a possible Taliban attack on Indian mission in the Afghan capital, according to leaked intelligence documents.

Washington: Wikileaks's decision to post on its website more than 92,000 classified documents related to war in Afghanistan is a breach of federal law and an investigation is on the leak of secretive Pentagon documents, the White House says.

Tuesday

Dhaka: Energy-starved Bangladesh inks a landmark 35-year power transmission deal with India for the import of 250 megawatt electricity.

Islamabad: Pakistan has acquired sophisticated air-to-air missiles from the US for its newly inducted F-16 fighter jets, a move which will bolster its defence capabilities "manifold", an official says.

 

Wednesday

Islamabad: A plane carrying 152 people on board crashed into the Margalla Hills overlooking the Pakistani capital apparently due to bad weather, police says.

Beijing: At least six people are killed and as many as 300 injured when a powerful explosion triggered by a gas pipeline leakage ripped apart a plastic and chemicals factory in eastern China.

Thursday

Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi slams British Prime Minister David Cameron's warning to Pakistan to sever links with groups that promote the "export of terror", saying such remarks were "totally unacceptable".

Kathmandu: Nepal and India ink a key pact to conserve biodiversity and combat illegal trade in wild animals coinciding with the first International Tiger Conservation Day.

Friday

Moscow: Raging forest fires which engulfed parts of central Russia during the country's hottest summer on record have killed at least 29 and destroyed hundreds of homes, forcing President Dmitry Medvedev to summon the Army to join the rescue effort.

Islamabad/Peshawar: Nearly 300 people have died in floods and landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rains in different parts of Pakistan, with most of the deaths reported in the country's northwest that has seen the worst flooding in eight decades.