A fire broke out in a 5-storey building in Johannesburg, South Africa, due to which 73 people have died.According to local media reports, 52 people have been injured and admitted to the hospital.The death toll is suspected to increase.The fire broke out in a five-storey building at night.According to emergency service personnel, seven of the victims were children, including a one-year-old baby.Witnesses present at the scene said that around 200 people lived in the building.Security personnel are engaged in the rescue operation.Officials have advised people to stay away from the building.Firefi

A Punjabi was shot dead in Philippines.According to the information received, Jaganpreet Kaur along with her husband Manjit Singh and children was doing finance business in the city of Manila in Philippines for about 14 years.Jaganpreet's husband Manjit Singh had come to India with his children.Jaganpreet Kaur was a resident of Dhandian village in Ferozepur district.Yesterday, a motorcycle rider came to her shop and shot her dead.However, the information about who committed the murder and why has not been revealed.More details will be revealed only after Manjit Singh returns to Manila and once

Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm.It wreaked havoc across a wide swath of the Gulf Coast, inundating homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, and overturning small boats.Power lines have been downed in such areas.More than 263,000 people were left without power.This devastating storm uprooted tall trees.The Florida Highway Patrol said two people have died as a result of being caught in the storm.Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a press conference Wednesday morning, "Don't do anything stupid right now that puts lives at risk."Hurricane Idalia has ente

The Islamabad High Court has delivered its verdict on the petition of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, which requested to suspend his three-year prison sentence in the Toshakhana corruption case.While pronouncing its decision on this, the court has stayed the punishment of Imran Khan, after which orders were given for his release.But after the release order, he was arrested again.Khan has been detained in the secret letter theft case.This information has been given by the newspaper 'The Dawn' of Pakistan.Former Law Minister and Public Prosecutor Attaullah Tarar said that Imran's s

British police are investigating the deaths of 88 people in the UK who bought products from Canada-based websites that allegedly contained lethal substances for self-harm.Britain's National Crime Agency said that in the last two years, 232 people in the U.K. who bought substances from websites have been identified and 88 of them have died.National Crime Agency deputy director Craig Turner said his sympathies go out to the family members of the victims.They are being assisted by specially trained officers of the police force.The investigation actually started after the arrest of a Canadian man

Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of the private jet that crashed in Russia on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board.However, it was not immediately clear if he was on board.According to preliminary information, a commercial plane from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board.It is worth mentioning that Prigozhin rebelled against Putin in June and after that he allegedly moved to Belarus.It is however not clear till now that how and when did he reach Russia.A Russian official told reporters that they have started an investig

An Edmonton man arrested in a terrorism investigation in the United Kingdom appeared in a London court today.Khaled Hussein, who is 28, was charged under the Terrorism Act for allegedly being a member of a proscribed organization in the U.K.He was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport last week.Hussein is charged alongside a 56-year-old British preacher, Anjem Choudary, who was allegedly directing a terrorist organization and addressing meetings to encourage support for a radical group since June 2022.Prosecutors say the Edmontonian worked online with Choudary to provide a platform for the vie

Canada is expected to close applications for temporary emergency visas offered to Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression Saturday but hasn't announced whether it plans to offer long-term refuge.Canada launched the emergency visa after the Russian invasion of Ukraine last year as millions of people fled the embattled country.The visa is available to an unlimited number of Ukrainians and allows them to work and study in Canada for three years while they figure out their next steps. Those who've come to Canada using the emergency visa aren't given refugee status in Canada, and instead are consider

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she is concerned about the safety of India's diplomats following what she calls an "unacceptable" poster for an upcoming protest near Toronto.The protest is planned in memory of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar who was killed in a shooting in British Columbia in June.A poster for the protest circulating on social media includes photos of India's top two diplomats in Canada, calls them "killers in Toronto" and suggests it's time to "kill India."Niijar was a vocal opponent of India and supporter of an independent Sikh state but police say they have fou