At least 15 people have been killed in twin blasts in the northwestern Pakistani town of Parachinar on Friday (June 23) according to government officials. The two blasts went off within three minutes of each other. People were at the market buying food for iftar, the meal breaking the fast in the evening during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. No group claimed responsibility for the Parachinar blasts.In a separate attack on Friday, at least 13 people, including seven police officers, were killed by a suicide car bomber in Quetta which is about 100 km (60 miles) east of the border with Afghanistan. Jamaat ur Ahrar, a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the Quetta attack.
-
The updated details filed at Companies House for Prince Harry's eco-travel...
-
The 6ft 1in, 267lb lineman, as per the school website, was the son of...
-
Jason Chapdelaine, 52, faces first-degree murder charges for allegedly...
-
A controversial murder trial begins in Norfolk, Massachusetts, amidst FBI...
-
Her unabashed sexuality has been embraced by America's conservative Right,...
-
Clarisa Figueroa, 51, plotted for months to acquire a newborn after her...
-
Luke's 32 Bridge Food + Drink, where Strain was last seen alive in person,...
-
Thomas Elliott, 21, was arrested after a bystander filmed him taking...
-
Kenneth Paul Farler III, 38, told cops his autistic stepson accidentally...
-
In February, Suu Kyi's son, Kim Aris, said that she was being held in...