Our website use cookies to improve and personalize your experience and to display advertisements (if any). Our website may also include cookies from third parties like Google Adsense, Google Analytics, and Youtube. By using the website, you consent to the use of cookies.

Suicide bombings at two mosques in Pakistan kill at least 57

Suicide bombings at two mosques in Pakistan kill at least 57

SUICIDE bombings ripped through two mosques in Pakistan killing at least 57 people, including seven children, as believers marked the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad, police and health officials said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, from which the death toll could climb, with many people seriously injured and others having been trapped beneath the wreckage. In the first blast, in Mastung in the southwestern province of Balochistan, the bomber detonated his explosives near a police vehicle where people were gathering for a procession, senior police official Munir Ahmed said. At least 52 people were killed, according to…
Read More
Suicide bombings rip through two mosques in Pakistan, killing at least 57

Suicide bombings rip through two mosques in Pakistan, killing at least 57

SUICIDE bombings ripped through two mosques in Pakistan, killing at least 57 people and injuring dozens more as believers marked the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad, police and health officials said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts, one of which was reported to have trapped dozens under rubble. A surge in militant attacks in Pakistan's western provinces has cast a shadow on election preparations and public campaigning in the run-up to January's general elections, but until now the attacks had mostly targeted security forces. The first blast, in Mastung in the southwestern province of Balochistan, killed at least…
Read More
Nigeria’s Lagos to allow places of worship to reopen – governor

Nigeria’s Lagos to allow places of worship to reopen – governor

NIGERIA's commercial capital Lagos will allow churches and mosques to resume in-person services from August 7, the state's governor has announced. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu also said restaurants, social clubs and recreational centres will be allowed to reopen with limited capacity from August 14 as the state, the epicentre of Nigeria's coronavirus outbreak, eases restrictions despite a continued rise in infections. Lagos state, home to the megacity of the same name with 20 million people, has more than 15,000 confirmed cases and 192 deaths, by far the largest share of Nigeria's 43,151 cases. It ordered widespread closures and a lockdown in…
Read More