As per the ministry, the journalists were wounded in a Ukrainian artillery strike on Saturday. They were evacuated from the battlefield but RIA correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev died during the journey, it said.
A traffic accident in Afghanistan’s western province of Badghis on Friday killed three people, including a truck driver, according to a provincial official, Khaama Press reported.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rakesh Kumar said, "Two people have died and three were injured during the firing. The injured are undergoing treatment. The four accused came in two bikes."
A forest official said that the train driver was not able to save the lions despite applying emergency brakes after being alerted by the forest staff as they had come really close to the speeding train.
Rescue 1122 Rescue and Safety Officer (Ghizer) Raja Ajmal Nazeer confirmed the casualties, adding that three of the injured were in critical condition.
In terrorist attacks that occurred within a few hours at a government building in Bara and a police station close to Peshawar, Dawn reported that five police officers were killed and 12 others, including nine personnel and three civilians, were injured.
As many as 16 people were killed and several others were injured after the landslide occurred at Irshalwadi village in Khalapur tehsil in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Thursday, officials said.
The death toll in a suicide bombing incident in Pakistan’s Khyber reached four after three more cops succumbed to their injuries, The News International reported on Thursday citing local police.
16 people, including two children, were killed as heavy rains lashed Islamabad and Lahore. 11 workers were killed after a building collapsed in Islamabad, while five others were electrocuted in Lahore, reported Dawn.