Myanmar’s junta said Wednesday that its troops fired warning shots at a Chinese Red Cross aid convoy, underlining the challenge of delivering relief amid a civil war as aid groups called for better access to help survivors of a devastating earthquake.
Police on Tuesday arrested the owner of a godown near Deesa town in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, hours after a powerful blast and fire killed 21 persons there, officials said. Firecrackers were allegedly stored and manufactured illegally at the godown, they said.
Due to illness, Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has been admitted to a hospital. On Tuesday (April 1), he was hospitalized in a private hospital in Karachi, a southern port city of Pakistan. He is currently under close medical supervision.
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar has climbed to 2,719, with at least 4,521 people injured, authorities said on Tuesday.
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore faced journalists at a press conference organized by NASA at the Johnson Space Center, marking their first public appearance since their return.
At least 63 people were being treated in hospitals in Malaysia today after a major blaze at a gas pipeline operated by state energy firm Petronas, authorities said, with efforts ongoing to control the fire and evacuate residents.