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KABUL: An airstrike hit a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, killing at least 16 people in what the U.S. military called possible "collateral damage" in the battle to oust Taliban insurgents.

At least 78 people were killed and over 140 more injured on Wednesday night when a train derailed just outside of the Spanish city Santiago de Compostela. Initial reports suggest the train may have been travelling too fast.

KARACHI: At least 15 Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers have been arrested during the last 24 hours, who haven't been presented before any court of law, said Coordination Committee of the party which on Friday decided to withdraw resignations of its lawmakers from the parliament and the Sindh Assembly.

TEHRAN: The first bodies of Iranians killed in a deadly stampede at the Hajj arrived home from Saudi Arabia on Saturday, after a controversial nine-day delay and questions over the final death toll. President Hassan Rouhani and other top officials laid white flowers on coffins at a sombre repatriation ceremony for the 104 pilgrims - among at least 464 Iranians who died in the September 24 crush.

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan army says that at least 123 people have died from a powerful earthquake which has rattled many parts of Pakistan today (Monday). In a press statement on social media, DG ISPR Let-Gen Asim Bajwa said that Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif flew to some affected areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to assess the rescue operation.