Dozens killed as sectarian violence flares up in Pakistan’s Kurram
Al Jazeera
Renewed fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslim groups latest in a string of attacks to hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
At least 32 people have been killed and dozens wounded in renewed fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslim groups in northwestern Pakistan, officials say.
The violence overnight on Saturday was the latest to rock Kurram, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, just days after a deadly attack on a convoy in the same area killed dozens of people.
Speaking to AFP news agency on condition of anonymity, a senior administrative official said the death toll in the latest incident included 14 Sunni and 18 Shia Muslims. Another 47 were wounded, the official added.
A senior Pakistani police officer also confirmed Saturday’s fighting to The Associated Press news agency, putting the death toll at 33 and the injuries at 25.
The officer, who also spoke anonymously because he was not authorised to speak to the media, said armed men in Bagan and Bacha Kot torched shops, houses and government property.
A late start, a failure to differentiate herself from Biden, and the loss of key voting groups made victory impossible.
Lebanese officials said dozens of Israel air strikes in the east of the country have killed 40 people, wounded 53.
Polls show Republican and Democratic presidential candidates locked in close fight as Election Day voting set to begin.
In last day of campaigning for Republican, Democratic presidential candidates, polls indicate race couldn’t be tighter.
My grandfather survived the first Nakba in 1948; he didn’t make it to the end of the second – this war waged by Israel.
Trump’s first term showed that while a win for him could help Russia in Ukraine, it would bring its own challenges, too.
The candidates will hold rallies in Nevada today, where Harris will be joined by Jennifer Lopez.