NEW DELHI -- The death toll over the past three days from rain-related incidents in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh has risen to 71, confirmed a senior disaster management official of the state on Wednesday.
Commenting on the disaster situation in the hilly state, Principal Secretary of the Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, Onkar Chand Sharma said that the relief and rescue work was going on in affected areas in the state and that death toll and estimate of the total damage could rise in the coming days. (India-Rain-Deaths)
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ISLAMABAD -- Two terrorists were killed in a clash with security forces in Pakistan's northwestern tribal district of North Waziristan, an army statement has said.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said late Tuesday night that security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation on reported presence of terrorists in the Razmak area of North Waziristan district, a region bordering Afghanistan. (Pakistan-Operation-Terrorists)
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YANGON -- The death toll from the jade mine collapse in northern Myanmar's Kachin State rose to 33 on Wednesday, local police said.
"After three days of rescue operations, 33 bodies have been recovered," a police officer in Hpakant told Xinhua on Wednesday.
The collapse took place at around 3:00 p.m. local time on Sunday at the jade mine near Ma Na Village in Hpakant, the center of Myanmar's jade industry, with over 30 people reported missing. (Myanmar-Jade Mine Collapse-Death Toll)
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NIAMEY -- At least 17 soldiers were killed on Tuesday and 20 others injured, including six in critical condition, in an ambush by terrorists in West Niger's Tillaberi region, the Ministry of National Defense of Niger's junta said Wednesday.
"Yesterday around 1:30 p.m. (1230 GMT), a detachment of the Nigerien Armed Forces, in motion between Boni and Torodi, encountered a terrorist ambush near the locality of Koutougou (52 km southwest of Torodi)," the ministry said in a statement. (Niger-Terrorist attack-Casualties) ■
