Forty-four killed in Russian hockey team jet crash

MOSCOW: A Russian Plane carrying an ice hockey team crashed on take-off, killing Forty-four people and strangely one man survived. 

A chartered Yak-42 passenger jet took off from Yaroslavl airport some 300 kilometres (185 miles) northeast of Moscow.

Another Afghan Governor killed by Taliban

KABUL: Taliban roadside bomb blows up the vehicle of an Afghan district governor and three of his guards on Tuesday in the east of the country, according to an official.

The governor of Sherzad district in Nangarhar province, was killed along with his guards while driving to work in the troubled region.

Three Pakistani soldiers killed on the Day of Eid in Indian border firing

Islamabad : At least three Pakistani troops were killed on the first day Eid when the Indian Border Security Force opened fire on the their border check post.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj-Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the incident while Speaking to BBCUrdu service and said that the Indian side had resorted to firing at a check post in Dudhnial region of the Neelam Valley sector.

August the Deadliest Month Ever In Afghan war

Washington : The month of August has claimed the lives of 66 U.S. service members in Afghanistan. According to The Associated Press that makes August the deadliest month in the nearly 10-year-old war. The previous record was in July 2010, when 65 service members were killed.

August's number includes the 30 American troops killed on Aug. 6, when insurgents shot down a Chinook helicopter.

Three brothers killed in a firing incident in Lahore

LAHORE: A firing incident in Punjab's Capital city Lahore claims the lives of three brothers near Shalimar Hospital on Tuesday.

According to Police the brothers were on their way to the airport in a Suzuki when unknown assailants began shooting at their vehicle.

Two brothers died on the spot whereas the third one succumbed to his injuries at a hospital.