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BREAKING 74 passengers killed as Tezgam train catches fire near RYK: Live updates The train, Tezgam, was on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi, when a gas cylinder exploded, leaving 74 passengers dead.

KARACHI: Pakistan Meteorological Department on Monday issued an alert saying Super Cyclonic Storm over Eastcentral Arabian Sea has moved further west-northwestward during last 12 hours and now lay centered at about 745 km southwest of Karachi. The Super Storm now lay centered at 0800 PST of 28th October, 2019 near Latitude 18.3°N and Longitude 65.2°E with maximum sustained surface winds of 230-240 kmph and is currently gusting at 265 kmph. "The strong winds and high tide have pushed the water in the low-lying areas of Karachi, causing sea intrusion," said Sardar Surfraz, Chief Meteorological Officer of PMD while talking to The News. He added that they are also expecting light to moderate rain in Karachi from Wednesday till Friday, as a westerly wave is interacting with the cyclonic conditions in the Arabian Sea. This caused sea intrusion of coastal areas of Rehri Goth, Ibrahim Hyderi, Lath Basti, Hawks Bay and adjoining areas on Monday morning, prompting evacuation o

While many of the active battlefronts between Iraqi forces and the Islamic State (ISIS) had quieted by 2018, military operations continued against sleeper cells and rural ISIS holdouts. ISIS continued to capture and extrajudicially kill civilians and Iraqi armed forces throughout the year. Under the guise of fighting terror, Iraqi forces arbitrarily detained, ill-treated and tortured, and disappeared mostly Sunni men from areas where ISIS was active and failed to respect their due process and fair trial rights. The years of fighting across the country left at least 1.8 million Iraqis still displaced in 2018. Iraqi authorities imposed security measures against individuals and families perceived as having relatives who supported ISIS in the past in what amounted to collective punishment.

Prince William is said to be hoping the Duke and Duchess of Sussex "are all right" after they  told an ITV documentary they were struggling .

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate Middleton met Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday. T he couple — who are the first royals to officially visit Pakistan since Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited the region in 2006 — were received by the premier at the Prime Minister House, where a lunch was hosted in honour of the guests. William's late mother, Diana, was a friend of the prime minister and  visited Pakistan twice  — 1996 and 1997 — to help raise awareness and funds for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital.