WELLINGTON, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Zealand’s Chief Censor said he had banned a video game that appeared to glorify the mass shooting in Christchurch earlier this year that killed 51 Muslim worshippers. In an attack broadcast live on Facebook, a lone gunman armed with semi-automatic weapons targeted Muslims attending prayers…

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fire swept through a Pakistani train on Thursday killing at least 65 people after a gas canister passengers were using to cook breakfast exploded. Flames roared through the train cars as the train approached the town of Liaquatpur in Punjab, officials said. Television footage showed…

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of anti-government demonstrators were due in the Pakistani capital on Thursday to demand that the government step down, piling more pressure on Prime Minister Imran Khan as he strives to get the faltering economy on track. The protests are organised by Fazal-ur-Rehman, the leader…

Smoke blankets Sydney SYDNEY, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sydney was wreathed in hazardous smoke on Thursday as strong winds fanned dozens of bushfires across Australia’s east coast, prompting health warnings for the city that is home to more than 5 million people and the state of New South Wales (NSW).…

MANILA, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A powerful quake struck in the southern Philippines on Thursday sending people fleeing from homes, schools and malls, with initial reports of damage to some buildings. The 6.5 magnitude quake hit the island of Mindanao, the US Geological Survey said, in the same area where…

SRINAGAR, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Unidentified gunmen shot dead five labourers working in India-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday night. All the dead belonged to India’s eastern state of West Bengal, said media reports. Dead bodies of all those killed were recovered by security forces in the area which was cordoned off…