The Global News Desk 115

 August 02  - (The Global News Desk 115) - A light jet carrying tourists above the Nazca Lines in Peru plummeted to the ground, killing 13 passengers. Near Nazca, a city on Peru's southern coast known for its archeological and tourism attractions, the small light plane crashed in a deadly accident. Peruvian state TV said the aircraft had two pilots and 11 tourists when it plummeted. It had taken off from Pisco airport for a tourist trip over the Nazca Lines, which are ancient geoglyphs cut into the desert that are best viewed from above. But, a local news source reported that the plane lost communication with the control tower minutes after departure. The smoldering wreckage of what looked to be the little plane was visible in disturbing footage that was posted on social media.  

August 01 - (The Global News Desk 115) - Four climbers' bodies have been retrieved and recovered from Broad Peak in Pakistan, local officials and rescue teams informed the public on Friday.  The prominent Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja is among 10 climbers missing after an avalanche.  Ground and aerial emergency crews are actively searching the Karakoram mountain range for the ten remaining climbers, one of whom is an American, who are thought to have been on Broad Peak, which rises to 8,047 meters, when an avalanche happened around noon on Thursday. The Alpine Club Pakistan reported that the group had climbers from Oman, Pakistan, and Nepal, along with Purja and American Mallory Geis. Alpine Club officials have said that the GPS map shows where 4 climbers are buried.  Authorities said that the weather was clear on Friday morning and expected to remain so over the weekend.

July 31 - (The Global News Desk 115) - A passenger bus accident in Boumerdes province brought about the deaths of 25 people and injured 44 others, the Civil Protection Department reported on Friday. Boumerdes is located about 55 km east of Algiers, the capital city of Algeria.  At 9:41 a.m. local time (0841 GMT), an accident happened on National Road No. 24 near the village of El Karma. The bus, which was on its way from Setif in the east, veered off the road, overturned, and dropped into a ravine, according to the department. The Civil Protection Department said it sent three rescue vehicles and eleven ambulances to the scene. Rescue teams continue to evacuate and provide medical help, transporting the injured to local hospitals.

July 31 - (The Global News Desk 115) - Baluchistan government said that a coal mine explosion in Baluchistan province has buried at least 34 miners alive, while hopes of rescuing any survivors are diminishing. The massive explosion rattled a coal mine in the Sorange region on Thursday, a ⁠ remote area near Quetta. Early Friday, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority reported, "We have retrieved 31 bodies to date. Our rescuers have identified three additional bodies within the mine and are working to retrieve them." He said that, more than 12 hours after the accident, workers for the authority and other rescue workers are still looking for the trapped miners, but it's very unlikely that they will find any survivors. Previously, the chief inspector of mines in the province said that at the time of the explosion, there were 36 miners inside. senior mining official in the region indicated that two nearby mines were damaged in the powerful explosion. In Pakis...

July 31 - (The Global News Desk 115) - Dozens of police officers were killed and injured when terrorists blew up a checkpoint in north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Insurgents launched the series of attacks in the Hangu region of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, near the Afghanistan border, the provincial police headquarters said.  Authorities reported on Thursday that around 11 police officers were killed and 28 others were injured in the recent ambush at a security checkpoint in northern Pakistan.  The attack was allegedly carried out by the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), according to the KPK police. Attacks on government buildings and security forces in northwest and southwest Pakistan have long been carried out by the TTP. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi strongly condemned the incident and expressed condolences to the families of those who were martyred. No other piece of information about the deceased was immediately relea...

July 29 - (The Global News Desk 115) — Security forces have effectively neutralized 32 terrorists associated with Indian proxies through intelligence-driven operations carried out in multiple districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan. Twenty-four terrorists were killed as a result of security forces successfully taking on different terrorist positions during various targeted raids. The media wing of the military announced that operations were executed on the night of July 28-29, 2026, in the Khyber district located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.  Simultaneously, security forces conducted several intelligence-based operations in the District of Nushki, Balochistan, where a heated encounter resulted in the killings of eight militants. Throughout the operations, the troops uncovered and destroyed the terrorists' weapons, ammo, and improvised explosive devices. Operations against the terrorist network of Indian-sponsored terrorists are ongoing, according to ISPR, in...