The death toll reached 115, due to flooding after recent heavy rain in parts of Pakistan's provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KPK), with others injured. Most of the deaths were caused by roof collapses, landslides and electric shocks. A number of cities received over 130mm of rain. Pakistan's meteorological office issued a severe weather warning for northeast Punjab and Kashmir, saying more intense rain was expected which could trigger…

News: On 25/08/2014, India and Bangladesh concluded a five-day BSF-BGB Director General level conference in New Delhi, India. Both countries agreed to hold joint periodical training exercises, namely "Umbrella of Joint Exercises" in which India Border Security Force (BSF) would train Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in border management and advanced border security training skills. In the conference, the officials have also decided to make this joint training institutionalized for…

News: A report commissioned by Rotherham Borough Council has revealed that at least 1,400 children were subjected to appalling sexual exploitation in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. Revealing details of the inquiry's findings, Professor Jay said, "It is hard to describe the appalling nature of the abuse that child victims suffered." The inquiry team found examples of "children who had been doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight,…

News The parents of a two-year-old boy are suing a nursery after staff allegedly used duct-tape to restrain their son during nap time. A former employee of the Heart2Heart daycare centre in Texas took a widely-circulated picture showing a small child wrapped in a blanket and apparently bound to a mat by duct-tape. The employee then gave it to parents Kristi and Brad Galbraith, who are suing the centre for…