ISLAMABAD -- Eight alleged drugs dealers were killed on Wednesday during a police operation against drugs peddlers in Quetta city of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, police told media.

According to the reports, the police carried out an operation against the alleged drugs dealers near the circular road area of Quetta after an increase in the number of drugs addicts in the city. (Pakistan-Drug Dealer-Operation)

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KABUL -- One child has been killed and three others sustained injury as an explosive device went off in Hasan Khil district of the eastern Paktia province on Tuesday, a local media outlet reported Wednesday.

Quoting police sources, Tolonews reported that the incident took place in Ahmad Khil area of Hasan Khil district on Tuesday evening, and the ill-fated children were playing with a toy-like device but it exploded, causing the casualties. (Afghanistan-Blast)

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TOKYO -- Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Wednesday said the government will take "necessary action" if the trend of the weakening yen continues.

Suzuki also told reporters that he is "concerned" about the yen's rapid "one-sided" movements and that the negative aspects of the yen's weakness should be monitored. (Japan-Yen Slide-Currency Intervention)

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SYDNEY -- Five teenage passengers died in a car crash in Australia's Sydney on Tuesday evening.

Police of the New South Wales (NSW) reported that three female passengers and two males, who have yet to be officially identified, were killed when the vehicle ran off the road and smashed into a tree just before 8 p.m. local time in Buxton in southwestern Sydney. (Australia-Car Crash-Teenagers) Enditem

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