ISLAMABAD -- At least 10 family members were killed after a fire broke out in a three-story house in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Wednesday, police officials said.

The fire erupted during the early hours of Wednesday in the house in Punjab's provincial capital Lahore, trapping all the family members, police told local media. (Pakistan-Fire-Death)

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PRAGUE -- Czech-born writer Milan Kundera died in Paris at the age of 94, the Czech News Agency (CTK) reported on Wednesday.

Kundera was born in the southeastern Czech city of Brno. After emigrating to France in 1975, he became one of the major authors of the publishing house Gallimard in Paris and has been writing in French since the 1980s. (Czech-Milan Kundera)

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ISLAMABAD -- Four soldiers were killed while five others were critically injured after terrorists launched an attack on a military base in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, a military statement said on Wednesday.

The incident happened during the early hours of Wednesday when a group of terrorists launched the "dastardly attack" on the Zhob Garrison in the province, the military's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in the statement. (Pakistan-Terrorist-Attack)

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JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- Two children have been killed and another injured as a landmine from past wars went off in east Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Wednesday, a statement released by the provincial government said.

The innocent children, according to the statement, found a toy-like object and began playing with it, but the device exploded suddenly killing two on the spot and badly injuring another in Achin district of the province. (Afghanistan-Landmine-Blast) Enditem

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