ISLAMABAD -- Six family members were killed and two others seriously injured after a gas cylinder explosion in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Saturday, according to a rescue official.
Bilal Ahmad Faizi, spokesperson for Rescue 1122 KP, told Xinhua that the incident occurred late on Friday in Irum Colony, a residential area in Mardan district.
"The explosion resulted in the collapse of a two-story house, killing six people and seriously injuring two girls," said Faizi. (Pakistan-Cylinder Blast)
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KIEV/MOSCOW -- Ukraine's Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War on Saturday denied Russia's claim that Kiev is delaying a prisoner exchange agreed on Monday.
According to the agency, Ukraine has handed over to Russia the list of prisoners designated for the exchange, including those seriously wounded and ill. However, Russia has submitted different lists that "do not meet" the agreed parameters of the swap.
Earlier Saturday, Russia accused Ukraine of indefinitely delaying a planned swap of prisoners and the handover of fallen soldiers' bodies.
Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky said in a Telegram post that Russia has handed over the first list of 640 prisoners to Ukraine and begun transferring bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers, but Ukrainian negotiators did not arrive at the exchange site. (Ukraine-Russia-Prisoner Swap)
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday authorized officials from the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to access Social Security Administration data.
The Supreme Court granted an emergency petition filed by the administration of President Donald Trump to ask for a lifting of an injunction issued by a district judge in Maryland.
The court order states that members of the DOGE team assigned to the Social Security Administration should have "access to the agency records in question in order for those members to do their work." (US-Supreme Court-DOGE)
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BOGOTA -- A sudden surge in the Guejar River in central Colombia capsized four rafts and a kayak on Friday, leaving several people missing, according to the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management.
The surge occurred in the municipality of Mesetas, in the department of Meta. Rescue operations are ongoing, with support from local authorities, firefighters from nearby towns and aerial assistance from the Colombian Aerospace Force.
The missing people were reportedly taking part in recreational activities when the river suddenly swelled. (Colombia-River-Accident) Enditem
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