At least eight people were injured when a bomb blast derailed a passenger train in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Friday, a local official said.
"Jaffar Express came under bomb attack in Peshi area of Bolan district, eight people were injured and eight bogies derailed, including locomotive,” Deputy Commissioner Bolan Agha Samiullah told Reuters.
He said a rescue team was facing difficulties as the site was in a mountainous area.
Turkey to turn over military camp in northern Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan have agreed on Wednesday for Turkish forces to gradually hand over a military camp at the Bashiqa-Zilkan base in northern Iraq to the Iraqi government.
Australia says OpenAI agent hacked into government website
Australia said on Wednesday an OpenAI agent breached a government health data portal in June, gaining unauthorised access to files, in what could be the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website.
2 dead, 6 injured during Russian missile attacks on Kyiv
Russian forces have attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Thursday with ballistic missiles, killing two people and injuring six, as debris crashed down on several districts, said Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
US pledges $267 million more to fight Ebola in central Africa
The US State Department has pledged an additional $267 million on Wednesday toward fighting the Ebola outbreak in central Africa, as health authorities battle to get the deadly virus under control.
AI leaders warn UN of security risks as systems grow more powerful
Executives from three of the world's leading artificial intelligence companies briefed the UN Security Council on Wednesday amid warnings that increasingly powerful AI systems could soon improve themselves, slip beyond human control and pose a threat to international security.
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