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16 killed as fire hits Sudan factory: Doctors
Khartoum | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON DEC 03, 2019 07:11 PM IST
Thick plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky after the blaze broke out at a tile manufacturing unit in an industrial zone in north Khartoum.
Destroyed drone, says US, Iran rejects claim
Hindustan Times, Washington | By Yashwant Raj
UPDATED ON JUL 19, 2019 11:21 PM IST
Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif, meanwhile, offered new but modest concession to end the stand-off, being seen as just one misstep away from a full-blown conflict neither side wants.
Iran says has shot down US spy drone over its territory: Report
Tehran | By Agence France-Presse
UPDATED ON JUN 20, 2019 10:38 AM IST
The incident comes at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the United States
Blast at Russian explosives plant injures 38
Moscow/Nizhny Novgorod | By Agence France-Presse
PUBLISHED ON JUN 01, 2019 07:14 PM IST
The blast took place at the “Kristall” factory in Dzerzhinsk about 400 kilometres (250 miles) east of Moscow, in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
Plane catches fire at Iran airport; 100 passengers evacuated unhurt
Reuters | By Reuters
UPDATED ON MAR 20, 2019 01:26 AM IST
The pilot was not able to open the back wheels of the plane and circled the airport attempting to open all the wheels before landing the plane on its body, according to Fars.
Explosion in Syrian capital Damascus causes fatalities: Monitor
Damascus | By Agence France-Presse
UPDATED ON JAN 20, 2019 11:54 PM IST
An explosion was heard Sunday in the south of the Syrian capital Damascus, with preliminary reports suggesting it was a “terrorist act”, state television said.
‘US will fail to bring Iran to its knees but…’: Rouhani on sanctions
Iran | By Reuters
UPDATED ON DEC 26, 2018 12:10 AM IST
Hassan Rouhani gave the value of the draft budget at about 4,700 trillion rials for the next Iranian year which starts on March 21, 2019.
Iran jolted by two moderate earthquakes; 26 injured
Associated Press | By Associated Press, Tehran
PUBLISHED ON JUL 22, 2018 06:54 PM IST
Tear gas explosion at Caracas club kills 17 people
Reuters | By Reuters
UPDATED ON JUN 16, 2018 11:55 PM IST
Over 500 people were at the party at the Los Cotorros club in the middle-class Caracas neighborhood of El Paraiso when the device went off during a fight between several young people
Tennis star Petra Kvitova’s 2016 knife attacker in custody: Reports
Reuters, Prague | By Reuters
UPDATED ON MAY 24, 2018 11:36 PM IST
Czech tennis star Petra Kvitova sustained injuries to the tendons in the fingers and thumb or her left hand during the attack at her apartment in December 2016.
Syrian army says ‘enemy’ rockets hit military bases, kills 26 people
Reuters | By Reuters, Amman
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2018 11:44 PM IST
A Syria war monitoring group said Sunday’s missile attack had targeted a warehouse for rockets and killed 26 people.