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A wildfire on the outskirts of Iran’s capital triggered Friday an explosion of mines that had been planted around a high-security prison that houses political prisoners, but there were no injuries, state media reported. The official IRNA…
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One of history’s biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked Beirut on August 4, 2020, destroying swathes of the Lebanese capital, killing more than 220 people and injuring at least 6,500. Three years on, the probe into the traumatic disaster…
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Saudi Arabia condemned and denounced an explosion that tore through a political rally in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday. At least 44 people were killed and over 200 injured as a result of the blast that…
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Astronomers have discovered what they believe to be the largest explosion ever detected. The explosion is more than 10 times brighter than any recorded exploding star - known as a supernova. So far it has lasted more than three years,…
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An explosion that rocked central Milan on Thursday was not due to terrorism or any criminal action, the northern Italian city’s Mayor Giuseppe Sala told reporters on the scene. Sala said the explosion had caused no deaths and that the…
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A number of blasts occurred in several places across the Russia-annexed Crimea early on Sunday, according to Russian and Ukrainian media, with Russian social media reporting that air-defense systems were repelling attacks. Baza, a Telegram…
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An explosion on Tuesday evening struck a base in Iran belonging to the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing two workers, local media reported. There was no word on any damages in the blast. The state-run IRNA news agency…
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A deadly landmine explosion in Syria killed at least six people, according to media reports. News agency SANA said the explosion hit civilians who were foraging for truffles in the countryside, and blamed the incident on a land mine…
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An explosion struck next to the Suleimaniyah International Airport in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region Friday, local officials said. The blast came days after Turkiye closed its airspace to flights to and from the airport,…
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A gas tanker apparently stuck under a bridge exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday, killing eight people, injuring scores more and damaging nearby buildings, emergency services said. The blast broke the roof of the emergency department at…
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