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More than 16,000 people have been forced to flee their homes after massive explosions at a military depot in Siberia left 12 people injured and one missing. Russian officials said 9,533 people have been evacuated and about 7,000 fled on their own after a fire at a military ammunition depot …

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the United States has not requested to deploy intermediate-range missiles in his country, stressing that such a request will be met with rejection. “It’s not been asked to us, not being considered, not been put to us. I think I can rule a line …

The death toll from a mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, increased to 22 after two more victims died in the hospital, police said. David Shimp, chief executive officer at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, said one patient died late Sunday night and another Monday morning. …

A week after his failed first attempt, French inventor Franky Zapata has successfully crossed the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard. On Sunday morning, Zapata, 40, flew for 20 minutes along 35.4 kilometers (22 miles) from the French town of Sangatte, to Saint Margaret’s Bay, near Dover, with one-stop halfway …

  It is certain that ending the war in Yemen will be a turning point for the countries of the region,” Zarif told a news conference on Monday. Zarif said: “From the very beginning, we stressed that the issue in Yemen is not militarily resolved and now they have to …

The Nigerian judiciary allowed Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zaqzaki to leave for India for treatment with intelligence agents Sheikh Zakzaki’s deputy and his wife had asked the government to allow them to travel abroad for treatment, he said, adding that the second Sheikh’s eye was threatened after losing his first eye. In …

A number of Yemeni civilians were wounded, some of them seriously, on Monday, as a result of raids by the Saudi-American aggression on the city of Amran. According to “Al-Masriya Net,” Air Force launched four raids on the city of Amran, which led to the injury of a number of …

A seasoned criminal serving a 73-year sentence in a Brazilian jail donned his teenage daughter’s clothes, a long wig, and a silicon mask in a startling makeover, which, however, failed to fool the guards into letting him out. Clauvino da Silva, 42, was stopped by the guards of Gericino Penitentiary …

At least 19 people were killed and 30 people were injured in multiple car explosion outside Egypt’s National Cancer Institute, the Ministry of Health said, according to state-run Al-Ahram on Monday. A car driving against traffic collided with three cars on Sunday night on Nile Corniche street in the capital …

“We have received positive messages from Saudi Arabia and senior Iranian officials have responded favorably to them,” an adviser to Iranian President Akbar Turkan said. Turkan said in a statement to Al-Alam television that there were positive messages and indicators from Saudi Arabia and senior Iranian officials. They responded positively, …

A gunman has shot and killed nine people and wounded 16 others at an arts and entertainment district in downtown Dayton, Ohio. The shooting happened early Sunday morning, authorities said, noting the suspect was killed by police. Just after 3 am, police asked residents to avoid the area known as …

  A shooting rampage at a crowded Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, is being investigated as a “hate crime”, authorities say. A gunman armed with a powerful assault-style rifle opened fire at the Cielo Vista Walmart store in the majority-Hispanic border city, killing at least 20 people and injuring …

Iran has seized a foreign tanker “smuggling” fuel to “some Arab states”, Iran’s state TV reported. The development is the latest escalation in tension in the Persian Gulf. The tanker was seized by the Islamic Republic Guard Corps (IRGC), the powerful Iranian paramilitary force. An IRGC commander was cited as …

People connected to the government of Saudi Arabia have run a network of fake accounts and pages on Facebook Inc (FB.O) to promote state propaganda and attack regional rivals, the social media giant said on Thursday. Facebook said it had suspended more than 350 accounts and pages with about 1.4 …

US President Donald Trump has once again warned that he could win the Afghanistan war within days by just killing millions of people in the conflict-ridden country, in what experts warn is another sign of Trump’s willingness to use weapons of mass destruction. The warning came on Friday, as Trump …

Some Syrian Army soldiers have been killed in a blast that rocked the Shayrat airbase located in the east of the Syrian Homs province, local media report without revealing the exact number of casualties. According to the state SANA news agency, the explosion was a result of a “technical error” …

German customs officials seized 4.5 metric tons of cocaine worth $1.2 billion two weeks ago, marking the largest cocaine bust in the country’s history. According to reports, more than 4,200 packages hidden in duffel bags were found in a shipping container in Hamburg, Germany. The freight container was believed to …

Thousands of Indian students and visitors were fleeing Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday after the government ordered tourists and Hindu pilgrims visiting a Himalayan cave shrine “to curtail their stay” in the disputed territory, citing security concerns. Hundreds of Indian and foreign visitors, including some Hindu pilgrims, congregated outside the main …

A new governor has been sworn into office in Puerto Rico, bringing fresh controversy to the US territory. Pedro Pierluisi is the handpicked successor of Ricardo Rosselló, who resigned amid mass protests over a leaked chat in which he and top aides shared obscenity-laced messages. But Pierluisi’s term as governor …

A 28-year-old Syrian man living in Germany has stabbed his 36-year-old German-Kazakh roommate to death in broad daylight at the center of a street in southern Stuttgart, police said in a statement. The perpetrator used a “sword-like” weapon, law enforcement reported, although some media outlets cited witnesses as seeing him …