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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A huge blast rocked a military base in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu near a stadium on Saturday, killing at least eight people and injuring 14, emergency workers said, and the militant group al Shabaab claimed responsiblity. Soldiers opened fire after the explosion which sent clouds of smoke into the sky, said Halima Abdisalan, […]

The Air India Express flight that skidded off a runway while landing at the airport in Kozhikode, Kerala state, India, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo)  Aspecial evacuation flight bringing people home to India who had been trapped abroad because of the coronavirus pandemic skidded off a runway and split into two while landing Friday in […]

Lebanese President Michel Aoun speaks during a TV interview at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.   –   Copyright  Dalati Nohra/AP  Lebanese president Michel Aoun was first informed on July 20 about a dangerous stockpile of ammonium nitrate in the port of Beirut – nearly three weeks before a huge blast killed […]

Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 [AP Photo/Hassan Ammar] The devastation caused by the massive explosion that ripped through Beirut on August 4 is beyond any worst nightmare for the country. The blast, which officials have linked to the improper storage of some 2,750 tonnes of ammonium […]

woman wearing a protective mask walks in the Palais Royal as France reinforces mask-wearing as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, in Paris, France August 6, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] Europe has seen a resurgence of novel coronavirus infections in recent days, with France, Spain, and Greece particularly […]

An Air India Express pilot was killed and several passengers injured after the plane from Dubai skidded off the runway at Kerala’s Kozhikode airport during the landing process. The incident took place at 8.15 pm. Confirming the incident, former union minister KJ Alphons tweeted that the front portion of the flight, which was carrying 177 […]

(Yonhap) North Korea continues to work aggressively to develop long-range nuclear missiles capable of threatening the US mainland through a “very deliberate testing program” for systems improvement, a senior Pentagon official said. Victorino Mercado, US assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans and capabilities, made the remarks during the 2020 Space and Missile Defense Symposium […]

     Russia is rushing to approve a Covid-19 vaccine.Kirill Zykov / Moskva News Agency Moscow city government employees and healthcare workers are being offered early access to Russia’s coronavirus vaccine as the country rushes to approve what it says is the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Officials in recent weeks have said Russia aims to […]

  File photo: WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. [Photo/Agencies] Making a novel coronavirus vaccine a global public product will help the world recover faster and suffer less, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. “There should be a global consensus to make a vaccine, any product, a global public product. And this […]

  French President Emmanuel Macron tours parts of Beirut devastated by Tuesday’s deadly blasts. © AFP French President Emmanuel Macron visited shell-shocked Beirut on Thursday, pledging support and urging change after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has sparked grief and fury. Follow the day’s events as they unfolded on our […]