Kabul, Afghanistan--Twenty-one people were killed and 38 injured on Sunday in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province when a bus collided with an oil tanker and a motorbike, provincial officials said. Deadly traffic accidents are common in the country, due in part to poor roads, dangerous driving on highways and a lack of...
Deadliest quake in decades kills over 1,000 in Morocco; rescue bid is on
Following the devastating earthquake in Morocco on Saturday that killed more than 1,000 people so far, the UAE, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Algeria and Israel along with several other countries offered condolences, support, and assistance. UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan emphasized solidarity with Morocco and ordered critical relief delivery.
Clashes between army and Turkey-backed rebels in Syria kill 23
The clashes broke out after pro-Ankara rebels tried to infiltrate Kurdish-held northeast Syria, killing 23 people, a war monitor said. The spike in violence comes amid days of separate clashes in Kurdish-held parts of neighboring Deir Ezzor province after US-backed, Kurdish-led fighters detained the head of a local military body...Fire at substation in Iraq sparks nationwide power outage
Baghdad, Iraq--A fire at an electricity substation in southern Iraq triggered a nationwide power outage Saturday, authorities said, just as demand peaks amid the searing summer heat. Electricity is a sensitive political issue in Iraq as despite the country's huge oil reserves, its dilapidated power grid is incapable of meeting peak demand...
Five Iranian border guards killed in Sistan-Baluchistan province
Five Iranian border guards were killed during clashes with an armed group in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, state media reported. Earlier, the judiciary's Mizan Online website had quoted local prosecutor Mehdi Shamsabadi as saying that six border guards were killed but later the number was revised down to...Two policemen killed in Iran, says state media
TEHRAN, IRAN - Gunmen ambushed and killed two Iranian policemen on patrol in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, state media reported Saturday. The officers had been "on a mission to provide security" during Friday prayers in the town of Golshan when they came under attack, said the official news agency...
Iran says four security force members killed in attack
Tehran, Iran--A 'terrorist' attack killed four members of Iran's security forces in the country's southeast, the state news agency IRNA reported on Monday. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members were killed "during a terrorist act" in the Saravan region of Sistan-Baluchistan province near the Pakistani border, it said. The region is...Gunmen kill 9 in two separate shootings in protest-hit Iran cities
Tehran, Iran— Assailants on motorbikes shot dead nine people, including a woman and two children, during protests in two separate attacks in southern Iran, state media said on Thursday. Three suspects were arrested and the hunt was on for others after Wednesday's first attack on protesters and security forces in Izeh,...
Iran gunbattles leave 19 dead, including colonel
While Iran is struggling to contain rising wave of protests over the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police custody, its forces are now involved in gun battles in the Southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan. At least 19 people including a Revolutionary Guards colonel were killed on Friday.
EU to support Iraq in boosting economic activity in five sectors
The European Union has shown interest to be part of the process of decentralization in Iraq and in this regard it is working in partnership with the Iraqi ministry of planning and other bodies in order to enhance activity in five sectors of the economy.Clashes in Syria’s Daraa: What is the fighting about?
Daraa, which borders Jordan and is close to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, is widely seen as the cradle of the 2011 uprising in Syria, which sparked a decade-long civil war that has killed almost half a million people. UN has said civilians were suffering from acute shortages of food, fuel,...
Afghan general takes Taliban fight to social media
36-year-old Sadat commands 20,000 men and remains optimistic of a win against Taliban.
