Seven dead as Iran teen botches homemade fireworks
Author: AFPSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489238569307756800 TEHRAN: An Iranian teenager making homemade fireworks for a festival ahead of the Persian New Year blew up his home, killing himself and six other family members, a prosecutor said on Saturday. The house in the northwestern city of Ardebil was flattened by the force of the blast, the city’s prosecutor general, Naser […]
Twin Damascus bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims kill 46
Author: Rim Haddad | AFPSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489231848767338400 DAMASCUS, Syria: Twin bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims on Saturday killed 46 people in Damascus, most of them Iraqis, a monitoring group said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in the Syrian capital. There have been periodic bomb attacks in Damascus, but the stronghold of the regime of President Bashar Assad […]
Erdogan compares Dutch rally ban to Nazism as row spirals
Author: Fulya Ozerkan and Sophie Mignon | AFPSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489229955007208800 ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday likened a Dutch ban on his foreign minister’s visit to Nazism, in a dramatic escalation of a row over campaign events abroad for Turkey’s high stakes referendum. The leader’s strongly-worded comments came after The Hague said it would refuse […]
Daesh frees Mosul prisoners as grip on last major city slips
Author: ReutersSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489228048067095300 BAGHDAD: Daesh has released dozens of prisoners held in jails in the districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul that remain under its control, residents said on Saturday. The release of the prisoners on Friday is another sign that the militants are being overwhelmed by the US-backed Iraqi offensive that started on […]
Second plane bought under sanctions deal arrives in Iran
Author: ReutersSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489214340646689100DUBAI: An Airbus A330 airliner arrived in Tehran on Saturday, the second of 200 Western-built passenger aircraft ordered by IranAir following the lifting of sanctions on Iran last year.The long-haul aircraft, carrying IranAir Chairman Farhad Parvaresh and other officials, landed at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport, the official news agency IRNA reported.The A330 was handed over […]
Pharaoh statues found in muddy pit by Egyptian-German team
Author: AFP, REUTERSSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489182399231607500CAIRO: Archaeologists in a muddy pit in a Cairo suburb have uncovered two pharaonic statues dating back more than 3,000 years. The relics were found in Mattarya district, site of the ancient pharaonic capital of Heliopolis and today a sprawl of working- and middle-class districts in northeastern Cairo.The statues, discovered on wasteland between […]
Tehran successfully tests ballistic missile
Author: AP, REUTERSSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489182399161606300TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has successfully tested a ballistic missile, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency has reported.The report quotes Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the Guard’s aerospace division, as saying the missile destroyed a target from a distance of 250 km. It said the sea-launched ballistic missile dubbed Hormuz 2 was tested […]
General says no bad decisions in Yemen raid, probe is over
Author: The Associated PressSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489182399201606900WASHINGTON: The top US commander for the Middle East has told senators that he has completed an exhaustive review of the Yemen raid that killed a Navy SEAL, and has concluded there were no lapses in judgment or decision-making surrounding the operation.Gen. Joseph Votel, who heads US Central Command, said he sees […]
UN accuses Turkey of ‘serious’ abuses in Kurdish region
Author: AFPSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489182399211607200GENEVA: The UN on Friday accused Turkish security forces of committing serious abuses during operations against Kurdish militants in the southeast after a cease-fire collapsed in July 2015.A report from the UN rights office details evidence of “massive destruction, killings and numerous other serious human rights violations committed between July 2015 and December 2016 […]
Russians among 7 dead in Istanbul helicopter crash
Author: Agence France PresseSat, 2017-03-11ID: 1489182399181606600ISTANBUL: Seven people were killed including four Russians when a privately owned helicopter crashed in Istanbul after hitting a television tower on Friday, local media reported, quoting the city’s mayor.“Seven people were killed in the accident. I would like to send my condolences to the loved ones and to the companies they […]
