6 h. ago Australian former soldier killed by explosive device in Ukraine while working for aid organisation

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the death of the man, a former Australian soldier, following media reports the charity worker died after an an improved explosive device went off in a building

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2 d. ago Brit 'talisman' tragically killed in Ukraine explosion after saving 'countless lives'

Christopher Garrett, from the Isle of Man, was brutally killed in a nightmare explosion while clearing landmines in Ukraine this week. Tributes have poured in for the dad-of-one

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3 d. ago British bomb disposal expert killed in Ukraine while clearing landmines

Christopher Garrett, from the Isle of Man, was killed after an explosion on Tuesday

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9 d. ago Woman killed in Thessaloniki bomb explosion as she 'planned to target bank'

The 38-year-old woman was killed at around 5am Saturday in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. She was reportedly carrying the bomb to place it outside a nearby bank, police said.

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9 d. ago Woman killed in Thessaloniki bomb explosion as police probe Greece bank attack plot

The 38-year-old woman was killed early Saturday in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki after a bomb she was carrying exploded in her hands

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1 week ago EgyptAir crash which killed British man and 64 others caused by fire not ‘explosion’, coroner rules

Richard Osman died alongside 65 others when EgyptAir flight MS804 vanished over the Mediterranean in May 2016

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1 week ago Gas explosion, arson ruled out as causes of northern China restaurant fire that killed 22, injured 3

Official reports say authorities in northern China have ruled out a gas explosion or arson as possible causes of a restaurant fire that killed 22 people and injured three others

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1 week ago Putin mouthpieces declare 'British blood must be spilled' in terrifying WW3 threat after Kremlin accuses Britain of supplying explosives that killed top general

Vladimir Putin's propagandists have declared that British blood 'must be spilled' in a haunting World War III threat

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1 week ago Iranian journalists say they are being muzzled over reporting port explosion

Criminal charges against media outlets have raised concerns about press freedomIranian journalists have warned of a media crackdown after a series of incidents, the most recent an explosion at a munitions company in which one person was killed and two injured.The explosion on Tuesday, for which there has been no official explanation, occurred in Isfahan, only two days after a thwarted cyber-attack on the communications infrastructure on Sunday, and a huge explosion on Saturday at the strategic southern port of Shahid Rajaee, near Bandar Abbas. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Kremlin accuses UK of providing explosives that killed Putin's top generals in bombings

The extraordinary comments came on the tightly controlled Russian state TV, with the broadcaster vowing revenge on the British security services for supply explosives

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2 w. ago Death toll in Iran port explosion rises to at least 46 killed, with over 1,000 injured

The death toll from a huge explosion that rocked one of Iran’s main ports has risen to 46 people killed

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2 w. ago Gaza on brink of catastrophe as aid runs out and prices soar, groups warn

Palestinians face starvation and severe malnutrition as Israel’s blockade continues, say aid agenciesSoaring prices of basic foodstuffs, diminishing stocks of medical supplies and sharp cuts to aid distribution threaten newly catastrophic conditions across Gaza, Palestinians and international aid officials in the battered territory are warning.Humanitarian organisations including the World Food Programme and Unwra, which supplies food and services to more than 2 million Palestinians across Gaza, have now distributed the last of their stocks of flour and other foodstuffs to the dozens of community kitchens in the territory that serve basic meals to those with no other option. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Iran's president visits those injured in port explosion that killed at least 28 people

Iran’s president has visited those injured in a huge explosion that rocked one of the Islamic Republic’s main ports

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2 w. ago Suspect in killing of a Russian general claims he was paid by Ukraine, Russia says

Russian authorities say the suspect in the killing of a Russian general in a car bomb explosion claimed he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service as he pleaded guilty to terrorism charges

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Suspect held in Moscow car bombing of general, Russia claims

Russian security service alleges Ukrainian agent Ignat Kuzin rigged car with homemade explosives; Trump meets Zelenskyy and expresses doubt that Putin wants a ceasefire. What we know on day 1,159Russia’s FSB secret service said on Saturday that it had detained a man it suspects of killing a senior general with a car bomb outside Moscow. Russia has accused Kyiv of being behind the blast on Friday, which killed Gen Yaroslav Moskalik. The FSB alleged a Ukrainian agent it named as Ignat Kuzin rigged a Volkswagen Golf in the city of Balashikha with a homemade explosive device from a Ukrainian secret service stash in the Moscow area and that the bomb was then detonated remotely from Ukraine. A video released by the FSB showed a man identified as Kuzin, and what was said to be his arrest taking place on a forest road. Kyiv has not commented on the blast, which bore the hallmarks of previous attacks on military figures and high-profile backers of the Kremlin’s offensive.Donald Trump has sai...

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2 w. ago Terrifying explosion linked to missile fuel shipment at key Iranian port kills eight and injures 750

Residents felt the impact of the blast up to 30 miles away, with those near Shahid Rajaee having their windows and roofs destroyed

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2 w. ago Massive explosion of ballistic missile fuel at Iranian port injures more than 700 and leaves at least five people dead

The blast happened at Shahid Rajaei port which is purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant.

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2 w. ago Huge explosion in Iranian port kills at least five and injures more than 500

Official suggests blast in southern port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas due to explosion of chemicals in containersAn immense blast in Iran’s southern port of Shahid Rajaee has killed at least five people and injured more than 700, according to state media, with an official suggesting the fire was caused by the explosion of chemical containers.A spokesperson for Iran’s crisis management body pointed to poor storage conditions of chemicals as the trigger for the port explosion. “The cause of the explosions was the chemicals inside the containers,” Hossein Zafari, a crisis management spokesperson, told Iran’s ILNA news agency. He added that the port administration had previously been warned about the danger these chemicals posed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Huge explosion in Iranian port kills at least eight and injures more than 500

Official suggests blast in southern port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas due to explosion of chemicals in containersAn immense blast in Iran’s southern port of Shahid Rajaee has killed at least eight people and injured more than 700, according to state media, with an official suggesting the fire was caused by the explosion of chemical containers.A spokesperson for Iran’s crisis management body pointed to poor storage conditions of chemicals as the trigger for the port explosion. “The cause of the explosions was the chemicals inside the containers,” Hossein Zafari, a crisis management spokesperson, told Iran’s ILNA news agency. He added that the port administration had previously been warned about the danger these chemicals posed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Massive explosion rocks Iran as four are killed and more than 500 injured with blast blamed on shipment of ballistic missile fuel

The blast at the Shahid Rajaei port happened as Iran and the US met Saturday in Oman for the third round of negotiations over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program.

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