52 h. ago Pakistan decries ‘act of war’ as it retaliates against India missile attack

India claimed strikes, which followed attack on Hindu tourists in Kashmir last month, targeted ‘terrorist infrastructure’India-Pakistan crisis - live updatesAt least eight people, including a child, have been killed and 35 injured after India launched attacks on what it claimed were nine sites of “terrorist infrastructure” inside Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir, in a sharp escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.Loud explosions were heard early on Wednesday, and power was knocked out in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, witnesses said. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago World War 3 fears as India fires missiles at Pakistan pushing rivals to nuclear brink

India fired multiple missiles into Pakistan as loud explosions were heard around the city of Muzaffarabad and other areas, as the neighbouring nuclear powers edge closer to all out war

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56 h. ago Listen: Explosions heard in Pakistani Kashmir after India says it launched airstrikes

Multiple loud explosions were heard in the Pakistani Kashmir area close to the city of Muzaffarabad in the early hours of Wednesday, 7 May.

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2 d. ago Drone strikes hit Port Sudan airport and army base in third day of attacks

Loud explosions reported at dawn and plumes of smoke as RSF targets Sudanese government’s seat of powerDrones have struck the airport and targeted an army base in Port Sudan, officials said, the third straight day the seat of power of the government, which is aligned with the Sudanese army, has come under attack.The country’s main fuel depot was hit on Monday, causing a massive blaze just south of the eastern city that had until Sunday been considered a safe haven for hundreds of thousands of displaced people fleeing a two-year war. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Bristol 'gas explosion': Flames pour from rubble after blast rips through property

Footage from the scene in Yate, near Bristol showed flames erupting from the home after an explosion - neighbours said they heard a loud explosion and felt their houses shake

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2 w. ago Kilwinning councillor hopeful 'conclusion is near' after second fire at former battery site

Kilwinning councillor Donald Reid says he hopes that an end to the saga which has plagued residents near the Fenix Battery Recycling since the first fire is in sight.

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3 w. ago Huge blast as Worksop 'house explodes' as police urge people to stay away

Local residents reported hearing a loud noise or 'explosion' in the area of John Street in Worksop as the police have urged members of the pubic to avoid the area

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4 w. ago Ayrshire explosion: Everything we know so far about recycling centre blaze

A significant fire and explosion occurred at the Fenix Battery Recycling Plant on Byrehill Place, Kilwinning on Wednesday, April 9.

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4 w. ago Loud explosions heard as fire ravages former Kilwinning battery plant site

Emergency services were called to the West Byrehill Industrial Estate earlier this afternoon, Wednesday, April 9, following the explosion.

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