Gas explosion in a residential building, 7 people including a two-year-old child were killed

Gas explosion in a residential building, 7 people including a two-year-old child were killed

Seven people, including a two-year-old child, were killed in a gas explosion in a residential building in Siberia, Russia. According to the Ministry of Health of Siberia, the explosion occurred in a residential area of ​​the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. Russia’s Investigative Committee has said that it has started an investigation into the incident and…

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New US sanctions against Iran, 9 petrochemical companies included

New US sanctions against Iran, 9 petrochemical companies included

America has imposed new sanctions against Iran. According to the US Treasury Department, the new US sanctions include 9 Iranian petrochemical companies. According to the announcement of the US Treasury Department from Washington, other companies related to Iran in Singapore and Malaysia are also included in the sanctions. Iranian companies covered by the sanctions cannot…

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First UN aid convoy reaches Syria’s quake-hit northwest since disaster

First UN aid convoy reaches Syria’s quake-hit northwest since disaster

“Aid, life-saving aid, is desperately needed by civilians wherever they are irrespective of borders and boundaries,” he told journalists in Geneva. “We need it urgently, through the fastest, most direct, and most effective routes. They need more of absolutely everything.” According to UN aid coordinating office, OCHA, six trucks carrying “shelter items and non-food item…

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Earthquake disaster: ‘We must put people first’ urges Guterres in race to save lives

Earthquake disaster: ‘We must put people first’ urges Guterres in race to save lives

In a heartfelt appeal based on his years of visiting the devastated area, as Secretary-General and previously as head of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, Antonio Guterres said that what had been a “centre of solidarity is now an epicentre of suffering.” ‘Nightmare on top of nightmare’ “People are facing nightmare on top of nightmare. The…

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Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalizing activists saving migrant lives at sea

Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalizing activists saving migrant lives at sea

Preliminary criminal proceedings opened last May in Sicily against 21 people charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration in connection with several search-and-rescue missions conducted between 2016 and 2017.  Those accused include four crew members of the Iuventa, a former fishing trawler credited with saving some 14,000 migrant lives in the Mediterranean Sea, and human…

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