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Asharq Al-Awsat
14-07-2025
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Seven Injured in Residential Building Blast in Outskirts of Iran's Qom
An explosion at a residential building injured seven people in the Pardisan neighborhood of Qom city, Iran's Student News Network reported on Monday, quoting a local emergency official, who added that five ambulances were dispatched to the area. No further details were given.
Washington Post
01-06-2025
- Climate
- Washington Post
Death toll reaches at least 200 in Nigerian town submerged in floods as rescue efforts halted
ABUJA, Nigeria — The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria's north-central state of Niger rose to at least 200 on Sunday, a local official said. Torrents of predawn rainfall early Thursday unleashed the devastating flood on Mokwa, nearly 380 kilometers (236 miles) west of Abuja and a major trading and transportation hub where northern Nigerian farmers sell beans, onions and other food to traders from the south.
