Iraqi elections candidate assassinated in northern Baghdad

Safaa al-Mashhadani, from the National Sovereignty-Legislation Alliance, a Sunni Arab bloc, was “martyred as a result of a treacherous explosive device that targeted him, along with two of his companions,” Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, from the same alliance, said in a statement. 

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One killed in explosion in southwest Turkey market

An initial investigation has suggested that the blast in the Demre district of Antalya was caused by an exploding oxygen tank.

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Explosion occurs at Duhok’s Sarsang oilfield: US-based HKN

"HKN Energy Ltd. confirms that an explosion occurred earlier today at approximately 7:00 AM local time at one of its production facilities in the Sarang field, located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq,” the company said in a statement.

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Explosion kills three in Halabja while fishing

The use of explosives for fishing purposes is illegal in the Kurdistan Region, owing to the risks of accident and the deleterious impact on fish stocks.

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Blame game atop apocalyptic ruins: How Iran is reeling from its port inferno

A port in flames, a nation in mourning—and a ruling elite in denial. Behind Iran's recent port explosion lies a web of secrecy, military links, and a government increasingly estranged from its own people.

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Iran denies port blast link to missile program amid calls for transparency

Iran denied any links between its missile production industry and the deadly blast at its key trade hub, as critics expressed fury over government secrecy, while casualties continued to rise and the subsequent fires had yet to be extinguished.  

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Death toll from Iran blast climbs to 28

Rescue and recovery efforts are ongoing in Iran’s southwestern city of Bandar Abbas, where an explosion believed to have initiated in a storage depot containing a chemical used in missiles and subsequent fires have left over 800 people wounded.

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Large explosion in southwest Iran; almost 600 injured

A massive fuel tanker blast hit Shahid Rajaee port in the Iranian coastal city of Bandar Abbas, with at least 561 people reported injured in the explosion so far and authorities warning of large casualty toll given the size of the blast.

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15 killed in car bombing in Syria’s Manbij: Civil Defense

Of 15 people killed in Monday's car bombing in Manbji, 14 of them were women, and they were all farm workers

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