Four people were killed and 120 injured on Tuesday in a 4.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Iran’s northeastern city of Kashmar, state media reported. The quake struck at 1:24pm (9:54am GMT), Kashmar’s governor, Hajatollah Shariatmadari, who gave the casualty toll, said on state television. Thirty-five people were hospitalised, he said, adding the quake damaged mostly…
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Nine people were killed and more than 40 injured when a fire set off explosions at a military ammunition depot in Chad’s capital, a government spokesperson said Wednesday. Spokesperson Abderaman Koulamallah said 46 people are being treated for various injuries after the explosions in the Goudji district of the capital, N’Djamena. Local media reported the…
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More than 200 protesters have been arrested in Nairobi, in ongoing protests against proposed tax hikes in a finance bill that is due to be tabled in parliament. Civil society groups said that demonstrations and a planned sit-down outside parliament buildings will continue despite the arrest of 210 protesters. Nairobi Police Commander Adamson Bungei on…
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Former Leicester City left-back Ryan Bertrand has confirmed his retirement from football a year after he exited the King Power Stadium. Bertrand, a free transfer from Southampton in 2021, only played 11 matches for City in a difficult spell. He didn’t manage a single outing in his final 18 months at the club. Released at…
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Ten people dead and 64 others missing after two shipwrecks off Southern Italy on Monday, according to a German charity and United Nation agencies Several were managed to be rescued by rescue workers. In a separate shipwreck, rescue workers evacuated dozens of suspected migrants but found 10 bodies trapped below the deck of a wooden…
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Kenya’s National Assembly’s Finance Committee has bowed to pressure from different stakeholders and dropped a number of contentious clauses in the Finance Bill, 2024, even as Kenyans took to the streets in Nairobi on Tuesday morning to protest against the proposed laws. The committee is today afternoon expected to table its report, with recommendations, in…
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Eight people dead and several others were injured in Zimbabwe after a bus carrying churchgoers caught fire on its way to an annual gathering, police said Monday The bus was carrying dozens of Anglican pilgrims when the blaze occurred, causing eight people to be “burnt beyond recognition”, police spokesman Paul Nyathi told AFP. Nyathi also…
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Junior Starlets Sunday evening became the first Kenyan football team to ever qualify for a FIFA World Cup, after beating a determined Burundi 2-0 at the Ulinzi Complex, Nairobi. Marion Serenge and Valarie Nekesa were on target for the Kenyan U-17 side, both goals coming in the first half, making it 5-0 in aggregate thus…
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At least 19 Jordanian and Iranian pilgrims have died while on the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, authorities from their countries said on Sunday, as temperatures soar in the kingdom. “Fourteen Jordanian pilgrims died and 17 others were missing” during the performance of hajj rituals, Jordan’s foreign ministry said in a statement. The ministry later…
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England manager Gareth Southgate said his side must be “exceptional” to end a 58-year major tournament title drought as they kick off their Euro 2024 campaign against Serbia on Sunday, after the Netherlands grabbed a late 2-1 win over Poland. England must cope with the pressure of being hyped as one of the favourites for…
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