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Seven Killed, Several Injured In IED Blast At Chinese Restaurant In Kabul

Kabul: Seven people were killed in an explosion outside a Chinese restaurant in Kabul’s Shahr-e-Naw, home to foreigners, on Monday, hospital authorities said. “An explosion occurred in a hotel on Gulfaroshi Street in Shahr-e-Naw, the fourth district of Kabul city, causing casualties,” AFP quoted Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran as saying. He further said the…

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Train collision in Spain kills 21, injures dozens

Madrid: Spain on Monday reeled from a collision between two high-speed trains in the southern region of Andalusia that killed 21 people and injured more than 70, with the prime minister lamenting a “night of deep pain”. The disaster struck on Sunday evening when a service travelling from Malaga to Madrid derailed near Adamuz, crossing…

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Iran’s nationwide protests feel smothered after a weeklong crackdown and internet outage

Dubai: The nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy appeared increasingly smothered Thursday, a week on from authorities shutting the country off from the world and escalating a bloody crackdown that activists say killed at least 2,615 people. In Iran’s capital, Tehran, witnesses say recent mornings saw no new signs of bonfires lit the night before or…

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