SEOUL: The lithium battery plant fire that killed at least 22 people in Hwaseong in the Republic of Korea on Monday is likely to go down as the worst chemical plant accident in the country’s history, according to Korean news agency Yonhap.
Firefighte…
Baghdad: Iraq Special Ops forces arrested two wanted persons on charges of drug trade and use in Babylon and Maysan.
The Iraq Special Ops stated in a statement: ‘The forces of the Second Brigade arrested a person wanted by the judiciary against whom…
BEIJING: China’s new-generation icebreaking research vessel, named Jidi, meaning polar region, was delivered in Guangzhou City of south China’s Guangdong Province on Monday.
According to a report from China Central Television (CCTV), the vessel, whic…
Baghdad: The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Authority (UKMTO) confirmed that a ship was attacked 246 miles off the coast of the Yemeni city of Nishtun.
UKMTO wrote in its account on the ‘X’ platform: ‘UKMTO received a report about an incid…
SEOUL: About 20 bodies were found at the site of a lithium battery plant fire in Hwaseong, south of the Republic of Korea’s capital, Seoul, on Monday, after the blaze had already left one worker dead and three others injured earlier in the day.
The b…
Baghdad: Baghdad Operations Command announced on Monday morning the implementation of security operations for search, inspection and armed reconnaissance in areas surrounding the capital.
The command stated in a statement: ‘The units of the Infantry…
MOSCOW: Death toll in terrorist attacks in Russia’s Dagestan on Sunday evening has risen over 15, Russian news agency Sputnik reported on Monday.
Sergei Melikov, Head of Dagestan Republic said, ‘More than 15 police officers fell victim to today’s ter…
Baghdad: Lebanese media reported that violent Israeli bombing targeted several towns in southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese Al-Manar channel reported: ‘Israeli aircraft bombed with phosphorus bombs the towns of Kafr Kila, Al-Khiam, and Tallet Al-Azziyah …
ABU DHABI: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, congratulated Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on his reappointment as External Affairs Minister of India.
This came as the UAE Top Diplomat received Dr. S. Jaishankar for a …
Baghdad: Federal Police forces arrested two parties to an armed quarrel in Al-Hamidiyah area, east of the capital, Baghdad.
The command stated in a statement: ‘A federal police force cordoned off the scene of a quarrel during which gunshots were fir…
Rabat: The Saudi Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, Dr. Sami bin Abdullah Alsaleh, today met in Rabat with Kingdom of Morocco Minister of Youth, Culture, and Communication Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid.
During the meeting, they discussed topics of mutual …
The security services found the body of a member of the Tribal Affairs Office of MP Rafiq Al-Salihi murdered on the Khor Al-Zubair Road in Basra Governorate.
The Mayor of Al-Zubair district, Abbas Al-Saeedi, told the National Iraqi News Agency / NIN…
