SOFIA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – At least four people died Saturday and 23 were injured in a blast when a train transporting gas derailed in the northeastern Bulgarian village of Hitrino, emergency services said. Around 20 homes were smashed and many of the residents of the village of some 800 people were evacuated, Nikolay Nikolov, the head […]
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Four killed in Bulgarian train blast
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UNGA demands immediate halt to attacks against Syrian civilians
NEW YORK, (MILLAT+APP): In a new resolution, the United Nations General Assembly has expressed outrage at ongoing violence in Syria and demanded an end to attacks that are killing civilians there — particularly the war-scarred city of Aleppo. In a resolution adopted by a vote of 122-13, the 193-member Assembly also expressed worry that the […]
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Venezuela orders stores to get into the Christmas spirit
CARACAS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Ever since Venezuelan government agents put up a giant “Sale” sign in his storefront, crowds have been lining up outside Juan Vieira’s shoe shop. But he’s having a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit. “What good is it to sell shoes if I’m giving away my product?” Stuck in a nasty […]
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Building collapse in India kills nine: police
NEW DELHI, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Nine people died after an under-construction building collapsed in southern India but a four-year-old boy and his mother were pulled alive from the rubble, police said Saturday. The seven-storey building where labourers and their families lived in the basement came crashing down late Thursday in Hyderabad, the state capital of Telangana. […]
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Bomb in Egypt capital kills six police
CAIRO, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A bombing killed six policemen at a checkpoint in Cairo on Friday, the latest in a series of attacks in the capital targeting security forces and officials, state media reported. The attack occurred in the western Talibiya neighbourhood of the capital, shortly before Muslim Friday prayers and when Cairo’s streets are mostly […]
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Indonesia strong quake forces over 10,000 to flee home
PIDIE JAYA, Indonesia, (MILLAT+APP/Xinhua) — A total of 10,301 people have escaped Wednesday’s powerful quake in Aceh province of western Indonesia, according to a data center of the disaster agency on Friday. The 6.4 magnitude quake had damaged nearly 11,000 houses and buildings in Pidie Jaya district, the hardest hit area. “Most of the internally […]