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Abolfazl Sepahi, 24, was publicly hanged on July 28 in Isfahan. Amirhossein Safari, 27, was also executed in Isfahan early Tuesday local time, following the erection of an iron scaffold in Alikhani Square where protests erupted on January 8. The…
Astronomers say the mounting volume of debris circling Earth is a much more serious threat to the future of space travel than a stray rocket body striking the Moon. Speaking about a discarded rocket stage that is expected to collide…
Scientists in China have outlined a dramatic contingency plan that would use nuclear weapons against a so-called ‘Doomsday’ asteroid capable of threatening life on Earth. While the proposal sounds like something lifted from a disaster movie, the team argues that…
Ireland’s €53 million government jet was delivered without a key piece of landing technology manufactured by Israeli defence company Elbit Systems, the FalconEye enhanced vision system designed to help pilots land in poor visibility, including heavy fog. A Dassault Falcon…
Israeli forces killed Mahmoud Fatair, a commander in Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Nukhba elite force, during a strike over the weekend in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, the military confirmed Monday. View this post on Instagram Rom Braslavski, former hostage held by Fatair…
Residents of two villages near Guatemala’s Fuego volcano have been evacuated following an eruption that started on Monday. The Fuego volcano erupting with lava and ash in Guatemala on August 4 Families evacuated from the volcano arriving at a temporary…
Hundreds of migrant children are stranded in Spain’s Ceuta after a massive wave of migrants surged across the border from Morocco, with the territory’s overburdened reception facilities unable to accommodate the influx despite legal protections that should guarantee them care.…
Dubai’s Burj Khalifa may not hold the title of the world’s tallest building for much longer, with work now moving ahead again on Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia. The project originally got underway on April 1, 2013, but construction stalled…
**Key Facts:** – Ferry: Mutiara Sentosa 2 – Location: Waters off Madura Island, northern coast of Sumenep, East Java – Date: Sunday, August 2 – Time: Between 6-7 a.m. Local time – Passengers/crew: 271 total (232 passengers, 39 crew) –…
El Niño has now officially begun, and its effects are reaching far beyond day-to-day weather changes. Researchers have been monitoring the climate pattern for quite some time. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), El Niño formally developed…
A homemade bomb detonated outside an upscale Italian restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, killing three people and injuring at least 21 others, Russian authorities said. The explosion occurred around 8 p.m. Local time at the Balzi Rossi restaurant…
John Schweizer, 69, returned home to Niantic, Connecticut, where neighbors welcomed him back wearing shark costumes after his harrowing anniversary trip. View this post on Instagram Niantic Museum Board member John Schweizer was snorkeling with Caribbean reef sharks off the…
— A strengthening El Niño has already shattered temperature records for its early stages and is poised to spark increasingly wild weather worldwide, the United Nations and climate scientists warned Friday. The phenomenon is “adding fuel to a planet already…
A drifting SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is on a collision course with the moon, with impact expected on August 5 early in the morning Eastern Time near Einstein Crater on the lunar near side. The rocket’s upper stage will strike…
A deadly methane gas explosion tore through a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 34 miners and sending rescue teams into a desperate overnight operation to recover trapped workers from a depth of 4,000 feet. The blast occurred…
Nirmal Purja, Nepal-born mountaineer and former Royal Marine widely known as “Nims Dai”, is among ten climbers feared missing after an avalanche hit the 8,047-metre Broad Peak in Pakistan on Thursday. View this post on Instagram A tracking device carried…