The Philippines has suspended an American firm and the operator of a Davao City shopping mall, where a blaze killed 38 people last month, because the companies failed to meet fire-safety standards over several years, a government official said Wednesday. The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) “has suspended the registrations” of SSI Philippines and the […]
The Iranian authorities have temporarily blocked access to two social media apps in the face of ongoing anti-government protests. Message app Telegram and photo app Instagram are those blocked, reported Iranian state TV on Sunday. “The decision was made to protect citizens’ safety and security,” an anonymous source told Irib News website. The Supreme National […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said the country’s enemies have been making every attempt to create insecurity in the Islamic Republic through provoking unrest and political protests. Speaking at a meeting with the officials and experts of the Defense Ministry in Tehran on Monday, Brigadier General Hatami pointed to recent […]
VietJet’s 2018 calendar has gone viral online causing quite a stir in Southeast Asia. It has been criticized for objectifying the image of flight attendants; however, the aviation company doesn’t want to give it up. VietJet has defended its 2018 calendar, which features heavily made up girls posing in skimpy bikinis in and around the […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A blast ripped through a supermarket in Russia’s St Petersburg on Wednesday evening, injuring at least 10 shoppers, investigators said. The explosion was caused by a homemade bomb packed with pieces of metal with a force equivalent to 200 grammes of TNT, they said. They have opened a criminal case on the […]
The US Geological Survey has reported an earthquake near the coast of the Solomon Islands, no tsunami alert has been declared. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The 5.3-magnitude earthquake occurred not far from the coast of the Solomon Islands, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The tremors were registered at 17:56 GMT, 179 kilometers (111 miles) northeast […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Twenty pilgrims were killed Monday in a head-on bus collision while travelling to Christmas Day mass in the northern Philippines, police said. A small bus taking an extended family to a dawn church service crashed into a larger bus in the town of Agoo, 200km north of Manila, killing 20 on board, […]
At least five people have died today and 13 others have been injured when a bus broke into the sidewalk and rushed to the entrance of a subway station to the west of the Russian capital, Moscow police said. According to the police version, the massive overturning could be caused by a technical error or […]
