Beirut [Lebanon], Aug 5 (ANI): At least 70 people were killed and over 2,000 injured following a powerful explosion that ripped through Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday, local media reported.
Tehran [Iran], August 2 (Sputnik/ANI): Iran's COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 17,000 after another 208 fatalities have been registered in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Sunday, as broadcast by the IRINN news network.
Tehran [Iran], July 28 (ANI): Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, addressing a meeting of steel activists and petrochemical industries late on Monday, said that sanctions have been imposed on Iran in contravention of international law and regulations, and they must be lifted at once.
Mogadishu [Somalia], July 26 (Sputnik/ANI): Somalia's Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid has announced his appointment as the interim prime minister following the vote of no confidence against the previous head of government, Hassan Ali Khaire.
Tehran [Iran], July 25 (ANI): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the sanctions placed against Iran cannot bring the Iranian people to their knees. He was speaking in a meeting of the national headquarters set up in combating the coronavirus disease.
Doha [Qatar], July 25 (ANI): Reigning Qatar Stars League champions Al Sadd on Friday renewed the contract of former AFC Player of the Year Abdelkarim Hassan.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 22 (ANI): Yellow alert has been issued for Karnataka's Shivamogga, Chikmagalur, Hassan, and Kodagu for July 23 and 24.
Tehran [Iran], July 20 (ANI): Iran on Monday denied that it has dropped India from the Chabahar rail project, saying that "vested interests" were behind such reports.
Tehran [Iran], July 18 (ANI): The campaign against the dangerous coronavirus has been underway for the past five months but still there are concerns inside the country and in the international community about a resurgence of the pandemic, said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday.
Tehran [Iran], July 18 (Sputnik/ANI): As many as 25 million Iranians may have been infected with COVID-19 and millions more may end up with the disease, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, citing figures that contradict official statistics.
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) on Wednesday issued an alert that several districts in the state including Shivamogga, Chikkamagalur, Kodagu and Hassan districts may receive heavy rainfall within next 16 hours.<
Tehran [Iran], July 12 (Sputnik/ANI): The incumbent Iranian government should work until its tenure is over, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei told lawmakers on Sunday amid hardliners' criticism toward the cabinet.