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Explosion at Rome fuel station leaves dozens injured

A powerful explosion at a petrol and LPG station in Rome’s Centocelle district injured at least 25 people, including several police officers and a firefighter.

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Explosion at California fireworks site sets off massive fire

An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in northern California on Tuesday night sparked multiple fires and forced evacuations across rural communities near Sacramento, officials said.

India

Death toll rises to 39 after blast at pharmaceutical factory in India

The massive explosion and fire at Sigachi Industries' chemical factory in the southern state of Telangana also injured 34 people, officials said.

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Watch: Indonesia volcano eruption sends ash 10km into sky

A powerful eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in Indonesia on Tuesday sent ash clouds soaring over 10 kilometres into the air, forcing evacuations and flight disruptions.

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Smoke and explosions seen after Israeli strikes on Natanz nuclear site

Thick smoke and fireballs lit up the skies above Iran’s key Natanz nuclear facility early Friday, following large-scale Israeli airstrikes.

Japan

Four Japanese soldiers injured in explosion at US base in Okinawa

The blast occurred while the soldiers, who specialise in handling explosives, were working at the storage facility for unexploded World War II ordnance, authorities said.

World News

Man charged with supplying chemicals to bomber of fertility clinic

The FBI says Daniel Park has been stockpiling a chemical that can be used to create makeshift explosive devices, with a purchase history going back as far as October 2022, and as recently as a few days prior to the explosion.

China

Search continues for missing people after China plant explosion

Search and rescue operations continue for six people still missing after Tuesday's deadly blast in the city of Weifang in Shandong province.

USA

One person killed in explosion at California fertility clinic

A burned-out vehicle was seen in the parking lot behind the clinic after the blast, which caved in the building's roof, sprayed debris across a five-lane road and shattered windows in businesses blocks away.

Sudan

Sudan paramilitaries launch drone attacks on Port Sudan, officials say

Military sources said the paramilitary RSF group struck the Red Sea city on Tuesday morning.

Iran

Massive explosion at Iran port kills 40 and injures 1,000 others

A large blast shook the Shahid Rajaee port near Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, causing extensive material damage and injuring roughly 1,000 people. The cause of the explosion is currently unknown.

Europe News

Russia detains suspect in car blast that killed top general

Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik was killed after a car exploded in the city of Balashikha, near Moscow, on Friday.

Greece

New leftist extremist group claims responsibility for Athens bombing

While no injuries were reported in the blast on Friday, the group said the attacks were part of an "armed struggle against the state".

Europe News

Bomb explodes near national train company office in Athens

The explosion comes amid widespread public anger over the 2023 Tempi railway disaster in which 57 people were killed when a freight train and a passenger train heading in opposite directions were put on the same track.

Space

Second SpaceX rocket explodes, sending debris flying over Florida

Elon Musk's latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion, sending debris flying over Florida. No casualties have been reported.

France

Apparent explosion causes fire outside Russian consulate in Marseille

French media reported that firefighters were sent to the site in the southern port city after the facade of the Russian consulate was struck by two explosive devices.

Israel

Authorities suspect explosions in Israeli city may be 'terror attack'

Israeli police say that several explosions targeted empty buses in the central city of Bat Yam on Thursday evening, in what they are labelling a “suspected terror attack”.

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Explosion in department store in Taiwan: one dead, several injured

The explosion at the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung has killed one person and injured ten, four of them seriously. The cause of the incident is being investigated.

United Kingdom

Suspicious vehicle alert leads to evacuations in central London

Bomb disposal teams carried out controlled explosions in Regent Street in central London after authorities became aware of a suspicious vehicle.

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See images of the Tesla exploding outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas

Investigators are trying to understand the motives of the perpetrator of Wednesday's explosion, a highly decorated soldier.