Posts Tagged ‘blaze’

Over 4,500 foreign tourists visit Kashan

Kashan, April 3, IRNA – Over 4,500 foreign tourists have visited the historical sites of Kashan city in Isfahan province since March 20 to April 1, local officials said on Sunday. Over 1.520 million Iranian and foreign tourists traveled to Kashan city during the mentioned period. The name of Kashan comes from Kasian ― the […]

First-hand look at ancient site of liberated Palmyra (VIDEO)

The UNESCO World Heritage Site Palmyra is currently so overwhelmed with bombs left by Islamic State (Is, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists that an explosion could damage even armored vehicles, experts working at the site told RT Arabic’s Abutaleb Albuhaya. READ MORE: Russia to send robots, engineers to Syria to help demine Palmyra RT crew managed to […]

China’s Rise to Challenge the U.S.

China’s rise as a quasi-superpower represents the most important change in the international system in the 21st century. China is now widely viewed as the de facto strategic rival of the United States and a potential challenger to US global supremacy, particularly in the Asia Pacific. Many observers have described Chinese diplomacy […]

The battle for Aleppo: The Shia fortress

Original by Aleksandr Kots and Dmitriy Steshin published by Komsomolskaya Pravda; translation by J.Hawk      Aleppo is Syria’s biggest city and its industrial heart. The proximity to Turkey and, of course, to sea ports, used to be a positive factor, but during the last five years it was the city’s bitter misfortune. Contrary to rumors, […]

Zarif confers with Chinese, Omani counterparts, UN Syria envoy

Munich, Feb 11, IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who is currently in the German city to attend Munich Security Meeting met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.  After arriving in Munich on Thursday, the Iranian foreign minister also met with the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and Omani Foreign […]

Zarif confers with Chinese, Omani counterparts, UN Syria envoy

Munich, Feb 11, IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who is currently in the German city to attend Munich Security Meeting met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.  After arriving in Munich on Thursday, the Iranian foreign minister also met with the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and Omani Foreign […]

Zarif confers with Chinese, Omani counterparts, UN Syria envoy

Munich, Feb 11, IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who is currently in the German city to attend Munich Security Meeting met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.  After arriving in Munich on Thursday, the Iranian foreign minister also met with the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and Omani Foreign […]

Zarif confers with Chinese, Omani counterparts, UN Syria envoy

Munich, Feb 11, IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who is currently in the German city to attend Munich Security Meeting met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.  After arriving in Munich on Thursday, the Iranian foreign minister also met with the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and Omani Foreign […]

Zarif confers with Chinese, Omani counterparts, UN Syria envoy

Munich, Feb 11, IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who is currently in the German city to attend Munich Security Meeting met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.  After arriving in Munich on Thursday, the Iranian foreign minister also met with the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and Omani Foreign […]

Meteor sighted off the coast of San Diego

     A meteoroid burned up in the atmosphere early Thursday, producing a fireball that was seen by people across San Diego County, according to the American Meteor Society. “More than 110 witnesses have reported a large blue-green fireball over Southern California on Februray 11th around 6:35am PT (14:35 UT),” the AMS says online. “The fireball […]

Meteor sighted off the coast of San Diego

     A meteoroid burned up in the atmosphere early Thursday, producing a fireball that was seen by people across San Diego County, according to the American Meteor Society. “More than 110 witnesses have reported a large blue-green fireball over Southern California on Februray 11th around 6:35am PT (14:35 UT),” the AMS says online. “The fireball […]

Meteor sighted off the coast of San Diego

     A meteoroid burned up in the atmosphere early Thursday, producing a fireball that was seen by people across San Diego County, according to the American Meteor Society. “More than 110 witnesses have reported a large blue-green fireball over Southern California on Februray 11th around 6:35am PT (14:35 UT),” the AMS says online. “The fireball […]

Meteor sighted off the coast of San Diego

     A meteoroid burned up in the atmosphere early Thursday, producing a fireball that was seen by people across San Diego County, according to the American Meteor Society. “More than 110 witnesses have reported a large blue-green fireball over Southern California on Februray 11th around 6:35am PT (14:35 UT),” the AMS says online. “The fireball […]

Meteor sighted off the coast of San Diego

     A meteoroid burned up in the atmosphere early Thursday, producing a fireball that was seen by people across San Diego County, according to the American Meteor Society. “More than 110 witnesses have reported a large blue-green fireball over Southern California on Februray 11th around 6:35am PT (14:35 UT),” the AMS says online. “The fireball […]

Meteor sighted off the coast of San Diego

     A meteoroid burned up in the atmosphere early Thursday, producing a fireball that was seen by people across San Diego County, according to the American Meteor Society. “More than 110 witnesses have reported a large blue-green fireball over Southern California on Februray 11th around 6:35am PT (14:35 UT),” the AMS says online. “The fireball […]

No chance of Obama closing Gitmo – human rights lawyer

     President Obama’s final year in office marks the Guantanamo Bay detention facility’s 15th year in operation. RT interviewed David Remes, a lawyer who has advised over a dozen Gitmo inmates, about the rising stakes facing the remaining prisoners there. Remes, who left a lucrative position in corporate law in 2008 to pursue his newfound […]

SOTT FOCUS: The Fear of Death and the Human Need for Heroes

     We recently celebrated my Grandma’s 101st birthday. While we were sipping champagne, she said, out of the blue: “I heard that Russia will save us“. It was a most unexpected remark given that we had never spoken about Russia, much less global politics. Rather than question her about it however, I understood that, Grandma […]

Croc shock: US sanctions mean 11,000 crocodiles in Honduras facing death

The wealthy Rosenthal family owns the 30-hectare crocodile farm called Cocodrilos Continental in San Manuel, near the city of San Pedro Sula. However, their funds have dried up because they have been accused by the US of laundering money for drug traffickers.  Unfortunately, the 11,000 crocodiles and seven lions on site are feeling the brunt […]

Demoralized ISIS militants deserting en masse amid Russian airstrikes – Defense Ministry

“The majority of armed gangs are demoralized. Discontent with field commanders is growing amid the fighters, and there are instances of disobeying orders,” senior Russian General Andrey Kartapolov told a media briefing. Cases of desertion among the jihadists are no longer isolated, with them now fleeing “en masse,” the colonel general, who heads operations in […]

15 dead in Azerbaijan apartment block blaze

World Bulletin / News Desk  At least 15 people died and 63 were injured in a fire in a 16-storey apartment building in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on Tuesday, the health ministry said. The fire took hold in the exterior cladding and, fanned by high winds, spread through the building. Firefighters have the blaze […]

Blaze threatened island resort after sudden change in wind

A change in weather has helped firefighters control a blaze near a Fraser Island resort, after it was sparked from the remnants of a controlled burn-off. Ground crews and water-bombing aircraft fought the fire that started on Sunday evening and came within 800m of Kingfisher Bay Resort, causing the resort to move about 50 staff […]

Elderly man dies in Mordialloc home blaze

POLICE and fire investigators are probing a fire at a unit that killed an elderly man in Melbourne’s southeast. MFB and CFA firefighters were called to Gipps St, Mordialloc, about 12.45am yesterday and arrived to find neighbours and police had pulled the man from the doorway. MFB commander Marcus Baker said firefighters arrived to find […]

Four boats destroyed in $1m Hillarys Marina blaze

Image Video DESTRUCTIVE: Four boats worth about $1 million were destroyed by fire at Hillarys Boat Harbour early today. Picture: Kerris Berrington Source: PerthNow DESTRUCTIVE: Four boats worth about $1 million were destroyed by fire at Hillarys Boat Harbour early today. Picture: Kerris Berrington Source: PerthNow DESTRUCTIVE: Four boats worth about $1 million were destroyed […]

Bedroom blaze among spate of building fires

Firefighters have been kept busy with reported building fires around the state tonight, after a fire early this evening destroyed two vacant buildings at the Workshops Rail Museum at Ipswich. In Woolloongabba, two crews were called to a blaze that broke out in a bedroom in a high-set home on Carl Street, about 10.40pm. Fire […]

Four houses hit by blaze

One of the houses in Mahony Street. Photo: Wayne Taylor STRONG winds and Melbourne’s hottest day in months have fuelled a fire that burnt four houses on the city’s eastern fringe. Firefighters found a house engulfed in flames when they arrived at Mahony Street in Upwey yesterday morning. The blaze quickly spread to a neighbouring […]

Blaze traps runners

Royal Flying Doctors spokeswoman Joanne Hill said the two were flown to Darwin because the trip to Perth was too long. “Ideally the two would have gone to Perth but we needed to stabilise them,” she said. Ms Hill said the runners were injured at about 5pm on Friday and had to wait four hours […]

Man dead in blaze

A MAN was found dead in an apartment fire in Glenlyon Road, Fitzroy North, yesterday morning. Firefighters found the man, believed to be 41, on a couch in his lounge room. He was already dead. Fire crews were on scene within three minutes of being called. Arson squad detectives were investigating the cause of the […]

Fire crews continue to battle Malaga blaze

Updated September 01, 2011 14:05:40 Photo: The fire at a Malaga furniture factory has been contained Photo: Fire crews battle the fire at a Malaga furniture factory The damage bill from a fire at a furniture factory in the northern Perth suburb of Malaga has been estimated at more than $3 million. Ten crews and […]

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