Floods kill six in southern Russia
Moscow: Six people died in floods in southern Russia which also damaged regional infrastructure including an oil pipeline, authorities said on Friday, as emergency workers were struggling to provide food and water to the victims.
Donald Trump imposes sanctions on Hezbollah
Washington: US President Donald Trump has imposed new sanctions targeting Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah to isolate it from the international financial system, as his administration continues its all-out economic squeeze on the Iranian regime that allegedly backs it.
Toll rises to 8 in the China coal mine mishap
Beijing: The toll from a coal mine accident in eastern China rose to 8 as the bodies of five more miners were retrieved, local authorities said on Friday.
The accident happened on Saturday after a rock burst ripped through a coal mine of the Longyun Coal Mining Company Ltd in Yuncheng county of Shangdong province, leaving two dead and 22 trapped in the tunnel.