TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official news agency says that an explosion at a steel mill in the central Iranian city of Isfahan has killed three workers and injured four. IRNA says the explosion happened on Thursday morning when workers were melting scrap metal. The casualties were taken to local hospitals. …
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N’DJAMENA, Chad – Witnesses say an explosion has occurred at the central market in Chad’s capital. The blast Saturday morning came less than a month after suicide bombers on motorcycles attacked two buildings in N’Djamena, killing nearly 40 people in the first assault of its kind since Islamic militants threatened …
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LONDON – The British government says a rising number of deaths in custody risks undermining public confidence in the police. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said Thursday that 17 people died in or after police detention in the year to March 31, six more than in 2013-14 and the highest …
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LONDON – An Italian investment group owned by the Agnelli family has confirmed it is in talks with Pearson PLC to increase its stake in the Economist Group. Exor S.p.A., which has been a shareholder in the business since 2009, said the discussions also include the Economist Group’s trustees, who …
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BERLIN – Prosecutors in Germany have charged a doctor with negligent bodily harm for declaring a 92-year-old woman dead, only for her to awaken again in a refrigerated room at a funeral home. Essen prosecutor Birgit Juergens said Tuesday the 53-year-old doctor, whose name wasn’t released in line with privacy …
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TORONTO – A Canadian police official says that a British Airways flight from Las Vegas to London has been diverted to Montreal after a bomb threat. The official confirmed the threat aboard the Wednesday flight to the Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not …
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LONDON – Britain’s Treasury chief has authorized the sale of its stake in taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland — the first step in recovering money from Britain’s costliest-ever bank rescue. The Treasury department said in a statement Monday that UK Financial Investments, which manages the government’s stakes in banks bailed …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official news agency is reporting that the Islamic Republic’s military chief has backed a landmark nuclear deal with world powers despite having concerns over it. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi, a close ally of Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, spoke of 16 advantages of the deal, a …
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SHANGHAI – Foreign companies are suspending operations around the Tianjin port as officials scramble to contain the toxic fallout of last week’s deadly chemical explosions. Toyota says it has suspended three production lines, which account for over half its China capacity, through Wednesday. Panasonic kept its Tianjin office closed Monday …
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HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe has charged a man on whose land the well-known Cecil the lion was shot by American dentist Walter James Palmer in July. Charges have not been filed against Palmer, according to prosecutors, while in Minnesota the dentist has reopened his practice. Prosecutors on Tuesday accused Honest …
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