COVID-19 kills Iran’s ambassador to Yemen EKO HOT BLOG reports that Hassan Irloo, Iran’s top diplomat to Yemen, died on Tuesday after contracting coronavirus, Iranian state TV reported. The death of Ambassador Irloo came after he was recalled from war-torn Yemen for what Iran described as medical treatment. State-run media in Iran said he had … Read more
Fuel tanker explosion rocks Sierra Leone kills at least 98 Authorities have taken injured individuals to hospitals and retrieved the remains EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to authorities in Sierra Leone, at least 98 people were killed on Friday when a petrol tanker exploded in a suburb of the capital, Freetown. Several persons were … Read more
Suspected political thug, Dauda Momoh has been killed by a mob in Adavi l Local Government Area of Kogi State for stabbing Ahmed Okino to death in Ogaminana market near Okene, Kogi Central. The incident was said to have occuredon Monday. Eyewitness report said Okino was accosted by Momoh at Ogaminana market where he … Read more
At least four people have been reported killed on Monday when a bomb tore through a bus in Kabul. According to an official, it is marking the second day straight that attackers have targeted a bus. The vehicle was taking workers home from a government watchdog agency ahead of the Eid holidays marking the end … Read more
Not fewer than 14 people, among them five children, were killed on Monday when a van ran into a lorry in south-western Pakistan, an official said. The accident, in which six other people were injured, occurred near Qila Saifullah district in the province of Balochistan. “At least 14 people including a woman and five children … Read more