At least 20 firefighters were killed when a 17-storey Tehran commercial building collapsed on top of them as they tried to put out a blaze, Iranian state television quoted the city’s mayor as saying on Thursday. Soldiers, sniffer dogs and rescue workers were searching the ruins of the Plasco building after it crashed down in… Read More Firefighters killed as high-rise building collapse in Tehran, Iran
The Police, on Thursday, stormed PREMIUM TIMES head office in Abuja and arrested the publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi. Olorunyomi, was arrested alongside the paper’s judiciary correspondent, Evelyn Okakwu. According the news posted on the newspaper’s website, “Plain-clothed officers conducted search at the office shortly after 5p.m. on Thursday, and said they were acting on a complaint… Read More Premium Times staff arrested as policemen storm its head office in Abuja
A huge avalanche swallowed up a luxury mountain hotel in central Italy after a series of strong earthquakes rocked the area, burying up to 30 people under tonnes of snow and debris, officials said on Thursday. More than 24 hours after the avalanche hit, the Civil Protection department said just two bodies had been recovered.… Read More 30 feared dead as avalanche destroys mountain hotel in Italy
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