UN chief calls for independent probe into suspicious PG tanker attacks
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounced a Thursday incident involving two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman, calling for in an independent investigation to establish those responsible for the attacks.
Fire contained at SPD9 platform; no casualties
The fire that gripped SPD9 Platform of South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday evening has been put out by fireboats in the area.
20 dead, 71 injured in ruptured pipeline explosion outside Mexico City
A huge fire exploded at a pipeline leaking fuel in central Mexico on Friday, killing at least 20 people and badly burning 71 others as locals were collecting the spilling gasoline in buckets and garbage cans, officials said. The leak was caused by an illegal tap that fuel thieves had drilled into the pipeline in […]
Iran, Russia navies prepare for joint naval wargames: Iran navy cmdr.
Commander of Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi announced that the naval forces of Iran and Russia have begun preparing for the tactical, relief and rescue and anti-piracy war games to be operated in the near future. “The cooperation between the naval forces of Iran and Russia, as well as the Caspian Sea region, has […]