TEHRAN -- At least four people were killed and 516 others injured on Saturday after a massive explosion rocked Shahid Rajaee Port in the city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran's Hormozgan province, local media reported.
The wounded have been transferred to nearby medical centers, Babak Yektaparast, spokesman for the country's Emergency Medical Services Organization, told the semi-official Fars news agency. (Iran-Explosion-Casualties)
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MOSCOW -- The Russian military has completed an operation to regain control of the border region of Kursk, and the results have been reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday.
In his response to the army's report published by the Kremlin, Putin said that Ukraine's attack on the Kursk region has completely failed, and its losses will "certainly be reflected on the entire line of combat contact." (Russia-Ukraine)
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SEOUL -- One worker was killed and another was injured in South Korea's construction site collapse, Yonhap news agency said Saturday, citing the police and the fire authorities.
A pile of earth came down during the construction of road sewage pipes in Goyang, about 20 km northwest of the capital Seoul, at around 12:21 p.m. local time (0321 GMT). (South Korea-Collapse-Casualties)
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MAPUTO -- Mozambique registered more than 11.5 million malaria cases in 2024, including approximately 67,000 hospitalizations and 358 in-hospital deaths, President Daniel Chapo announced in a statement marking World Malaria Day on Friday.
The figures mark a modest improvement from the previous year, with a 12 percent drop in cases, a 4 percent decrease in hospital admissions, and a one percent decline in deaths, according to the statement. (Mozambique-Malaria-Cases) ■
