TEHRAN -- The death toll from a massive explosion at a port in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan on Saturday has reached 40, and the government has announced one day of national mourning, Iran's IRIB news agency reported on Sunday.
The explosion and the subsequent fire left more than 1,000 people wounded, of whom 197 were hospitalized, the IRIB quoted Hormozgan's Governor Mohammad Ashouri Taziani as saying. (Iran-Port Blast-Casualties)
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BEIRUT -- Israeli forces carried out on Sunday an airstrike on a building in Hadath area in Beirut's southern suburbs, local TV channel al-Jadeed reported.
The airstrike was preceded by an urgent evacuation warning by Israeli Army Spokesperson Avichay Adraee on X platform for residents of Beirut's southern suburbs, particularly in the Hadath district. (Lebanon-Israel-Attack)
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KHARTOUM -- At least 31 civilians were killed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, volunteer groups reported on Sunday.
"An RSF force carried out a horrific massacre, executing 31 people from the Al-Salha area, including underage children, in the deadliest documented mass killing the area has ever witnessed," the Sudanese Doctors Network, a volunteer group, said in a statement. (Sudan-Civil War-Killing)
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GAZA -- At least 43 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, the enclave's Civil Defense said on Sunday.
Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told Xinhua that eight people, including three children and a woman, were killed when Israeli aircraft struck a tent housing displaced persons near Hamad City, northwest of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Gaza Strip-Israeli Attacks-Casualty) ■
