PRAGUE -- Czech police said Wednesday they were responding to "a massive gas leak" in the country's southeastern city of Brno.
"Thirty people have been evacuated from six surrounding buildings on Cacovicka Street," police said on social media platform X, adding that the street has been closed and gas engineers were on site to locate the leak. (Czech Republic-Gas leak)
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TEHRAN -- Iran and the three European countries of France, Britain and Germany, collectively known as the E3, have agreed to continue their contacts in the coming days, the Iranian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
In an interview with state-run IRIB TV, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei elaborated on the outcomes of a meeting earlier in the day between senior diplomats from Iran, the E3 and the European Union in Geneva, Switzerland. (Iran-Nuclear-E3)
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KABUL -- At least 25 passengers lost their lives and 27 others sustained injuries when a bus overturned in the west of the Afghan capital Kabul, on Wednesday morning, an official from the Ministry of Interior Affairs reported.
The incident occurred in the Arghandi area, along the highway linking southern Kandahar to Kabul, and was caused by reckless driving, Abdul Mateen Qani, spokesman for the ministry, told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Road Accident)
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SAO PAULO -- Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a round-the-clock monitoring of former President Jair Bolsonaro for fear that he could attempt to flee house arrest ahead of a verdict in his coup attempt trial.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing the case, granted a request from federal prosecutors after warning that Bolsonaro could seek refuge in a foreign embassy. Bolsonaro is currently confined to his residence in national capital Brasilia. (Brazil-Former President-Monitoring). ■
