Search For Keyword.

Middle East

79 injured in earthquake in southern Iran: Iranian media

Iran's state TV says a magnitude 5.8 earthquake has injured at least 79 people in the country's south. The United States Geological Survey put the quake's magnitude at 5.9. There were no immediate reports of fatalities. The earthquake struck in the early morning on Monday near the...

Daesh group leader killed in Egypt's Sinai: report

Daesh (ISIS) says one of the leaders of its affiliate in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has been killed. The militant group's Aamaq news agency issued an announcement late Sunday about the death of Abu Jaafar al-Maqdesi, calling him a martyr. A photo of a young bearded man accompanied...

Dozens injured as 5.9-magnitude quake hits western Iran

At least 146 people were injured Sunday when a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Iran’s western Kermanshah province, Iran’s ISNA news agency reported.  According to Iranian state television, at least 41 of 146 injured in the earthquake continue to be treated in various hospitals...