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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
8/9/2026 10:29:40 AM
Egyptian authorities brought a gas leak and partial explosion in a natural-gas pipeline beneath the Ismailia Canal in Abu Suweir, Ismailia, under control, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation stated on Saturday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
8/8/2026 4:19:00 PM
Marking the sixth anniversary of the Beirut Port explosion and the first anniversary of the great Lebanese musician Ziad Rahbani’s death, Dina Ezzat reads half a century’s worth of war, music, and love in books about him and his city
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World
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Region
8/7/2026 12:35:46 PM
Syria's Health Ministry said Friday that 14 people were wounded, three of them critically, but that there were no fatalities in the explosion of a minivan taxi a day earlier in a Damascus suburb.
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World
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Region
8/5/2026 10:43:00 AM
As Lebanese mark the 6th anniversary of the Beirut harbour explosion, their government is conducting a 7th round of talks with Israel on withdrawal, Hezbollah and peace – if not normalization.
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World
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Region
8/4/2026 9:25:43 PM
Families of victims of the Beirut port explosion gathered Tuesday on the sixth anniversary of the catastrophe, demanding answers and accountability in a country long plagued by official impunity.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
8/2/2026 8:50:01 PM
Egyptian tugboat crews worked metres from a burning gas vessel after a drone struck two gas ships at Damietta Port, battling intense heat, near-zero visibility, and the threat of explosion as they towed the regasification vessel 3.5 kilometres away during a 12-hour firefighting operation that contained the blaze without casualties. Some called their families, fearing they might not return.
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World
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War in Ukraine
8/2/2026 9:48:54 AM
An explosion Saturday at a Moscow restaurant that killed three people and wounded 21 others was a bombing, Russia's national anti-terrorism committee said, the Tass state news agency reported.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/30/2026 2:58:16 PM
Polish authorities said Thursday that a 10 metre (33 feet) wide crater had been left by an explosion, likely of a Russian missile, in an eastern region bordering Ukraine.
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World
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Region
7/15/2026 10:45:15 PM
Several explosions were heard near the US consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region, on Wednesday after air defences were activated to intercept drones over the city, AFP journalists said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/8/2026 9:46:00 AM
Speculation is continuing over who was responsible for the explosions in Damascus this week during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron.
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World
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Region
7/7/2026 2:06:43 PM
Syrian authorities said 18 people were wounded by two blasts in central Damascus on Tuesday near the hotel where France's president spent the night, with the Elysee Palace saying his visit is ongoing.
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World
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Region
7/7/2026 11:17:00 AM
Explosive devices blew up on Tuesday in Syria's capital, Damascus, near a hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron was meant to be staying, a security source said, according to Reuters.
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World
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International
6/28/2026 7:57:30 PM
Three Pakistani Rangers were killed in a terror attack in the southern megacity Karachi on Saturday evening, the country's military said, following an explosion and heavy gunfire.
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World
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Region
6/22/2026 6:34:52 PM
An explosion tore through Qatar's key natural gas export terminal Sunday night as workers tried to resume operations after Iran bombed it during the war, causing a fire that killed at least 13 people and hurt 66 others.
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World
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Region
6/8/2026 1:25:47 PM
A powerful explosion rocked central Tehran on Monday as Iran and Israel exchanged fire in their first direct confrontation since a fragile ceasefire halted five weeks of fighting, raising fears of a renewed escalation between the regional rivals.
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World
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Region
5/26/2026 5:23:47 PM
An explosion damaged a tanker close to its waterline as it sailed off Oman, a marine monitor said Tuesday, as tensions remained high around the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/23/2026 8:33:09 PM
Egypt expressed condolences and solidarity with China following a coal mine explosion in Shanxi province that killed and injured dozens of people, the Foreign Ministry said.
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World
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International
5/23/2026 3:43:56 PM
A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern Shanxi province killed at least 90 people, state media said on Saturday, in the country’s deadliest mining accident in recent years.
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World
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Region
5/4/2026 6:38:25 PM
Seoul said on Monday that an "explosion and fire" had struck a South Korean ship in the Strait of Hormuz, the crucial Middle Eastern waterway effectively blocked following US-Israeli war on Iran.
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World
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Region
4/6/2026 2:41:10 PM
Defence Minister Israel Katz said Monday that Israel had conducted a "powerful strike" on Iran's largest petrochemical complex, after Iranian media reported multiple explosions at the site.
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