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The 26-year-old woman placed her two children outside her tent on Sunday before setting fire to it in a bid to burn herself alive, police said.
On Monday, only small fires were smoldering at the Islam Qala border crossing, after three days of firefighting efforts from both Iran and Afghanistan.
Fire destroys 100 fuel tankers on Afghanistan-Iran border
The huge blaze, which broke out Saturday afternoon at Islam Qala port has largely been extinguished and an investigation has been launched to probe its cause.
Grenfell firm continued sales despite fires in Middle East
A public inquiry into the disaster sought to establish the cause behind the Grenfell tower fire, which killed 72 residents of the high-rise ...
US urges Yemen's Houthis to end 'aggressive acts'
The United States urged Yemen's Houthi rebels to halt all forms of aggression, just hours after a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's Abha airport.
Houthis claim responsibility for attack on Saudi airport
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for an attack on Abha International Airport which caused a civilian plane to catch fire.
Netanyahu praises police over ultra-Orthodox protests
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised police after ultra-Orthodox protesters clashed with security forces and torched a bus in ...
Israel arrests 10 as ultra-Orthodox Jews protest lockdown
Israeli police have arrested 10 people amid violent protests in ultra-Orthodox areas against coronavirus lockdown measures
Fire destroys hundreds of homes in Rohingya refugee camp
Hundreds of homes in Nayapara Camp have been destroyed by a fire that broke out in the early hours of Thursday morning.
EU offers aid, urges Bosnia to rebuild migrant camp
The EU's foreign policy chief said Brussels was ready to increase its humanitarian support for Bosnia after Lipa migrant centre burnt down, but ...
Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon set ablaze after row
A camp has been set alight in Lebanon following a fight between two members and a Lebanese family.
Fire at Cairo hospital kills seven coronavirus patients
A fire broke out in a hospital for coronavirus patients on the outskirts of Cairo, killing seven patients and injuring five others.
Turkish hospital fire kills 10 Covid-19 patients
An oxygen tank explosion in a hospital killed ten Covid-19 patients in Turkey, authorities confirmed.
Iran-backed militants in Iraq launch 'Sharia youth groups'
'Little known' groups could be linked to the pro-Iran, US-proscribed terrorist organisation Iraqi Hezbollah, posing a 'threat' to the country's ...
Fire damages historic mosque on Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait
The wooden Vanikoy Mosque was built in the 17th century.
Saudis 'thwart attack on oil facility near Yemen'
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted an attack by the Houthi rebels that sparked a fire near an Aramco distribution centre.
Fire erupts at Greek migrant camp on Samos
A fire at a Samos, an overcrowded migrant camp has destroyed tents.
The coastal region of Tipaza has witnessed its worst wildfires since 2010.
Fire erupts, burns down tents at Greek refugee camp
A fire broke out early in the refugee camp on earthquake hit Greece's Samos island burning down 15 tents, the Migration Ministry said.
Syria fires ravage livelihoods ahead of harvest
Sweeping forest fires ravaged parts of Syria over the weekend, deeply impacting thousands of locals.
Two dead as forest fires burn in Syria, Lebanon
Hundreds of hectares had burned in the countryside of Syria's coastal Latakia and Tartus provinces, and in the central Homs province.
Woes of Beirut rescuers 'microcosm' of troubled Lebanon
Fierce forest fires, a monster explosion that killed friends, then more Beirut blazes; Lebanon's emergency services are reeling from a ...
Iran industrial zone explosion kills one
The explosion at the Isfahan facility killed one.
Migrants say new Greek camp 'worse than Moria'
Asylum seekers have been relocated to a different camp, where they say there is 'no medicine or electricity'.
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