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A general view of the city of Kabul, Afghanistan August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara KABUL — The Islamic State (IS) militant group claimed responsibility for a deadly blast on Friday in a Shi’ite residential area in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. Police said at least eight people were killed and 18 wounded in the blast. The militant group said in a statement that 20 people were killed and injured in the attack in western Kabul. “The explosion happened in a crowded place,” police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. Video posted on social media purportedly of the blast site showed men rushing to help the injured after the incident. A senior Taliban security official, who declined to be named, said primary investigations revealed that explosives were placed in a vegetable cart and the blast resulted in the wounding and killing of more than 50 people, including women and children. “There is a possibility that the death toll will increase because most of the wounded people had critical … [Read more...] about Blast in Kabul, Afghanistan kills 8; Islamic State claims responsibility

A general view of a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, 2022. (REUTERS/Ali Khara) Updated 12:02 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022 KABUL — A bomb blast in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least eight people and injured 22, hospital officials and witnesses said. The bomb exploded in a western district of the city where members of the minority Shi’ite Muslim community regularly meet. Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack, the group said on its Telegram channel. A senior medical officer at a private hospital said at least eight people died and 22 were wounded. An Interior Ministry spokesman said an investigation team was at the blast site to help the wounded and assess casualties. Video footage posted online showed ambulances rushing to the scene, which is also near bus stations. The attack came ahead of Ashura, a commemoration of the martyrdom of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet … [Read more...] about Blast hits Afghan capital Kabul: 8 killed, at least 22 injured

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin You must be one with the rock. As with any good science fiction, part of our fascination with Star Trek comes from the combination of real science and fantastic possibilities. When you think of science in the show, disciplines like spaceship engineering, astronomy, physics and biology probably spring to mind first. However, the show actually features a lot of geology. You can meet great geologists, as volcanologist Jessica Ball observes , or explore outstanding geological formations, like alien caves, as petrologist Evelyn Mervine has noted . Mineralogist Jeffrey de Fourestier has analyzed the use of minerals in every Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) episode, and his review was a major inspiration and guide for the following short introduction into the fantastic geology of Star Trek. Captain Kirk fights a Gorn - you can see Vasquez Rocks in the background. (CBS via Getty Images) In TOS, geology … [Read more...] about The Geology Of Star Trek: From Extraterrestrial Minerals To Alien Life-Forms

Author Salman Rushdie is transported to a helicopter after he was stabbed on stage before his scheduled speech at the Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, US on Friday, Aug 12, 2022. (Video screengrab credit: [email protected] /via Reuters) - A + A WASHINGTON, FAIRVIEW, New Jersey/BEIRUT (Aug 13): Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie remained hospitalised on Saturday with serious injuries, a day after he was repeatedly stabbed at a public appearance in New York state, while police sought to determine the motive behind an attack that drew international condemnation. The accused attacker, 24-year-old Hadi Matar of Fairview, New Jersey, pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault at a court appearance on Saturday, his court-appointed lawyer, Nathaniel Barone, told Reuters . Rushdie, 75, was set to deliver a lecture on artistic freedom at Chautauqua Institution in western New York, when police say Matar rushed the stage and stabbed the … [Read more...] about Salman Rushdie still hospitalised as attack suspect pleads not guilty