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At least 9 people injured after explosion at Rome petrol station

Emergency services were on the scene before the blast, as they had been called after a truck hit a pipeline at the service station, Italian news agencies reported.

 Emergency services personnel work at the scene where a gas station exploded on the outskirts of Rome, Italy, July 4, 2025.
 Clouds of smoke rise following explosions at a firework storage warehouse in Esparto, California, United States, July 1, 2025

Seven people missing from massive explosion at California fireworks facility

 Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit a parking lot near Herzliya, June 17, 2025.

The deadly invisible enemy from missile impacts: What is the blast wave?

 Reported CCTV footage of the bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula demolished by underwater explosives.

WATCH: Ukraine blows up Russia's bridge to Crimea with underwater explosives


IDF discovers, destroys explosives lab in Tulkarm during West Bank raids

The lab contained more than 200 explosive devices and approximately 150 kg. of materials used in the manufacturing of explosives.

 A terrorist explosives lab near Tulkarm discovered and destroyed by the IDF, May 13, 2025.

Yemen denies claims of Israel strikes behind Ras Isa oil port explosion - report

Rather than an airstrike, an explosion at the port occurred after a tanker carrying fuel exploded.

 Smoke billows from the site of a US air strike in Sanaa, Yemen April 26, 2025.

Fire breaks out in IRGC ammunition depot in Iran - report

The blast involved ammunition storage facilities that were located in underground tunnels in southern Iran. 

 Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, November 15, 2024.

Magnetar explosions could be a major source of cosmic gold, new study reveals

Evidence from old NASA and ESA data suggests magnetar flares may have created heavy elements in the early universe.

Artist’s concept shows a magnetar ejecting material into space, slowing its spin. Its strong, twisted magnetic fields (green) guide charged particles from this highly magnetic neutron star.

Iran rocked by explosions in Mashhad and Karaj - report

Shortly after, a fire was reported to have broken out in the city of Qom. 

 An explosion in Mashad, Iran, May 4, 2025

Witnesses hear explosion at power plant in Karaj, Iran - report

Videos published by Iran International appeared to show a fire at the scene. 

Footage from the reported explosion at a power plant in the city of Karaj, Iran. May 2, 2025.

At least seven killed, 20 injured following bombing in South Sudan, MSF says

Medecins Sans Frontieres said that a bomb was dropped on a pharmacy in a hospital that serves over 110,000 people.

 A fire burns following an aerial bombardment that resulted in casualties at the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres run facility destroying the last remaining hospital and pharmacy in the northern town of Old Fangak in Fangak county, South Sudan May 3, 2025.

Iran port blast linked to violent chemical reaction from perchlorates, used in rocket fuel - report

A Washington Post report pointed to a violent chemical reaction as the likely cause of the explosion at the Iranian port that killed at least 70 people.

 Port explosion at Iran's Bandar Abbas, April 26, 2025.

IDF closes entrance to Beita in West Bank after reservist wounded by IED

An IDF reserve soldier was seriously wounded on Wednesday after an IED exploded in the West Bank.

 Israeli security forces raid the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus in the West Bank, April 24, 2025.

Why is Iran denying military cargo caused deadly port explosion? - analysis

A blast at Shahid Rajaee Port in Iran killed 28 and injured 800. Officials deny military cargo involvement and are working to manage the crisis.

People walk after an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, Iran, April 26, 2025

Putin mobilizes Russian aid after deadly blast at Iran's Bandar Abbas port

Several other similarly aligned nations offered support, including Iraq, Bahrain, Oman, and Kuwait.

Smoke rises following an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, Iran, April 26, 2025