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Six Dead, 25 Injured in Türkiye Bus Accident

This handout photograph taken and released by the Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on October 17, 2024, shows ambulances outside a hospital after a tour bus with Japanese tourists onboard overturned on a highway, in Afyonkarahisar western Türkiye. (Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP)
This handout photograph taken and released by the Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on October 17, 2024, shows ambulances outside a hospital after a tour bus with Japanese tourists onboard overturned on a highway, in Afyonkarahisar western Türkiye. (Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP)
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Six Dead, 25 Injured in Türkiye Bus Accident

This handout photograph taken and released by the Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on October 17, 2024, shows ambulances outside a hospital after a tour bus with Japanese tourists onboard overturned on a highway, in Afyonkarahisar western Türkiye. (Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP)
This handout photograph taken and released by the Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on October 17, 2024, shows ambulances outside a hospital after a tour bus with Japanese tourists onboard overturned on a highway, in Afyonkarahisar western Türkiye. (Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP)

Six people were killed and 25 were injured when a bus rolled over in Türkiye's central province of Aksaray on Friday, the local governor said.

Governor Mehmet Ali Kumbuzoglu told reporters it was unclear what caused the accident on the Aksaray-Ankara motorway. The bus was taking passengers from the western province of Balikesir to the Cappadocia region, a popular tourist destination in central Türkiye.

"The injured were rushed to hospital. An investigation into the accident has been launched," he said.

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Iran, Russia, Oman Navies to Hold Drills in Indian Ocean, Iranian State Media Reports

A boat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard at undisclosed location off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee, WANA via AFP
A boat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard at undisclosed location off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee, WANA via AFP
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Iran, Russia, Oman Navies to Hold Drills in Indian Ocean, Iranian State Media Reports

A boat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard at undisclosed location off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee, WANA via AFP
A boat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard at undisclosed location off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee, WANA via AFP

Fleets from Russia and Oman have joined Iranian naval forces in preparation for a maritime drill hosted by Iran in the Indian Ocean, Iranian state media reported on Friday.

Helicopters and vessels of the navies of the Iranian army and of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards forces welcomed the Russian and Omani fleets as they entered Iran’s territorial waters, said the reports.

The drills, due to begin in the coming days, come at a time of heightened tensions in the region, with Israel having said it will retaliate for Oct. 1 Iranian missile strikes launched in response to Israel's campaigns against Hezbollah and Hamas.