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A full investigation has been launched after an explosion at an arms manufacturing plant in Monmouthshire. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said they have been dealing with an incident at the premises of BAE Systems Glascoed in the Usk area of the county. The emergency service said they were called to the scene at around 10.49am on Wednesday morning, April 17, after an explosion occurred within a building. They said that they had set up an incident control post to deal with the incident. In a statement shared on X, the emergency service said: "At 10.49am on Wednesday 17th...

Sulaimaniya – A huge explosion has been reported in al-Nasser Enterprise, one of Iraq’s major weapons factories specialized in the manufacture of missile parts. The authorities blamed the blast, last Saturday, on an electrical short-circuit which allegedly caused a huge fire in the galvanized aluminum section of the sprawling factory north of Baghdad. Eyewitnesses said it was so horrific that it took fire fighters more than 24 hours to put out the blaze. A site engineer estimated the losses at more than three million dollars. There were no reports of casualties. He spoke to Iraq Press on condition of anonymity....