TEHRAN -- An unknown drone crashed in the southwest of Iran on Wednesday, official IRNA news agency reported.

The incident happened in Magrenat village in Shoaibieh district of Shooshtar town, the report said.(Iran-Drone-Crash)

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LONDON -- The bodies of 39 people were found Wednesday in a shipping container at an industrial park in Essex, the county bordering London, police confirmed.

In a statement, Essex police said early indications suggest 38 of the dead are adults and one is believed to be a teenager. (Britain-Container-Deaths)

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FREETOWN -- Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health and Sanitation on Wednesday warned the public against the eating of dead pigs following the recent outbreak of suspected African Swine Fever in four communities of its capital Freetown.

While addressing journalists, Director at the Directorate of Health Security and Emergencies in the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Mohamed Vandi said the ministry is concerned about the sporadic occurrence of suspected swine fever in Freetown. (Sierra Leone-Swine Fever)

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Alaska Airlines and PenAir have temporarily suspended local flights in Alaska to the island of Unalaska in the wake of a fatal plane crash that killed a man, a local newspaper said Tuesday.

The flight suspension to and from Dutch Harbor was in "the interest of safety," the Anchorage Daily News (ADN) quoted Alaska Airlines as saying, after Flight 3296 of PenAir, whose service was marketed by Alaska Airlines, crashed at Unalaska airport on Oct. 17. (US-Alaska Airlines)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday welcomed a recent deal between Turkey and Russia on the cease of conflicts in northern Syria.

"Iran welcomes any measure that would honor territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Syria," the Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said in a statement. (Iran-Turkey-Deal) Enditem

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