Economic Desk

National Desk

By Mohammad Memarian

National Desk

Once the peak of technological advancements and the reason for all the people’s draws to drop, trains still are quite popular all around the world, even with airplanes dominating the skies and cutting far distances into just a few hour flights. Since their introduction into the modern world, trains have played an unparalleled role in the developments of countries, especially those in the Middle East, iran.1stquest.com wrote.

Four members of the Saudi hit squad that killed US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 had received paramilitary training in the United States that had been approved by the State Department, The New York Times reported late Tuesday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has ordered an investigation into the derailment of a passenger train north of Cairo that killed 11 people, less than a month after another fatal crash.

The Moscow Metro said it had hired female drivers for the first time in its recent history, following recent changes in controversial Russian legislation prohibiting women from many professions.

Cranes safely lifted a Dutch metro carriage off a huge sculpture of a whale's tail on Tuesday, a day after the artwork stopped the runaway train from crashing to the ground.

This really was a fluke.

A bus heading to a Buddhist temple collided with a train in central Thailand on Sunday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 30, authorities said.

With her nose in the grass of a Bosnian field, Orna sniffs furiously until she finds her target. She then sits and wags her tail in excitement for the red rubber toy that is her reward.

A high-speed TGV train running between Strasbourg in eastern France and Paris derailed on Thursday, injuring 20 people, including one seriously, local officials said.

Two rail workers are killed and about 30 people injured on Thursday when a high-speed train derailed before dawn near Milan in northern Italy, authorities say.

French train and metro drivers have withheld labor for the 19th straight day in a standoff with the government over pension reform, casting a pall over Christmas plans with many unable to reach loved ones.