Seventeen people were killed and 18 others injured in a devastating explosion that occurred early this morning at SBL Energy Limited – a mining and industrial explosives manufacturing company located in Raulgaon, in Katol near Nagpur, police said.

A president who returned to the White House on the promise of ending ‘Forever Wars’ – and wanted a Nobel Peace Prize, no less – now presides over the largest American military build-up in the region since the infamous Iraq war.

The fresh attack comes hours after Iran vowed to avenge Khamenei’s death and launched strikes on many Gulf regions.