RIYADH: A Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 jet crashed in the Gulf during a routine training exercise late on Sunday and the pilot has not been found, the defence ministry said yesterday. Saudi Arabia maintains a powerful air force supplied primarily by equipment made in the United States and Britain. The plane that crashed was based at the King Abdulaziz Air Base in the kingdom’s Eastern Province and piloted by Lieutenant Fahd bin Falih Al Masarir, a defence ministry statement said.
Pollution shuts schools in Tehran
TEHRAN: Schools, universities and government agencies in Tehran will be closed today and tomorrow due to pollution, the province’s governor Morteza Tamadon said on state television. “To avoid reaching distress levels, an order was given to shut down ministries, institutes, universities and schools across Tehran province except for the towns of Damavand and Firouzkooh” in the north, said Tamadon.
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