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French investigators suspect sabotage was behind a train derailment in northwestern France that injured 44 people and left passengers in "a state of shock", prosecutors said on Saturday, after a massive…

Philippine Coast Guard personnel in protective suit unload body bags of victims of a ferry fire blaze at the port of Borac in Coron, Palawan province on September 12, 2026. The bodies of passengers

The spy agency released 71 declassified presidential briefings, with one showing it had thought Al Qaeda's plans were 'widely known' by extremists.

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Rampant Yemeni fighters take control of island in narrow point of Bab al-Mandab strait, which Saudi is relying on for oil exports

Russia has for two weeks been carrying out almost constant attacks with faster jet-powered drones that have killed a number of Kyiv residents.

The West’s ‘eyes and ears’ in the West Bank targeted despite US pressure to curb attacks on Palestinians

Baghdad launches investigation, closes border after confirming strike came from Iraqi territory.

Pro-democracy activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan were found guilty of ‘incitement to subversion’ in controversial national security case

The largest outbreak, linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, sickened more than 12,000 people.

Nigeria’s parliament is suspending official visits to South Africa indefinitely over anti-immigrant protests targeting Africans

Philippine rescuers recovered 30 bodies from a burned-out ferry on Friday, raising the death toll from the blaze to 35, authorities said.

A fire at a nursing home in Chile that had previously violated regulations has killed 16 elderly residents and left others hospitalized, authorities said Saturday.

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A key oil pipeline system in Saudi Arabia was struck by projectiles on Thursday, according to two US officials familiar with the matter.

Oil prices remain elevated amid worries that escalating tensions in the Middle East could further exacerbate supply disruptions

The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the second time this year in a widely flagged move on Thursday, hoping to tame an inflation rise driven entirely by higher energy costs from the Iran war.

An industrial facility caught fire in Novy Urengoy, a gas-producing city in northern Russia, following a drone attack, regional Governor Dmitry Artyukhov said on Wednesday, in the first such attack on the country's natural gas hinterland.

The legal US resident was never charged with a crime, but was deported due to her family links to terrorism.

Mokha's capture brings the Iran-backed group closer to controlling a key international shipping route.

The IDF said that what remains of the Ali al-Taher ridge, beneath which was Hezbollah’s last and most significant line of defense in southern Lebanon, is “nothing more than a sandbox.”
Algeria's president had previously called the gulf country a 'midget state' that was interfering in North Africa

The IMF said on Thursday the global economy had weathered the energy shock caused by the war in the Middle East better than feared and global economic output was still expected to expand by about 3% in 2026, but it cautioned that risks remained high.

Iran launched fresh attacks against US targets in the Middle East on Wednesday in retaliation for American strikes on Iranian oil tankers, dragging the foes deeper into war.

The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August.
Average temperatures across the U.S. soared to record heights between June and August in 2026, a new report found.
Norway bade its final farewell to Harald V on Wednesday as crowds lined the streets and foreign royals and leaders converged on Oslo for the funeral of the long-serving king, who was remembered as a popular monarch with a down-to-earth touch.

The investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been under way into other donations.

Serbian president dissolves parliament, calls snap elections for Oct. 25-
A Russian drone strike on a shopping centre in the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy killed two people and injured 20, four of them seriously, Regional Governor Oleh Hryhorov said.

Houthis say Saudi Arabia carried out more than 40 airstrikes in Yemen after a major Houthi missile and drone attack on Saudi oil facilities.

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The facilities, which were located in three different parts of the Strip, were utilized by Hamas to "store weapons, explosive devices, anti-tank missiles, and additional military equipment."
The United States banned a broad swath of Canadian alcoholic beverages, motorcycles and dairy products from import on Tuesday, sharply escalating an already acrimonious trade spat.

Russia pummelled Kyiv with drones and missiles on Tuesday, resuming its air attacks on the Ukrainian capital after a brief halt for the visit of U.S. peace negotiators, and killing five people, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

OpenAI's claim that it solved parts of Navier-Stokes equations has quickly stirred controversy.

The Middle East war intensified with Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen launching strikes on several Saudi cities, further embroiling a U.S. ally in the conflict, while U.S. forces hit multiple Iranian oil tankers and Iran targeted a U.S. base in Jordan.

Israel will close the British consulate in Jerusalem in response to UK sanctions on West Bank settlements, the country's foreign minister says

New York City has released 170,000 documents it says show officials knew the air quality around the World Trade Center after 9/11 was dangerous to breathe, but they didn't warn local residents.

Third-year University of Iowa student suffered severe brain damage after collapsing shortly before marching band’s half-time performance

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