Heavy rainfall that struck Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency, has now claimed four lives, police confirmed on Saturday. The latest victim, a 58-year-old woman, was found buried under mud in her home after her husband, who had arrived from Russia, reported her missing, officials said. Earlier, three deaths […]

A massive explosion followed by gunfire was reported in central Mogadishu on Saturday, near a detention facility frequently used by Somalia’s intelligence service to hold Islamist Al-Shabaab militants, according to a police officer and multiple witnesses. Al-Shabaab later claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement.   The attack comes amid a wave of renewed […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has announced the deployment of “special assets” in response to what he described as Washington’s military build-up in South Korea, state media reported on Sunday. The United States currently stations approximately 28,500 troops in South Korea to deter potential military threats from the nuclear-armed North. Last month, it conducted […]

Negotiators were set to arrive in Cairo on Sunday for talks aimed at ending nearly two years of conflict in Gaza, as Israel’s Prime Minister expressed hope that hostages still held by Hamas could be released within days. The diplomatic initiative follows a positive response from the Palestinian militant group Hamas to US President Donald […]

Indonesia has lifted the suspension of TikTok’s local operating licence after the social media platform shared data requested by the government regarding recent protests, the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs confirmed. TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, has over 100 million users in Indonesia, making it the country’s second-largest audience on the platform.   On […]

Members of a Moroccan online youth collective continued to protest for the eighth consecutive day on Saturday, calling for improved public health and education services. The demonstrations in the traditionally stable North African kingdom challenge the perception that young Moroccans are politically disengaged. They have been organised since last Saturday by GenZ 212, a group […]

Ukraine announced on Sunday that a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia had killed one person, while Poland mobilised jets to secure its airspace amid rising tensions. Ivan Fedorov, head of the southeastern Ukrainian region, reported on Telegram that a Russian “combined strike” had killed a woman and wounded nine others. “A 16-year-old girl is among those […]

A US federal agent shot a motorist in Chicago on Saturday, while a judge simultaneously blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy troops to Portland, intensifying tensions in both Democratic-led cities. Trump has cited a security emergency to justify military intervention. These incidents are the latest flashpoints in the Trump administration’s aggressive law-and-order campaign, which […]

President Donald Trump has authorised the deployment of troops to Chicago following the shooting of an allegedly armed motorist by a federal agent on Saturday. Meanwhile, a judge blocked the Republican leader’s attempt to send military forces into Portland, another Democratic-led city. The escalating situation underscores the tension between Trump’s increasingly militarised anti-crime and migration […]

Vilnius Airport, Lithuania’s main aviation hub, reopened on Sunday following an hours-long closure prompted by a suspected “series of balloons,” marking the latest incident to disrupt flights in European cities. Several airports across Germany, Denmark, Norway and Poland have recently suspended operations due to unidentified drones, while authorities in Romania and Estonia have blamed Russia, […]