The death toll from a school collapse in Indonesia has risen to 14 as of Saturday, officials reported, with rescuers preparing to deploy heavy machinery to recover dozens more victims believed to remain trapped under the rubble. The incident occurred on Monday, when part of the multi-storey boarding school suddenly collapsed as students gathered for […]

A violent storm, named Amy, wreaked havoc across Britain and Ireland on Friday, bringing high winds, flooding, power outages, cancelled flights, and school closures. In Ireland, police reported that a man in his 40s suffered fatal injuries in a weather-related incident at a domestic residence in County Donegal. “A man, aged in his 40s, was […]

The US government shutdown is expected to extend into next week after Senators voted for the fourth time on Friday to reject a funding proposal put forward by President Donald Trump’s Republicans. Federal agencies have been out of funds since Wednesday, leaving a wide range of public services crippled. Tourist attractions such as the Washington […]

A Swiss company inaugurated two solar furnaces on Friday in a watchmaking hub, designed to melt down and recycle steel offcuts from the local industry using green energy. The Jura mountains, forming Switzerland’s north-western border with France, are home to numerous watchmaking firms and medical instrument manufacturers that rely on high-quality steel. The project aims […]

A French photojournalist was killed and a Ukrainian reporter wounded on Friday in eastern Ukraine during a drone attack, officials and media groups confirmed. Antoni Lallican, 37, was embedded with Ukraine’s Fourth Armoured Brigade near the front line in the Donbas region when the incident occurred. Ukrainian authorities reported that the attack was carried out […]

A coalition of workers from various sectors has filed a lawsuit to halt the Trump administration’s new $100,000 H-1B visa fee, arguing that it is illegal and harmful to innovation in the United States. The lawsuit was lodged on Friday in federal court in San Francisco and represents healthcare professionals, university professors, religious groups, and […]

Youth-led protests demanding reforms in public healthcare and education continued across Morocco on Friday, marking the seventh consecutive day of demonstrations, according to AFP journalists and local media. The protests were organised by the online-based group GenZ 212, whose organisers remain unknown. Demonstrators also called for the resignation of Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, whose term […]

A Peruvian judge on Friday ordered preventive custody for the alleged mastermind behind the brutal gang murders of two young women and a teenage girl in Argentina, pending the outcome of Argentina’s extradition request. The judge ruled that 20-year-old Tony Valverde, nicknamed “Little J”, is a flight risk, and remanded him in custody for nine […]

The United States Supreme Court on Friday ruled for the second time that the Trump administration may strip approximately 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants of their Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a programme that shields them from deportation. The conservative-majority court had previously, in May 2025, granted an emergency request from the administration to remove TPS from Venezuelan […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised Senegal for its efforts to improve transparency regarding its national debt and indicated its readiness to assist the West African nation with a new aid programme. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva highlighted that Senegal had made “important progress” in addressing the previous misrepresentation of its budget deficits, commending […]