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Two large forest fires in Japan's Iwate region have prompted authorities to evacuate several thousand people from their homes as the flames approached residential areas on Saturday. The blazes have burned out some 700 hectares (1,730 acres) since breaking out three days ago, according to local government officials. What do we know about the Japanese wildfires?

Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Prominent AAP leader Raghav Chadha joined BJP with six other MPs Congress leader Rahul Gandhi set to visit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Three killed in ethnic conflict in Manipur This blog is now closed. Below is a roundup of some of the major headlines

Skip next section Hot chocolate? Authorities find illegal medication in Cologne kiosk April 25, 2026 Hot chocolate? Authorities find illegal medication in Cologne kiosk Authorities in the city of Cologne discovered an unusual item during a routine check of a kiosk, public broadcaster WDR reported on Saturday. Namely, a bar of chocolate containing the active ingredient

Municipal elections are being held on Saturday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and in the Deir el-Balah area of the Gaza Strip, the first vote in the Palestinian territories since the war in Gaza. In the West Bank, nearly 1.5 million people are registered to vote, while in Gaza, there are 70,000 eligible voters, according

Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez on Friday agreed to military cooperation to tackle crime on their shared border. Petro's visit marked the first to Caracas by a foreign leader since the US ouster of Nicolas Maduro. Petro said the joint effort would focus on  "freeing border areas from the mafias engaged in

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has apologized to the Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge following a February mass shooting that left eight dead.  Altman said he was "deeply sorry" the company didn't alert the police about the shooter's troubling ChatGPT accounts. Britich Colombia Primier David Eby called the apology "necessary, and yet grossly insufficient." How did OpenAI fail to act? An

Skip next section US will face response if it continues port blockade — Iranian military April 25, 2026 US will face response if it continues port blockade — Iranian military Saim Dušan Inayatullah Iran's military on Saturday decried what it called the "banditry" and "piracy" of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports and said

Ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday approved the first malaria drug specifically designed for infants. The newly introduced combination of artemether and lumefantrine is the first antimalarial formulation that is safe for babies weighing less than 5 kilograms (2.2 pounds). Until now, infants have been treated with drugs developed for older

The United States Justice Department is closing its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, removing an obstacle to the confirmation of Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's preferred choice to head up the US central bank. The move by US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington DC and a Trump ally, for

Skip next section Israeli strikes kill 6 in Lebanon on Friday, health ministry says April 24, 2026 Israeli strikes kill 6 in Lebanon on Friday, health ministry says Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed six people on Friday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, a day after the US announced an extension of a ceasefire. "The Israeli