A fatal train collision occurred outside Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, late Monday, killing at least 14 people, the state-owned KAI rail company said on Tuesday. It added that another 84 people received hospital treatment.
Five Maliangarrison towns — Kati, Bamako, Sevare, Gao and Kidal — were targeted simultaneously over the weekend. The al-Qaeda-linked jihadis of the Group for theSupport of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) in coordination with the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), mainly composed of Tuareg rebel independence movements, claimed responsibility.
At least 42 people were killed in eastern Chad, after clashes between two families at a water well escalated, government officials said late Sunday. Community conflicts over resources are common in the country, driven by farmer-herder tensions. In recent years, Chad has faced increasing pressure on its resources, hosting over 1.5 million refugees in an already resource-strained country.
In autumn 2024, Russia launched massive aerial assaults on Ukraine, pounding its energy system and raising fears about the safety of its nuclear power plants. Several reactors were disconnected from the grid. One shut down entirely. "It wasn't that we were scared," said Shaun Burnie, recalling that night. "It was that we were terrified."
Iranian worshippers perform their Friday prayers under the portraits of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, second left, and top military officials who were killed during the U.S.-Israel campaign, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 24, 2026. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP U.S.
A view of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—a sprawling urban giant where over 15 million people live. Schalk Van Zuydam/AP hide caption toggle caption Schalk Van Zuydam/AP KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo—None of them imagined they would end up in Kinshasa. On April 17, the U.S.
The U.S. travel ban against 39 countries has thrown thousands of people into legal limbo, as the Trump administration has paused reviewing visa, green card, work permit, and citizenship applications.
New Delhi last week slammed as "inappropriate" comments shared by US President Donald Trump on social media that referred to India as a "hellhole."
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday said Iran's leadership is in the process of "humiliating" the United States in the ongoing conflict. Merz said Washington appeared to lack a clear strategy and questioned what kind of exit the US might pursue.
There's money to be made in defense, and many Portuguese companies have recognized this. The defense sector generated around €2.1 billion ($2.4 billion) in revenue last year, according to Jose Neves of the industry association, AED Cluster Portugal, which involves more than 160 Portuguese organizations working in aeronautics, space and defense.
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