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1/7/2026

A railway track near the national highway in the Notal area of Nasirabad in Balochistan was targeted by unknown individuals with explosive material.The explosion occurred when no train was passing through the area. Altho...

1/7/2026

Australia’s south sweltered through a brutal heatwave on Wednesday that delivered temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some cities, triggering health warnings, straining power grids and causi...

1/7/2026

Japan’s nuclear watchdog said Wednesday it is scrapping the safety screening for two reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan, after its operator was found to have fabricated data about earthquake ris...

1/7/2026

Deadly clashes between local residents and operators of a gold mining company in northern Afghanistan left four people dead and five others injured, officials said Wednesday.

1/7/2026

Sheinbaum insists on ‘collaboration’ and ‘shared responsibility.’ Trump’s main justification for attacking Caracas is the fight against drug trafficking. It’s the same argument he has used to pressure Mexico on various f...

1/7/2026

El Salvador recorded its lowest homicide tally since tracking began, with government officials announcing 82 murders in 2025, a sharp drop from the previous year. Justice and Public Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro sh...

1/7/2026

The deadliest clashes so far broke out Tuesday between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in a contested area of the northern city of Aleppo, as efforts to merge the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces with t...

1/7/2026

The Ugandan presidential candidate known as Bobi Wine wears a flak jacket and helmet while campaigning to protect himself from gunfire. But the safety gear offers no protection from the stinging clouds of tear gas that o...

1/6/2026

Estonia could be facing a shortage of the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu, thanks to heavy prescribing, the leader of the family doctors' association has warned.

1/6/2026

Russia is stepping up covert attacks on critical infrastructure in Germany as part of a hybrid warfare campaign that Berlin sees as a potential precursor to a wider conflict, according to a confidential military document...

1/6/2026

Intense snowfall and icy weather conditions have caused widespread travel disruption across Europe, with six reported killed in weather-related incidents on the continent.

1/6/2026

Nicolás Maduro’s first court hearing in the U.S. — a spectacle where he proclaimed he is still Venezuela’s president — was merely the beginning of a legal odyssey that could keep him locked up and out of power for years,...

1/6/2026

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez on Tuesday declared seven days of mourning for members of the military killed in the U.S. raid over the weekend to capture leader Nicolas Maduro.

1/6/2026

After more than 20 months in detention, Sherifa Riahi has been reunited with her family following her release from prison in Tunisia. The former director of the French NGO Terre d’Asile, along with two colleagues, was fr...

1/6/2026

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met the president of Somaliland on Tuesday, 10 days after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the breakaway region in the Horn of Africa as an independent and sovere...

1/6/2026

Israel’s air force struck areas in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday and early Tuesday, including in the country’s third-largest city.

1/6/2026

Protesters angry over Iran’s ailing economy conducted a sit-in Tuesday at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, witnesses said, with security forces ultimately firing tear gas and dispersing demonstrators as the rest of the market shut...

1/6/2026

More than 400 foreign tourists are stranded on the Yemeni island of Socotra after flights were suspended amid escalating political and military tensions, local officials said on Monday.

1/6/2026

Uganda has denied plans to shut down internet access during next week’s elections, dismissing reports of a possible blackout as unfounded.

1/6/2026

A curfew was imposed on a key border city in southern Nepal after Hindu and Muslim groups began protesting against each other following the vandalism of a mosque over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.

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