Swedes went to the polls on Sunday to fill all 349 seats in the Riksdag, with incumbent Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of the centre‑right Moderate Party s
Baghdad announced on Thursday that it will shut three official crossing points along its 1,500‑kilometre frontier with Iran, a move taken after Iraqi and S
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Abu Dhabi’s ruler, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan, met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg on
The Wall Street Journal reported that Iran had obtained satellite images from China before carrying out a strike on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan o
Yemen’s government forces reported on Thursday that they struck Houthi positions near the port city of Mokha in Taiz Governorate and along the Mokha–Dhubab
Russian drone strikes against Ukrainian targets on Thursday night caused the deaths of eight civilians, including two in the industrial city of Zaporizhzhi
On 13 September 2026, a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle struck a civilian vehicle in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, killing three people
May el‑Toukhy’s drama *Woman Unknown* captured the Golden Lion at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on May 27, 2024, in Venice, Italy. The award,
The Kingdom of Tooro in western Uganda held its final rites for the late Omukama Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV on 28 August 2026, the da
The Philippine Coast Guard announced on Monday that 41 additional bodies were recovered from the wreckage of the MV June Aster, a cargo vessel that caught
The Atlantic hurricane season has set a new record in the satellite era for the longest stretch without a hurricane, reaching 103 days after the official s
On Thursday, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched a series of short‑range ballistic missiles from the port city of Wonsan on its easte
A train derailed on the outskirts of Cléon in Seine‑Maritime on Thursday evening, and French authorities have opened a formal inquiry into whether the inci
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Dublin and the coastal town of Doonbeg on Sunday to protest President Donald Trump’s visit to Ireland and to denounc
On September 9, 2023, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, Elena Rybakina captured the US Open women's singles title, defe
Christian Harrison and British partner Neal Skupski captured the men’s doubles crown at the 2026 US Open in a straight‑sets victory over the German duo of
The Olympic flame has arrived in Dakar, Senegal, marking a key milestone in the preparation for the 2026 Youth Olympic Games – the first Olympic event ever
In the early hours of this week, Yemeni Houthi forces seized Perim Island in the Bab al‑Mandab Strait after government troops withdrew, completing a takeov
The Houthi movement announced on Monday that it had concluded its most recent offensive, claiming to have expelled government forces from six districts and
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy announced on Thursday that it has temporarily shut down the East‑West Crude Oil Pipeline as a precautionary measure after
On Thursday, the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic announced that it has begun printing Kyrgyz som banknotes domestically for the first time since the c
At least 16 people died when a blaze engulfed a retirement home near the town of Pitrufquén in Chile’s southern Cautín Province on Tuesday, with ten reside
The Japanese opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance decided to temporarily retain a single member of parliament upon announcing its dissolution to ensur
Former US President Barack Obama sounded the alarm once again on the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) during an interview with The New York Times on t
