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Ships and helicopters are searching for those missing from the Virgo Transport 8 ship, which had encountered bad weather.
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Ships and helicopters are searching for those missing from the Virgo Transport 8 ship, which had encountered bad weather.
COTABATO, (Philippines): Three people were killed and 15 others wounded as gunfire erupted hours before polls were to open Monday (Sept 14) in a semi-autonomous Muslim region of the Philippines set to choose its first elected parliament.
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Turkish authorities have arrested at least 162 people in a weekend crackdown on the country's LGBTQ+ community. Ankara says police raids on gay bars and other venues are aimed at protecting family values.

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"I anticipated the possibility of sanctions. This does not change my position," Iulia Mendel said.

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Thousands of anti-Trump and pro-Palestine protesters took to the streets of Dublin and Doonbeg to protest the US president’s visit this weekend.

US officials say Chinese entities supplied imagery but stop short of accusing Beijing of direct involvement

Iraq removes a military commander and opens investigations into the attack that came from an area bordering Iran.

The agreement was seen as a sign of diplomatic progress between the countries divided by the war.

Protesters in about 20 cities, including Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, demand the banning of the Alternative for Germany.

Russian strikes have killed eight civilians and wounded dozens in Ukraine, according to local officials.
North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Saturday.

The natural climate pattern is having a pronounced effect on this hurricane season.

French investigators suspect sabotage was behind a train derailment in northwestern France that injured 44 people and left passengers in "a state of shock", prosecutors said on Saturday, after a massive…

Philippine Coast Guard personnel in protective suit unload body bags of victims of a ferry fire blaze at the port of Borac in Coron, Palawan province on September 12, 2026. The bodies of passengers

The spy agency released 71 declassified presidential briefings, with one showing it had thought Al Qaeda's plans were 'widely known' by extremists.

Rampant Yemeni fighters take control of island in narrow point of Bab al-Mandab strait, which Saudi is relying on for oil exports

Russia has for two weeks been carrying out almost constant attacks with faster jet-powered drones that have killed a number of Kyiv residents.

The West’s ‘eyes and ears’ in the West Bank targeted despite US pressure to curb attacks on Palestinians

Baghdad launches investigation, closes border after confirming strike came from Iraqi territory.

Pro-democracy activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan were found guilty of ‘incitement to subversion’ in controversial national security case

The largest outbreak, linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, sickened more than 12,000 people.

Nigeria’s parliament is suspending official visits to South Africa indefinitely over anti-immigrant protests targeting Africans

Philippine rescuers recovered 30 bodies from a burned-out ferry on Friday, raising the death toll from the blaze to 35, authorities said.

A fire at a nursing home in Chile that had previously violated regulations has killed 16 elderly residents and left others hospitalized, authorities said Saturday.

A key oil pipeline system in Saudi Arabia was struck by projectiles on Thursday, according to two US officials familiar with the matter.

Oil prices remain elevated amid worries that escalating tensions in the Middle East could further exacerbate supply disruptions

The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the second time this year in a widely flagged move on Thursday, hoping to tame an inflation rise driven entirely by higher energy costs from the Iran war.

An industrial facility caught fire in Novy Urengoy, a gas-producing city in northern Russia, following a drone attack, regional Governor Dmitry Artyukhov said on Wednesday, in the first such attack on the country's natural gas hinterland.

The legal US resident was never charged with a crime, but was deported due to her family links to terrorism.

Mokha's capture brings the Iran-backed group closer to controlling a key international shipping route.

The IDF said that what remains of the Ali al-Taher ridge, beneath which was Hezbollah’s last and most significant line of defense in southern Lebanon, is “nothing more than a sandbox.”
Algeria's president had previously called the gulf country a 'midget state' that was interfering in North Africa

The IMF said on Thursday the global economy had weathered the energy shock caused by the war in the Middle East better than feared and global economic output was still expected to expand by about 3% in 2026, but it cautioned that risks remained high.

Iran launched fresh attacks against US targets in the Middle East on Wednesday in retaliation for American strikes on Iranian oil tankers, dragging the foes deeper into war.

The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August.
Average temperatures across the U.S. soared to record heights between June and August in 2026, a new report found.
Norway bade its final farewell to Harald V on Wednesday as crowds lined the streets and foreign royals and leaders converged on Oslo for the funeral of the long-serving king, who was remembered as a popular monarch with a down-to-earth touch.

The investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been under way into other donations.

Serbian president dissolves parliament, calls snap elections for Oct. 25-