A wave of student protests in France, sparked by poor conditions in secondary schools and the government’s plans to cut the 2027 budget, has spiralled into violence and anarchy. Teachers are being beaten, police are attacked with firecracke
Ahead of celebrations marking 60 years of independence from the United Kingdom, Botswana's government has issued a permit to cull 23 elephants and other wildlife for non-commercial purposes. The decision was made by the country's Ministry o
A passenger Boeing 737 MAX operated by Fly Dubai, flying to Tel Aviv, transmitted code 7500 — the international signal for a hijacking or unlawful interference with a flight. According to Israeli media, there was no hijacking: the alert was
A large wildfire has broken out on the Croatian island of Dugi Otok, spreading through hard-to-reach terrain covered in dense scrub. According to Matej Rudić, head of the fire service in the city of Zadar, the flames are threatening residen
US President Donald Trump has said that once the US-Israeli coalition defeats Iran, he will declare the strategic Strait of Hormuz to be United States territory. "As soon as we beat Iran (…), pretty soon I'm going to declare the Strait of H
A powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Flores early on Friday morning, at around 5:00 a.m. local time (11:00 p.m. Prague time). Rescue teams are working to pull people from the rubble of buildings damaged by the main shock an
Starting in September, tenth-graders in Belarus — around 16 years old — will be required to complete a ten-hour course on operating unmanned aerial vehicles. This was reported by the BelTA news agency, citing Belarusian Deputy Education Min
Two drones crashed on Romanian territory on Friday — both incidents occurred in Tulcea County, near the border with Ukraine, the country's defence ministry reported based on emergency call data.The first drone came down near the village of
At a hastily convened hearing in federal court in Manhattan, Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, pleaded guilty. The plea resolves one of two criminal cases brought against him over the executive's deat
Jason Arday, whose name made headlines around the world over a plagiarism scandal and almost unbelievable fabrications in his own biography, was found unresponsive on Friday afternoon at his flat in the Battersea area of London.Paramedics w
Authorities in Spain and Morocco are bracing for a possible repeat of the mass migrant surge into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa, with a new attempt to breach the border expected as early as this weekend.Moroccan Interior Mini
Last December, Putin publicly criticized Western leaders for "whipping up hysteria" over the alleged threat posed by Russia. Yet shortly afterward, according to an American newspaper, he secretly convened his top military command and said t