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Russian strikes destroy Kherson's last working power plant equipment ahead of winter
A second overnight bombing raid in two days knocked out all remaining generating equipment at Kherson's main heat and power plant, and regional officials are now urging tens of thousands of residents to evacuate before the city's first winter without centralized heat.
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Malaysia's former PM Ismail Sabri charged with concealing $40 million in assets
Ismail Sabri Yaakob pleaded not guilty in a Kuala Lumpur court to hiding nearly $40 million in cash and gold from anti-graft investigators, becoming the third former Malaysian prime minister prosecuted in recent years — on a day when two other ex-premiers were separately in court on their own corruption cases.
WHO Declares Uganda's Ebola Outbreak Over After 42-Day Countdown
The World Health Organization and Africa CDC jointly declared Uganda's Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak over Thursday, three months after it began, even as a much larger and faster-growing outbreak of the same strain continues to spread in neighboring Congo.
Israel Weighs Expelling British, German and Italian Officials From Gaza Ceasefire Monitoring Center
A Financial Times report that Israel is considering removing British, German and Italian representatives from the U.S.-run Gaza coordination center follows Israel's expulsion of Dutch officials from the same body over a settlement-goods trade ban.
Ukraine strikes Russia's fourth-largest oil refinery in one of its largest drone waves yet
A coordinated overnight drone campaign knocked out Russia's fourth-largest oil refinery and destroyed a major logistics warehouse, as Kyiv pressed its two-year campaign against Moscow's fuel supply.
Flash flood kills at least 95, leaves hundreds missing on Nepal-China border
A sudden flash flood tore down the Bhotekoshi River from the Nepal-China border into Nepal's Rasuwa district on Wednesday, killing at least 95 people and leaving more than 400 missing — among them Indian pilgrims, foreign trekkers and hydropower workers — as scientists worked to determine what triggered one of the deadliest disasters to hit the Himalayan border region in years.
Rubio tells allies US is not planning new Iran strikes as pressure shifts to sanctions
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has informed foreign counterparts that Washington does not currently intend fresh military action against Tehran, favoring economic and maritime pressure instead.
Fire kills at least 14 newborns at Pakistan's top public hospital, prompting health secretary's dismissal
A blaze believed to have started in a faulty air-conditioning unit swept through the neonatal ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least 14 infants and prompting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to sack the federal health secretary within hours.
Nigeria Orders Rescue Operation After Video Shows Hundreds Seized From Mosque
President Bola Tinubu ordered a coordinated military and police operation after an armed group posted video that residents said showed roughly 600 people abducted from a mosque in Niger State, in a region that saw one of the country's largest hostage rescues just three weeks earlier.
Gang massacre in Haiti's Kenscoff kills at least 47, with dozens taken hostage
A coalition of armed gangs stormed a farming town in the hills above Port-au-Prince, killing at least 47 people — including inside a church sheltering the displaced — and abducting more than 50 others, the United Nations said, in one of the deadliest single attacks of Haiti's four-year gang crisis.
Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Passes 6,500 as Recovery Drags Into Its Third Month
The interim government's latest count, two months after twin quakes leveled parts of La Guaira state, shows a toll still rising while tens of thousands remain in displacement camps with little access to clean water or medical care.
Congo's Ebola outbreak becomes the deadliest on record
A one-week toll of more than 300 deaths has pushed the Bundibugyo-strain outbreak past Congo's worst previous Ebola epidemic, even as the first vaccine doses reach the outbreak zone.
Congo and M23 rebels agree roadmap to revive stalled peace talks
Diplomats from Switzerland, the United States, Qatar and the African Union say the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed AFC/M23 alliance have set new timelines for negotiations, even as fighting continues in the mineral-rich east.
Bangladesh tribunal orders three journalists held over questions asked at Hasina press conference
The International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka ruled Monday that Mozammel Babu, Farzana Rupa and Shyamal Dutta must remain in custody until trial, accusing them of provoking the deadly 2024 crackdown by asking ousted premier Sheikh Hasina a question about student protesters.
Indonesia intensifies aerial firefighting as peatland fires blanket Borneo and haze spreads into Malaysia
Forest and peatland fires across Kalimantan and Sumatra have burned tens of thousands of hectares and pushed Malaysian air quality to unhealthy levels, prompting school closures and a cross-border firefighting pact as Indonesia enters the peak of its dry-season fire season.
Sinaloa governor forced out again after 30-hour return, as violence and protests grip the state
Rubén Rocha Moya, the first sitting Mexican governor charged by U.S. prosecutors with drug trafficking, abandoned a surprise comeback bid after his own party revolted — leaving Sinaloa without a confirmed leader as gunmen killed at least eight people in a single day.
Treasury launches sweeping new sanctions campaign against Iran
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled sanctions on nearly 60 individuals, entities and vessels tied to Iran's oil, shipping, gold and cryptocurrency networks Monday, a campaign he called the country's economic D-Day.
Spain begins clearing Ceuta beach camp weeks after record migrant crossing
Spanish authorities moved more than 1,200 migrants from a makeshift camp on Ceuta's El Trampolín beach into new reception centres, nearly three weeks after roughly 72,000 people crossed from Morocco in the enclave's largest migration surge on record.
Chinese court sentences Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan to life in prison
A Shenzhen court sentenced the once-richest man in Asia to life imprisonment and ordered his assets confiscated over financial fraud that concealed the liabilities behind Evergrande's collapse, closing out the criminal phase of the reckoning with China's most indebted property developer.
Israel opens first criminal investigation into Gaza killing of Hind Rajab and 15 paramedics
The Israeli military's Military Advocate General ordered criminal investigations into the 2024 killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab and the 2025 killing of 15 Palestinian rescue workers in Rafah — the first such probes of the Gaza war — while closing three other cases involving aid workers without charges.