Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attended, via video conference, the ceremony installing the reactor vessel for the first power unit of Egypt’s El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant. The plant is being built by Russia’s state nuclear firm Rosatom under a 2015 agreement. El-Sisi called the project a “new page” in Egypt’s […]
Indonesia’s Semeru Volcano in East Java erupted, sending ash 2,000 meters into the air and triggering pyroclastic flows down its slopes. Authorities raised the alert level to its highest tier and warned residents to stay at least 8 kilometers from the crater. Semeru, standing 3,676 meters high, is among roughly 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, before his official meetings in Ankara. Zelensky laid a wreath at the site and signed the Anıtkabir Special Book alongside his delegation. He is in Türkiye to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and discuss developments related to the Russia-Ukraine War.
An 18-karat gold toilet created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan sold for $12.1 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York. The 101-kilogram piece, titled America, was purchased by an undisclosed collector. Cattelan has said the work satirizes extreme wealth in the United States. A second gold toilet he created in 2016 was stolen from […]
Ukraine says Russia carried out a large-scale overnight assault using 470 drones, 47 ballistic missiles, and one cruise missile. Ten people were killed in Ternopil and 37 injured, including 12 children. Kharkiv was also hit, injuring 46 people and damaging dozens of buildings and vehicles. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said energy and transport infrastructure in […]
Heavy rainfall in Vietnam has triggered new floods and landslides, raising the death toll to eight. Six people were killed last week when a bus was swept away, and two more deaths were confirmed after renewed flooding. Homes in central villages were inundated and hundreds of families evacuated. Schools were closed in Gia Lai Province, […]
The Times of Israel reports that US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to meet senior Hamas officials in Istanbul, led by Khalil al-Hayya, to discuss efforts to maintain the Gaza ceasefire. Witkoff is expected to reiterate the US demand that Hamas disarm as part of the agreement. If held, this will be Witkoff’s […]
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Ukrainian forces fired four U.S.-made ATACMS missiles at the city of Voronezh, all of which were intercepted by S-400 and Pantsir air defenses. Missile fragments damaged a geriatric center, an orphanage, and a house, but no casualties were reported. Russia said it then located the ATACMS launch systems in Ukraine’s […]
A house fire in Saganoseki, Japan’s Oita Prefecture, spread rapidly and burned 49 acres, killing one person and damaging more than 170 buildings. Strong winds fueled the blaze, forcing the evacuation of 170 residents from 110 households. Oita authorities requested support from Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, which deployed helicopters for firefighting and reconnaissance. Prime Minister Sanae […]
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 427–1 to require the Justice Department to release files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including records on his prison death. The Senate also approved the measure unanimously, sending the bill to President Donald Trump for signature. The legislation mandates the release of the documents within 30 days, allowing […]