Iran's IRGC fires missiles at Jordan air base, 18 intercepted
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired a salvo of missiles at Jordan’s Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in the desert town of Azraq on Saturday, stri
Explosion at Sarmada weapons depot kills three, injures ten in Idlib
An explosion ripped through a weapons depot on the outskirts of Sarmada, a town in Syria’s north‑west Idlib Governorate, on Tuesday morning, killing three
Saudi airstrike on Al‑Jawf prison kills 17, wounds seven
Saudi Arabia’s air force struck a prison in the northern province of Al‑Jawf on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 17 and wounding seven more people, offic
Drone strike on North Kordofan courthouse kills 13, RSF blamed
A drone attack attributed to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the courthouse in Umm Ruwaba, North Kordofan, on Saturday killed an estimated 13 people, loc
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Russian drone and missile strikes kill five, damage Kyiv infrastructure
Russia’s air‑defence forces reported a fresh wave of attacks on Kyiv on Monday, as unmanned aerial vehicles and missile strikes hit at least 16 civilian si
Five Killed as Flying Doctors' Bo 105 Helicopter Crashes Near Long Lellang, Sarawak
A twin‑engine MBB Bo 105 helicopter operated by the Flying Doctors of Malaysia crashed on the morning of 8 September 2026 near the remote village of Long L
University of Iowa marching band member dies after collapse at season‑opening game
A 20‑year‑old third‑year student in the University of Iowa’s Hawkeye Marching Band died on Saturday after collapsing during the Hawkeyes’ season‑opening fo
UN declares famine in Sudan's Jebel Marra, warns 1.2 million at risk
Khartoum‑based authorities confirmed on 9 September that a famine has taken hold across Sudan’s Jebel Marra plateau in the Darfur region, where at least 20
Indonesia suspends nearly 2,000 free‑meal kitchens over missed safety registrations
Indonesia’s Food Agency announced on Monday that it has suspended almost 2,000 kitchens operating under the nation’s free‑meal programme because they faile
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Drone strike on North Kordofan courthouse kills 13, RSF blamed
A drone attack attributed to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the courthouse in Umm Ruwaba, North Kordofan, on Saturday killed an estimated 13 people, loc
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Five Killed as Flying Doctors' Bo 105 Helicopter Crashes Near Long Lellang, Sarawak
A twin‑engine MBB Bo 105 helicopter operated by the Flying Doctors of Malaysia crashed on the morning of 8 September 2026 near the remote village of Long L
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University of Iowa marching band member dies after collapse at season‑opening game
A 20‑year‑old third‑year student in the University of Iowa’s Hawkeye Marching Band died on Saturday after collapsing during the Hawkeyes’ season‑opening fo
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UN declares famine in Sudan's Jebel Marra, warns 1.2 million at risk
Khartoum‑based authorities confirmed on 9 September that a famine has taken hold across Sudan’s Jebel Marra plateau in the Darfur region, where at least 20
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Indonesia suspends nearly 2,000 free‑meal kitchens over missed safety registrations
Indonesia’s Food Agency announced on Monday that it has suspended almost 2,000 kitchens operating under the nation’s free‑meal programme because they faile
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Israel to Close UK Consulate in East Jerusalem Amid Sanction Retaliation
Israel announced on Thursday that it will shut the United Kingdom’s consular office in East Jerusalem, a move that follows a series of British sanctions im
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Two Renoir Paintings Stolen in Nighttime Heist at Cagnes‑sur‑Mer Museum
Police in the southern French town of Cagnes‑sur‑Mer confirmed on Tuesday that two paintings by Pierre‑Auguste Renoir – Jeune Femme au puits and Madame Col
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OpenAI claims proof of Navier‑Stokes existence and smoothness, experts skeptical
OpenAI announced on Monday that its research team believes it has produced a proof of the Navier‑Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of the seven
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