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Fifteen people, including 14 women, have been killed in a car bomb attack on a vehicle transporting agricultural workers in northern Syria, first responders say. Another 15 women were wounded by the blast on the outskirts of the city of Manbij, east of Aleppo, according to the Syria Civil Defence. …

A woman has died in Australia and thousands have been forced to flee their homes after torrential rainfall has caused flooding in northern Queensland. Authorities are warning that flood waters could rise up to second-storey level in a situation they described as dangerous and life-threatening. Click here to join our …

The black boxes for a commercial flight that crashed into a military helicopter in Washington DC have been located, as questions mount about staffing and other close calls at the airport where the plane was landing. Normally two people manage air traffic control for helicopters and airplanes flying in the …

A man who recently returned to Pakistan with his family from the United States has confessed to killing his teenage daughter over objections to her TikTok videos, police confirmed to the BBC. Anwar ul-Haq, a US citizen, admitted to shooting his 13- or 14-year-old daughter, Hira Anwar, in the southwestern …

A man who sparked violent protests after burning a Quran has been shot dead in Sweden, according to local media reports. Salwan Momika, 38, was reportedly murdered in a house in Södertälje, Stockholm on Wednesday night. Riots erupted after Momika burned the holy book of Muslims, the Quran, outside a …

An American Airlines plane has collided with a helicopter in mid-air in Washington DC, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The accident occurred while approaching Reagan Washington National Airport Road at around 9 p.m. local time. The relevant authorities are investigating the cause of the accident. The plane crashed into the …

US President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of an immigration detention center at the Guantanamo Bay prison that he said would house up to 30,000 people. He said the facility at the US Navy base in Cuba, which will be separate from its high-security military prison, will house “the …

By: BBC A Ukrainian drone attack has hit Russia’s second oil refinery in a week. Social media users posted images of flames rising into the sky near the Lukoil company’s depot in Kstovo. Ukraine says its forces successfully hit an oil refinery in the Russian town of Kstovo, about 800 …

In 2024, cybersecurity company Surfshark documented 116 instances of internet disruptions worldwide, with Kenya being one of the affected nations. According to Surfshark’s latest report, all of these disruptions were intentional and politically driven. The year began with 53 ongoing internet restrictions, and by the end of 2024, 63 new …

Chinese startup DeepSeek’s AI assistant became the top-rated free app on Apple’s U.S. App Store on Monday, overtaking OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The app is powered by the DeepSeek-V3 model, which its creators claim rivals the most advanced closed-source AI models worldwide. It has quickly gained popularity among U.S. users since its …