SHORTLY AFTER noon on Monday April 28th, Spain’s electricity grid suddenly and unexpectedly lost 15 gigawatts of power—equivalent to 60% of its national demand. The massive drop caused most of the country’s electricity system to shut down,…
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Israel says it struck gunmen attacking Syrian Druze after clashes
AFPGunmen at a funeral on Wednesday for people killed in clashes between Syria’s Druze community and security forces Israel’s military chief has said his force struck “operatives” who attacked civilians from the Druze community on the outskirts of…
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New Mideast Project Is Latest Trump Company Deal Tied to Foreign Government
The Trump Organization has agreed to a new Middle East golf course and real estate deal that involves a Qatari government-owned firm, two weeks before President Trump is set to travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on a state…
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Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill 12 overnight in Gaza, including kids
Israeli airstrikes on homes in central Gaza killed at least 12 people including children, Palestinian hospital workers said Wednesday, including two young brothers whose bodies arrived in pieces.
Israel…
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One injured in latest shooting in Brussels as city struggles with drug gang violence
A 19-year-old man was injured in a shooting in Brussels overnight, authorities said on Wednesday, adding to a spate of gun attacks in the Belgian capital in recent months.
Police were called to the Rue Ruysdael in city’s district of Anderlecht at 1 am and found the victim with a…
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IDF general Amir Avivi says Iranian port blast was a planned attack
In an interview with The Media Line, Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amir Avivi hinted at Israeli involvement in a recent chemicalstrike on Iranian rocket fuel, observing that “this attack was on fuel for ballistic rockets. So it makes sensethat this…
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Iran executes man accused of helping Israel kill Revolutionary Guards colonel | Iran
Iran has executed a 36-year-old man it accused of helping the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, kill a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in Tehran in 2022.
Iranian state media said Mohsen Langarneshin was…
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Millions take part in national earthquake drill across Mexico
Millions of residents in Mexico City and 10 other states evacuated buildings on Tuesday during a nationwide earthquake drill.
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Germany's new government vows tougher border controls once Merz takes office
The incoming German government of Friedrich Merz said it will tighten and expand border controls in an effort to combat irregular immigration.
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The race for Central Asia’s transport routes: Who will dominate the new Silk Roads?
With Europe searching for trade routes that bypass Russia, eyes have turned to the region.
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