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An international airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh has been hit by a second strike in as many days, officials have said. A Saudi military spokesman said a projectile had hit King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, causing a fire in one of its passenger halls. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation …

A flash flood has washed away houses, bridges and damaged a hydropower project along a river in central Nepal. The army said on Sunday that it had rescued 49 people from flood affected areas, but five are still missing, the district’s top official confirmed. It is believed that the flood …

In early September, the White House stated it would not directly intervene in the Yemen conflict, but could provide intelligence support to the Saudis. It later confirmed that it was supplying intelligence and had deployed military experts to Saudi Arabia. However the situation may have taken a new turn following …

Three violent attacks at Polish schools this week were driven by the “glorification of violence” online, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. The attacks have left one woman dead and others injured, including children. “These are very often spontaneous actions inspired by online activity,” Tusk said on Sunday, during a crisis …

A major river in Nepal has flooded, sweeping away houses, bridges and damaging a part of hydropower station, authorities have said. Around 50 people have been rescued from along the bank of the Budhi Gandaki River in the central Gorkha district, the army confirmed. No casualties have been reported yet, …

Yandex confirmed on Telegram that its data centre in Vladimir had been damaged and that operations had been “completely suspended”, although it said it was working to restore connectivity. The other strikes against Yandex facilities were on Thursday in Sasovo and Friday in in Kaluga, south-west of Moscow, causing problems …

Pope Leo XIV has announced he will be operated “in the coming days” after a nodule was found on his lung during a medical check up. “The doctors found an early, well-localised nodule on my lung,” he told the public during his weekly Sunday prayers in St Peter’s Square in …

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At least 12 have been killed and hundreds injured in strikes on the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, officials have said. UK nationals were told to avoid the airport earlier in the day after the missiles strikes were reported. The British embassy in Riyadh issued the advice …

Flash flooding has destroyed homes along a river in the central part of Nepal, with residents being evacuated by helicopter. It comes as the country is still recovering from August’s devastating flood along the Nepal-China border in which more than 1,400 people were killed and thousands of others are missing. …

Police had refused permission for the protest to take place at Jantar Mantar, a landmark in the Indian capital, and the city was in a virtual lockdown to prevent the protesters from reaching the venue. At least 45 metro stations were shut and Delhi’s main railway stations were shut with …

The US justice department (DoJ) has said it is investigating several television networks over whether they broke federal competition laws when they recently suspended pool coverage of President Donald Trump. Last month, five networks temporarily suspended presidential coverage for several days in response to the Trump administration withdrawing the credentials …

Protesters were heard slamming on bus windows following their detention during an anti-government demonstration called by The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in Delhi. The CJP shared a video on social media showing its founder Abhijeet Dipke being detained with other leaders shortly after landing in the capital. The movement started …

Hpa-An is the latest to be caught in a dragnet that’s already ensnared an estimated 100,000 young recruits over the past two-and-a-half years – many of them via coercion, extortion and abductions. “Security forces track young people’s movements to arrest them, force them into service under the pretext of statutory …

US President Donald Trump has called for new leadership in Ukraine, criticising President Volodymyr Zelensky for striking Russian oil refineries. “It’s time for Ukraine to get a new president” he told reporters. On Friday Trump announced a deal with Moscow to import Russian diesel, a deal Zelensky described as “a …

Four people have died and hundreds of thousands are without power after Hurricane Isaias battered parts of the southern US with powerful winds and heavy rain. Officials reported two deaths each in the states of Alabama and Florida, which included people who were killed after trees fell on their houses. …

A team of researchers are on their way to a remote island to inspect what they think could be the wreckage of famed aviator Amelia Earhart’s plane. The group, from the US-based Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) and Purdue University, are expected to arrive at Nikumaroro Island in the Pacific Ocean …

US death row inmate Christa Pike has been discharged from hospital following her botched execution at the end of last month, her lawyers have said. The 50-year-old murderer has been returned to the prison where she has spent the last 30 years, according to a statement from her lawyers on …