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More than 180,000 customers in San Juan and surrounding areas face 48-hour water cutoffs on an alternating schedule starting Friday as a severe drought and aging … Read more
Puerto Rico faces a deepening water crisis as authorities prepare an executive order for a drought emergency. Widespread 48-hour water rationing begins Friday for more than … Read more
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski warned that President Karol Nawrocki’s attempts to reshape Poland into a presidential republic are unrealistic and doomed to fail if he … Read more
Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on geographic coordinates for a new shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, raising hopes for a regional shipping … Read more
The Ministry of External Affairs announced on Thursday that Devesh Uttam has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Federal Democratic Republic of … Read more
Authorities defused an explosive device attached to a drone found near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport early Wednesday. The incident disrupted freight and … Read more
Russian missile strikes on the Kyiv region killed 17 people and wounded dozens on August 5, 2026, after Ukrainian air defenses failed to intercept any of … Read more
German authorities are investigating a drone carrying an unknown explosive device found near a Ukrainian aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Tuesday night. The incident, which triggered … Read more
A major solar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, providing a rare celestial event for observers across Europe, North Africa, and the Arctic. While … Read more
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi forces claimed on Wednesday that they launched missile attacks against two Saudi oil tankers, targeting one vessel off the coast of the Red … Read more
NATO fighter jet scrambles along its eastern flank increased by more than 250% between July 25 and July 26, 2026, according to the Allied Joint Force … Read more
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on August 5, 2026, killed one person and injured 11, according to the Lebanese health ministry, marking one of the deadliest … Read more