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Seven missing off Romania after latest Black Sea drone attacks

Romania reported seven people missing on Thursday after two drone attacks on ships in the Black Sea, where several vessels have been hit recently in suspected fallout from the Ukraine war. The attacks are the latest in a series off the coast of Romania and neighbouring Bulgaria in recent weeks. Writing on X after a […]

Haze turns Indonesia skies orange, shuts schools in East Timor

Thick haze turned the skies in Indonesia’s Palangkaraya apocalyptic shades of yellow and orange on Thursday, reducing visibility to a few dozen metres as wildfires cause a regional air pollution crisis. Kuala Lumpur topped monitoring site IQAir’s ranking of the most polluted major global cities by Thursday, followed closely by Singapore, and with Indonesia’s Medan […]

EU leaders clash over budget as spectre of French elections looms

EU leaders locked horns Thursday over the bloc’s next long-term budget as they kicked off talks in Brussels under pressure to seal a deal before several high-stakes elections next year, most crucially in France. The 27-nation European Union wants an agreement by Christmas, worried that any future dealmaking will be derailed by potential eurosceptic wins […]

Crowds build as Albanian PM tours protest aftermath

Protesters and police clashed in Albania’s capital for a third straight day on Thursday, when the prime minister toured the aftermath of demonstrations that left government buildings badly damaged. Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators who were marching along several main roads around Tirana on Thursday morning, while protests spread to other […]

‘No place to breathe’: life in Indonesia’s fire epicentre

Irvan Maulana has struggled with shortness of breath and a cough as wildfire smoke cloaks the Indonesian city of Palangkaraya. But he is a doctor, and patients keep arriving.”I’ve been sick, I’ve been short of breath, I’ve had a cough too, but because I must provide care… I just carry on,” the 28-year-old told AFP […]

China-North Korea bridge opens, 12 years late

North Korean trucks festooned with flags and flowers trundled towards China on Thursday as a new bridge between the countries opened, allowing the isolated nation to ramp up trade with its huge neighbour. Nuclear-armed North Korea is largely cut off from the world, and China — and lately also Russia — provides vital economic, diplomatic […]

‘Can’t sleep’: Spain’s housing crunch upends lives

At 38, Nadinne Fillol has a job, a partner and hopes of having children. Yet Spain’s housing crisis has left her sharing a flat in Madrid with three other people — and doubting whether she will ever be able to afford a home of her own to start a family.”There’s no realistic way for me […]

School roof collapse kills teacher, 27 children in NW Pakistan

Twenty-seven pupils and a teacher were killed on Thursday after a roof collapsed at a school in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, a hospital official said. Asim Khan from Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital confirmed the toll to AFP, adding that over 30 people were injured, with six believed to be in a critical condition. A […]

Pope has ‘good night’ in hospital: Vatican

Pope Leo XIV had a “good night” in hospital and has eaten breakfast as he recovers from lung cancer surgery, the Vatican said Thursday.”The pope had a good night in the hospital. He got up and had breakfast,” the Vatican said in a short statement on Telegram. The 71-year-old leader of the world’s 1.4 billion […]