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A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake has struck eastern Indonesia, claiming two lives and causing widespread panic and significant damage across the Flores region. Authorities lifted an initial tsunami warning after monitoring showed no significant threat to coastal communities.
Eight illustrations by French artist Henri Matisse, valued at approximately £148,000, have been recovered by Brazilian police following their theft from a São Paulo library last December. A 44-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the case.
At least eight people have died and thousands were left stranded at Tokyo's Narita Airport after "unprecedented" record rainfall hit eastern Japan, particularly the Chiba prefecture. The deluge triggered emergency warnings, widespread flooding, power outages, and transport disruption.
French authorities have announced 420 arrests in connection with wildfires that have caused the most damage since World War Two, as the nation grapples with the role of human action and climate change in the blazes.
More than a million people have been evacuated across eastern China, including Shanghai, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall, causing widespread flooding, transport cancellations, and ongoing warnings for torrential rains across the region.
A state of emergency has been declared in British Columbia after the Bald Range wildfire forced more than 20,000 people from their homes and destroyed properties in communities including Summerland and Peachland.
Yinon Levy has been charged with reckless manslaughter over the July 2025 shooting of Odeh Hathaleen, who helped film the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land.
A 26-year-old Afghan man has appeared before an Athens court in connection with the death of Elisabeth Jane Ross, a Scottish aid worker whose body was found in a suitcase last month.
A mass funeral has taken place in Gaza City for 112 people, most of them women and children, whose bodies were recovered after a two-week excavation of a residential block struck by Israeli forces in November 2023.
A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree arson in connection with the largest of three wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of buildings and forced tens of thousands to evacuate near Spokane, Washington.
President Donald Trump has said he expects Greenland to come under American control before his term ends in January 2029, reviving a long-running dispute over the Arctic territory that has unsettled European allies and raised questions about Danish sovereignty.
Seattle police say a third person may have been involved in Sunday's fatal shooting at the Bite of Seattle festival, which left three people dead and at least four injured, including a young child.
Ukraine's president plans to press Nato allies for additional air defence systems at a summit in Ankara, following a series of deadly Russian missile strikes on Kyiv.
Super typhoon Bavi has made landfall across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, bringing winds of nearly 290km/h and prompting emergency evacuations, months after another super typhoon devastated the same region.
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