Category: 3. Middle East

Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia – Hopes for dozens of students feared trapped in rubble at a collapsed boarding school have turned to anguish as authorities shift their focus from rescue to recovery.

Suharyanto, the head of Indonesia’s National…

Indonesian authorities have deployed heavy machinery to shift massive sections of a collapsed school, with approximately 59 teenage students still unaccounted for,…

Israeli naval forces attacked an international aid flotilla bound for the besieged Gaza Strip and detained 223 activists on board, organizers said on Thursday, Anadolu reports.

The Global Sumud Flotilla shared on the…

As tensions between Russia and Europe continue to grow, Moscow has tried to present its ground war in Ukraine as unstoppable.

The Kremlin claimed last week to be in control of two-thirds of the buildings in Kupiansk, a city in Ukraine’s northern…

Here are the key events on day 1,316 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Wednesday, October 1, 2025:

Fighting

• Russia’s military seized 447 square…

Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen says that Europe is in a hybrid war waged by Russia, and Ukraine is first line of defence.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting with about 50 European leaders in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, to…

The organisers of the Global Sumud Flotilla, carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, said on Wednesday evening that the Israeli navy stormed six ships, assaulted activists, and arrested dozens as some vessels neared the…

Israeli Defence Minister Katz says anyone who stays in Gaza City will be considered ‘terrorists and terror supporters’.

At least 13 Palestinians have been killed in…

Bermuda deploys soldiers to secure infrastructure, clear roads and help at emergency shelters.

Hurricane Imelda’s core has moved over Bermuda, lashing the British…

Programme, which started after Korean War as a way of removing mixed-race children from society, violated human rights.

South Korea’s president has apologised for a…