Cuba’s power grid failed late on Sunday, causing another nationwide blackout, a state utility said in a social media post.

Firefighters worked to contain huge blazes in the US city of Spokane in the east of Washington state early yesterday after officials reported hundreds of structures had been reduced to cinders.

Ukrainian strikes on a Russian resort village and Moscow-annexed Crimea -- two summer destinations popular among Russian tourists -- killed six people, local officials said yesterday.

A group of 25 Democratic-led US states sued President Donald Trump’s administration yesterday, challenging the president’s latest round of tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners, according to the office of Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield.

Iran denied any negotiations were taking place with the United States after President Donald Trump said new talks were due to begin yesterday in an effort to end their war, now in its sixth month.

Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin -- who was recently detained outside Moscow and blocked from running for parliament -- said yesterday he had left the country, in a video posted from Paris.

More than eight years after Boeing organized the maiden flight of the 737 MAX 7, the aircraft has won certification, US authorities announced yesterday.

Israel yesterday voiced objections over a plan promoted by President Donald Trump to end the Gaza war, with a cabinet member seeking to tear it up, defying pressure to end strikes and begin pulling forces from the Palestinian territory.

Her meeting with an ICRC representative marks the first publicly known foreign access since the military seized power in 2021

Cuba's power grid failed Sunday, causing another nationwide blackout, a state utility said in a social media post

Trump says US intervening to prop up yen as sign of friendship

A suicide bomber has killed over a dozen people including police in an attack during a demonstration of citizens against militancy. More than 18 people were injured in the attack

The figures are significantly lower than those issued by Spain, which says at least 72 people died

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, according to the health ministry and the Egyptian Red Crescent

On Saturday, the US president pulled back from threats for a massive attack against Iran which he said would have been the biggest since World War II, saying the "perimeter" of a deal was there

A fast-moving wildfire neared the US city of Spokane on Saturday, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate as Washington state declared an emergency over one of its worst fire seasons on record.

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar yesterday announced the shutdown of the country’s sole nuclear power plant after record-low water levels in the Danube river forced its first halt in 44 years.

Rescuers recovered the body of renowned climber Nirmal Purja yesterday after an avalanche killed him and nine team members on one of the world’s highest peaks in northern Pakistan, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said.

An Indonesian ferry caught fire at sea yesterday, killing five people and leaving another 41 missing after some jumped overboard, search and rescue officials said.

Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza hit multiple residential buildings and killed at least nine people, authorities said yesterday, despite Hamas saying it agreed to the latest stage of a deal to end the war.