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The explosion caused a two-storey building to collapse and the two people injured were rescued from an adjacent building, authorities said.

A 14-year-old boy was killed after a Russian drone tore into a 16-storey apartment block in Kyiv’s Pecherskyi district overnight on Friday 25 September 2026.

Pope raised existential questions about scientific progress, life and human rights during his opening speech to President Emmanuel Macron and diplomats at the Élysee Palace

During the two-year civil war in Tigray, the region was totally cut off from the outside world.

Similar evacuations were reported at more than a dozen universities throughout Moscow on Thursday, Russian media reported.

A gunman shot Jim Copenhaver twice while also killing another man and grazing Trump's ear with a bullet.

Wallace Pratt's journey began in 1921 when he stumbled upon the breathtaking McKittrick Canyon, igniting a passionate fascination with its natural features. He bought land in the area and raised two residences, one of which was Ship on the Desert. Following the passing of his first spouse, Pratt continued his conservation journey alongside Iris Calderhead, eventually donating 5,600 acres to the federal government.

The new product is now aimed at corporate customers, absorbing the separate version for home use.

Thousands of Hongkongers packed Victoria Park on Friday night to enjoy a dazzling display of lanterns celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Hong Kong Tourism Board has held its inaugural International Lantern Spectacular at the park in Causeway Bay, showcasing more than 3,000 designs from various countries and regions. Among those admiring the installations and taking photos was Ho Hon-kuen. Ho, a secondary school principal in his sixties, said it was a family tradition for him to visit the..

Zelensky held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly earlier in the week.

A powerful explosion in Athens’ historic Plaka district brought down a two-storey building near the Acropolis on Friday 25 September 2026, injuring at least two people. The cause remains under investigation, although a gas leak is suspected.

HK Electric customers are set to pay less for electricity in October after the Hong Kong supplier cut its fuel charge for the first time in four months, but it warned that international energy prices remained volatile. CLP Power, the city’s other electricity supplier, will raise its energy prices next month. HK Electric, which mainly supplies Hong Kong Island and Lamma Island, said on Friday that its fuel clause charge would fall by 1.4 HK cents to 59.3 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) in...

The pontiff delivered the warning on the first day of his trip to France on Friday.

Sept 25 - Pope Leo firmly set out the Catholic Church's opposition to assisted dying initiatives in a speech in France on Friday, two months after the country created a legal right to die for those with incurable illnesses after years of intense debate.

Turkey will gradually hand over the Bashiqa-Zilkan camp, where it has had troops since 2015, to the Iraqi government.

It is the latest rift between football leagues and Infantino, whose biggest projects have been seen as attacks on domestic football and were successfully resisted by a backlash from European officials.

Kynev is a veteran political consultant and independent elections expert who used to teach at the Higher School of Economics.