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Rama has been touring some of the damaged buildings and blaming Sali Berisha for instigating chaos. “All of this is the work of the very same hand – the hand that has gripped the Albanian opposition by the throat, the hand that has burned and destroyed Albania more than once, and is now prepared to […]

A bipartisan group of US senators has signed a letter demanding an urgent investigation into reported disruptions to SpaceX’s Starlink internet network in Ukraine. Starlink is a vital tool allowing Kyiv to guide drones to Russian targets and protect its own skies, but on Tuesday night Ukraine said it unexpectedly restricted how fast drones could […]

The BBC has witnessed Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and set fire to olive trees in the occupied West Bank. About a dozen settlers dressed in black charged down a hill near an outpost – illegal under international law – to a field where Palestinians and activists were harvesting olives. They torched about a dozen trees […]

A father whose two-year-old boy fell to his death at a five-star hotel in Cyprus has been fined 3,000 euro (£2,500). Joshua Foster thought the window was closed when he placed the boy on a sill to show him the view of a waterpark and “lost control” of him, Paphos District Court previously heard. The […]

Trump’s comments about Zelensky, during an interview with US outlet Newsmax, indicate the deteriorating relationship between the US and Ukraine. “Zelensky is not a good guy for us to deal with,” Trump said. “He doesn’t want to settle. He says he wants to settle, but he doesn’t,” he added. “I’m not a big fan of […]

So-called assisted transits were a key factor in helping drive oil flows from the Middle East back towards pre-war levels in September. This does not include Iranian exports which have completely stalled as a result of the US blockade of Iranian ports and ships. Martin Kelly, CEO of Orbital Risk Intelligence, said Iran has “evolved […]

“We have several examples of people who got eight years in prison when they crossed the [Russian] border,” says Andrei Pivovarov, from Russia’s exiled opposition Anti-War Committee. And deportations are taking place from Europe too. His organisation has changed its advice to dissidents escaping Russia: the EU is no longer safe, it is better to […]

As America’s midterm elections approach, the data centres powering America’s AI expansion are becoming a political flashpoint. A new proposal in Washington would require them to cover the additional electricity infrastructure costs they create. President Donald Trump champions their expansion, and supporters point to investment and America’s technological future. But Arizona’s attorney general has called […]

Federal authorities say they are investigating “potentially hazardous” letters containing “suspicious substances” that have been sent to congressional and state election offices around the US. The FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) said they were trying to trace the “suspicious mailings”, some of which were intercepted before they were received. Authorities declined to […]

Dream rock band Fathom travelled roughly 700km across Australia to play nine shows, setting a new Guinness World Record for most concerts performed in 12 hours across multiple cities. In order to beat the record, venues needed to be at least 50km apart in cities populated by more than 15,000 people, with half of the […]