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A tanker exploded in Nigeria’s southern Ondo state on Monday, burning eight people to death, the road safety agency said. The tanker was carrying gasoline and exploded while the victims were trying to extract the much sought-after fuel, according to Ezekiel Sonallah, head of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ondo. Sonallah said the driver […]

A Swedish development company has revealed its plan to build a city made entirely out of wood.  “Sweden is progressive when it comes to wood construction,” Annica Anäs, the CEO of Atrium Ljungberg, told The Economist, “but I don’t see any reason why it shouldn’t work elsewhere.” “Stockholm Wood City” will reportedly be located in […]

A suspected gas explosion rocked South Africa’s largest city on Wednesday, leaving at least 1 person dead and dozens injured. Authorities in Johannesburg are investigating the cause of an explosion that resulted in the death of a man whose body was found by firefighters underneath a vehicle.  In addition to the man’s death, at least […]

Russian authorities have accused Ukraine of launching a drone attack on its capital city of Moscow early Monday, with one of the drones landing near the Defense Ministry’s main headquarters. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed the military jammed the two attacking drones, forcing them to crash into two non-residential buildings. Local Russian media reported one fell […]

Israel’s parliament on Monday voted in favor of a judicial reforms bill supported by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that has ignited mass protests. The Reasonableness Standard Bill, part of a judicial reform package, passed along a 64-0 vote after members of the opposition left the Knesset hall once the voted started.  Netanyahu, who was released […]

The United Nations has started conversations with North Korea for the return of American soldier Travis King, who was detained in the county last week after he ran across the Koreas’ heavily armed border, according to the deputy commander of the U.N. Command. Gen. Andrew Harrison said Monday that the well-being of Pvt. King, who […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 73, was released from the hospital Monday morning following an emergency heart procedure as tens of thousands of demonstrators held rival rallies ahead of a key vote on the government’s judicial overhaul plan. Netanyahu’s sudden hospitalization for the implant of a pacemaker came ahead of Monday’s vote in Parliament that […]

JERUSALEM — Amid President Biden’s pledge to Israel President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday that America’s commitment to the security of the Jewish state is “ironclad,” a new think tank report reveals the U.S. has declined to designate a number of Iranian-backed entities as terrorist organizations. Just weeks ago, Israel deployed nearly 2,000 troops to root out Palestinian terrorists […]

Spain is awaiting the results of a general election that could see a coalition of conservative and right-wing parties beat the Socialists. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of the Spanish Socialists Workers Party is trying to win a third consecutive national election since taking power in 2018. But his Socialists and the other party in his […]

Nearly 20,000 people have been evacuated from a Greek island as wildfires continue raging for the sixth day. Travel agencies in Europe have canceled flights to Rhodes as of Sunday as thousands of residents and vacationers flee the island to avoid the wildfires. Police on the island said 16,000 people were evacuated by land and […]