There is no planned date for a complete restoration of the connection, Deputy Interior Minister Ali Akbar Pourjamshidian said on state television on Wednesday, He is also secretary of the National Security Council, which has accused "arch enemies" Israel and the United States of numerous "acts of terrorism" committed across the country on the nights of January 8 and 9. This was a continuation of the "imposed war" of June 2025, the council claimed.
On Monday, more than 18 hours after a high-speed train carrying about 300 Madrid-bound passengers derailed and collided with an oncoming train, people across the country were still scrambling to make contact with missing loved ones caught up in Spain's worst rail disaster in more than a decade. A relative reacts outside an emergency centre. Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters Juan Barroso said five members of his extended family had been among the nearly 200 people heading from Madrid to the southern city of Huelva by train.
Spanish police said Monday that at least 39 people died in the high-speed train collision Sunday in southern Spain and rescue efforts were continuing. The collision occurred when the tail end of a high-speed Iryo train travelling between Malaga and Madrid with some 300 passengers went off the rails near the municipality of Adamuz in Cordoba province at 7:45pm local time (6.45pm GMT).
The train was travelling from Bangkok to Thailand's northeast when it derailed after a construction crane fell on to it. At least 22 people have been killed after a construction crane fell on a passenger train in northeast Thailand. The accident took place on Wednesday morning in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, 230km (143 miles) northeast of Bangkok. The train was headed from the Thai capital to Ubon Ratchathani province.
Ukraine's top general said that for the first time in the war, its drones are killing or seriously wounding Russia's soldiers as fast as it can get new troops into the field. Drones are the top battlefield threat, responsible for the most casualties in this war. Ukraine relies heavily on them, especially the cheap first-person-view drones, as solutions to its manpower and equipment shortages.
Seven US service members were injured during the covert raid to apprehend Nicolás Maduro over the weekend, a defense official told Business Insider on Tuesday, sharing the latest update on their condition. Five of the wounded troops have already returned to duty, while two others are still recovering from their injuries, the official said. "They are receiving excellent medical care and are well on their way to recovery," they said.
Live updatesLive updates, Russian attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhia region kills at least one and injures three, according to its governor. At least one person has been killed and three injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine's Zaporizhia region, including the city of Zaporizhzhia, according to its governor. Ukrainian overnight drone attacks hit Moscow and sparked an industrial fire in the Tula region, which lies directly south of the Russian capital, regional authorities say.
One clip broadcast on Australian television and shared on social media shows an unarmed man walking up behind one of the suspected gunmen, who was shooting a long gun, and then grabbing him around the neck. The civilian appears to wrestle and disarm the gunman, who falls to the ground before walking away. The man then points the gun at the alleged shooter and then raises his hand in the air.
(AP Photo/Steven Senne) A person who is being described by authorities as someone of interest in connection with the deadly shooting at Brown University was taken into custody Sunday morning At a news conference early Sunday, Oscar Perez the chief of police in Providence, RI confirmed that a person is in custody and that no one else is currently being pursued. We have detained someone of interest, Perez said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that a joint operation involving Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency, and the Israel Border Police had begun "in the area of northern Samaria," using the Israeli biblical term for part of the West Bank. "IDF and ISA forces will not allow terrorism to take root in the area and are acting proactively to thwart it," the IDF said in a statement on X.
All three people who were unaccounted for after a deadly fire at a home in Brampton, Ont., have been located two of them dead and the third safe, police said Monday. Peel Region police and Ontario's fire marshal's office gave an update on the ongoing investigation into the Thursday morning blaze that destroyed a home and prompted the evacuation of several others nearby.
Police were investigating the explosion outside Delhi's historic Red Fort that killedeight people, with authorities focusing on the final movements of the vehicle allegedly involved. Police said the explosion occurred around 7pm on Monday evening outside the Red Fort metro station, a peak time when Delhi's old city is usually packed with people, bustling markets and heavy traffic. Delhi police commissioner Satish Golcha said the explosion took place after a slow moving vehicle stopped at a red light outside the metro station.
