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13 Sep 2026, 12:36 GMT

A ferry overturned in bad weather in Indonesia's Java Sea on Sunday, leaving about 130 passengers and crew missing, rescuers said. At least 107 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were recovered.

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13 Sep 2026, 12:16 GMT

Lithuania said that a perceived drone sighting in its airspace earlier on Sunday that prompted authorities to close Vilnius airport and NATO to summon at least one fighter jet turned out to be a flock of birds.

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13 Sep 2026, 09:08 GMT

State-run IRNA news agency quoted the Qeshm governor as blaming a "terrorist enemy" for an attack on a cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz. The governor also said the person killed was among the vessel's 10-member crew and that authorities had not yet identified the projectile.

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13 Sep 2026, 01:06 GMT

Swedes are voting in an election that will either bring a far-right party into government for ‌the first time or shift the country back toward the liberalism it has long been known for.

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12 Sep 2026, 16:40 GMT

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would "love" to see British-run Northern Ireland unify with Ireland, remarks made during a visit to Dublin that drew a sharp response from pro-British unionists in Northern Ireland.

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12 Sep 2026, 12:40 GMT Julia Frankel, Qassim Abdul-Zahra

Iraq’s government was racing Saturday to contain the fallout after local Iran-backed militias were accused of attacking and shuttering a key Saudi pipeline.

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12 Sep 2026, 08:00 GMT Mike Crawley

Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming U.S. midterm elections and why they're potentially crucial to how U.S. President Donald Trump wields power in his final two years in the White House.

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