Abdiwahab Ahmed

Authorities in Cuba scrambled to restore electricity across the island on Monday after the country suffered a second nationwide blackout in under a week, a failure officials blame on aging infrastructure and a US oil blockade that has tightened fuel supplies. While sections of Havana reported the return of power, other neighborhoods remained without electricity a day after the energy ministry said the nation’s electrical system experienced a "total disconnection" in the country of nearly 10 million residents. Energy and…

A blistering heatwave that swept the western half of the United States has pushed eastward into the country’s heartland, delivering unusually warm conditions to locations that were at or below freezing only a week earlier. According to the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center, dozens of cities from California to Colorado logged their highest March temperatures on record. New March highs recorded yesterday included 33.3C in both Kansas City, Missouri, and North Platte, Nebraska, the agency said. Beyond those…

Police have launched an investigation into an anti‑Semitic hate crime after four ambulances operated by the Jewish Community Ambulance service were apparently set alight in London, the Metropolitan Police said. Officers were dispatched to Highfield Road in Golders Green at about 1.45am today following reports of a fire, the force added. The Metropolitan Police confirmed the incident is being treated as an anti‑Semitic hate crime, and the London Fire Brigade said there were no reported injuries. Superintendent Sarah Jackson,…

Explosions echoed across Tehran early Monday as Israel launched another wave of strikes on Iran, even as the Tehran government threatened retaliatory attacks on critical infrastructure across the Gulf — a confrontation that has pushed energy markets into their worst crisis in decades. Iranian media reported blasts in the capital, while authorities in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates said they intercepted incoming missiles and drones. International Energy Agency director Fatih Birol said at least 40 energy assets…

Beginning tomorrow, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will be reassigned to U.S. airports in a bid to ease mounting delays at security checkpoints, officials said, a rapid response to a budget impasse linked to President Donald Trump's mass deportation policy. Mr Trump announced the unusual deployment in a social media post early today, setting federal officials scrambling to finalize an implementation plan on short notice. Tom Homan, the president's senior border aide, told CNN that ICE personnel would be moved…

A major diplomatic and economic pivot is unfolding in Nairobi as France convenes more than 2,500 corporate leaders from 55 African countries for a two-day summit aimed at responding to the fallout from the United States-Israeli war and stabilizing a continent shaken by global shocks. The common goal: new perspectives on innovation, new business directions in the context of geopolitical threats. Based on Africa's untapped natural resources and human capital, communicating clearly with business executives and political…

Israel's strikes on Syrian army positions drew sharp rebukes from Saudi Arabia and Turkey, with Riyadh labeling the operations "aggression" and Ankara urging the international community to intervene to halt what it called a dangerous escalation. Israel's military said it carried out strikes in southern Syria on Thursday in response to what it described as attacks targeting the Druze community in Sweida province. This was not the first time Israel has struck inside Syria amid sectarian bloodshed; last year it launched…

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For Kyiv, Tehran has become a belligerent power. Over the past four years of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Iran has supplied Moscow with thousands of Shahed kamikaze drones — weapons responsible for killing hundreds of Ukrainian civilians and wounding thousands more. At first glance, a US war with Iran — a partner of Russia — and resultant regime change in Tehran might be expected to strain US-Russian ties and indirectly help Ukraine’s cause. Yet that rupture has not occurred, even after Russian President Vladimir Putin…

An outbreak of meningitis in Kent has seen its confirmed case count fall as a mass vaccination and antibiotic campaign for young people entered a fourth day. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said confirmed infections have been revised down from 23 to 20 following additional laboratory testing announced this morning. Suspected cases currently under investigation also decreased, dropping from 11 to nine, bringing the combined total to 29 — down from 34 reported yesterday. Nineteen of the 20 confirmed infections have been…