A Bulgarian ship has been released after Swedish authorities cleared it of deliberately sabotaging an underwater cable in the Baltic Sea. NATO has moved to protect Baltic Sea cables amid concerns of Russian tampering. Swedish investigators have concluded that damage sustained by an underwater data cable beneath the Baltic Sea at the end of January was not a result of intentional sabotage and have released a suspected ship. The communications cable, which transmitted information between Sweden and Latvia for a Latvian broadcaster, was damaged on January 26 by a Maltese-flagged...

Syria's interim president visit to Saudi Arabia for his first international trip, could signal his government's strategy of moving away from Iran's sphere of influence. Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, landed in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first international trip since his rebel militant group ousted former President Bashar al-Assad in December. Al-Sharaa's trip to Riyadh is being widely seen as a sign of his government's interest in aligning itself more closely with the Gulf and away from Iran. Iran spend an estimated $30–50 billion in Syria to ensure...

The United States has conducted air strikes on IS targets in Somalia, President Donald Trump confirmed on social media. US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he ordered military airstrikes on a senior "Islamic State" attack planner and others from the terror network in Somalia. "These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies," Trump said on Truth Social. "The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians." The strikes were carried out in the...

The onslaught that saw the paramilitaries lose their lives was claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army, a group behind rising violence in Balochistan province that borders Afghanistan and Iran. Pakistani troops fought insurgents who set up roadblocks in the restive northwestern region of Balochistan, leaving 18 paramilitaries and 23 rebels dead, officials said on Saturday. Three other Pakistani soldiers were seriously wounded in some of the heaviest clashes in recent years.

Prolonged droughts and extreme winds fueled one of the worst wildfires to ever strike Los Angeles County. The fires are contained, but rebuilding the region will take many years and billions of dollars. Two of the largest deadly fires that broke out in Southern California more than three weeks ago have been fully contained, California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said late Friday. Containment means that the fires no longer pose a threat because the perimeters of that been brought under control by firefighters. The last remaining fires at...

Pop stars and survivors graced the stage at the FireAid benefit concert at two venues in California. The benefit aims to raise money for rescue efforts for the Los Angeles fires. Celebrities, first responders and others affected by the Los Angeles fires came together on Thursday at the FireAid benefit concert. The band Green Day kicked off the two-venue event, and were joined by singer songwriter Billie Eilish in their performance at the Kia Forum arena in Inglewood,California. "If I lose everything in the fire / I'm sending all my...