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Ukrainian attack drones reportedly struck a data center belonging to Russian social media giant VK, sparking a fire and disrupting the platform's network, according to open-source intelligence accounts tracking the war. The claim has not been independently confirmed.
The Vatican released the first images of Pope Leo XIV since his lung cancer surgery, showing him celebrating Mass at Rome's Gemelli Hospital. The photos drew reactions from major news outlets and well-wishers worldwide, though the full details of the pope's condition remain unverified.
The Milwaukee Brewers completed a four-game sweep of the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers to win the National League pennant. The franchise will appear in the World Series for the first time in forty-four years.
UK Defense Secretary Wes Streeting is in Washington to meet with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, seeking answers on a Starshield service lapse that endangered Ukrainian forces and positioning Britain as a mediator between the Trump administration and Kiev.
Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro returned to a New York federal courtroom Thursday to face a rewritten drug trafficking indictment that now includes a new torture allegation, according to Reuters. The charge has ignited a firestorm of reaction across conservative and independent media.
Syrian General Intelligence has arrested Ali Kayali, also known as Mihrac Ural, the Turkish-born leader of the pro-Assad militia Syrian Resistance, as he attempted to cross the border, according to multiple foreign outlets. Next News Network could not independently verify the arrest.
Ukraine's president says Kyiv is 'done' with the energy ceasefire and is restarting attacks on Russian oil refineries, while accusing Washington of pulling back intelligence and Starlink support critical to Ukraine's defense.
Ukrainian officials and the accounts carrying the story say Starlink speed caps killed drone connectivity during a Russian missile attack, while Germany puts a former Ukrainian officer on trial over the Nord Stream blasts — the two stories colliding on the same morning.
Somaliland's government and citizens are celebrating after President Trump acknowledged the breakaway republic as 'a totally different country' from Somalia, with U.S. flags and Trump's image projected onto buildings in the capital of Hargeisa.
Two leaders of India's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party were ordered held five days in Delhi's Tihar prison after scaling barricades at a historic protest site, a move the party and its backers are calling political retaliation.
Beijing froze the assets of Paraguay's communications minister and Belize's foreign minister for their countries' ties to Taiwan. The State Department called it 'coercion and aggression,' and both nations told China where to go.
Loud booms were reported in Dhahran near Saudi Aramco's headquarters and in Saudi Arabia's Sharqiya region, according to accounts citing multiple sources, hours after the Houthis published a map identifying potential targets in Riyadh. Next News Network could not independently verify the reported explosions.
