A smuggling boom in Gaza has inflated prices for essential goods while Israeli soldiers and middlemen profit, according to an AP investigation based on court documents and interviews with traders and officials.

Asian shares advanced Thursday with South Korea’s Kospi surging nearly 6%, buoyed by U.S. Treasury plans to expand government debt purchases that eased bond yield pressures across markets.

Four workers were killed when struck by a train at Shin-Kanuma Station north of Tokyo while performing herbicide spraying operations, prompting service suspension on the Tobu Nikko Line.

Edmonton Marathon organisers acknowledged their 2026 course was 674 metres too long, potentially affecting runners’ Boston Marathon qualification times and personal records.

A woman was killed by a falling tree during severe overnight storms across Germany, with at least two others injured and extensive damage reported in multiple regions.

Privacy advocates filed a consumer complaint asking Maryland’s attorney general to investigate data brokers accused of selling residents’ location data to federal immigration authorities in violation of state privacy law.

Two Belgian mountaineers missing since 1992 have been identified after their remains emerged from a melting Swiss glacier, officials announced Wednesday.

A new AI-assisted cybersecurity tool called Argo, developed by Atalanta, aims to defend critical infrastructure against cyber threats following a 2022 Russian attack on satellite communications in Ukraine and Europe.

Ukrainian drone crews launched long-range unmanned systems toward Russian targets, including a massive logistics warehouse near Moscow, as part of an expanded campaign to strike military and industrial sites deep inside Russia.