Eleven people have died after a civilian aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in the town of Tomblaine in eastern France, local officials said. The pilot and all 10 passengers were killed, including five instructors and five people who were preparing to skydive for the first time. The plane, which was being used by a parachutist school,…
new video loaded: Battling a Deadly Ebola Outbreak in Eastern Congo transcript Back transcript Battling a Deadly Ebola Outbreak in Eastern Congo At the heart of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, health care workers are racing to open new treatment centers and ramp up testing. But after years of war, the…
The U.S. military attacked a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday, killing two people and raising the death toll to at least 182 in the campaign against people the United States accuses of smuggling drugs at sea. Gen. Francis L. Donovan of the Marine Corps, the head of the Southern Command, ordered the…
MILAN — NATO’s eastern flank readiness remains uneven despite major financial commitments, as persistent mobility and decision-making vulnerabilities threaten rapid troop movements during wartime, a new report found. The findings were highlighted in the 2026 Annual Battle Readiness on the Eastern Flank, published last week by the Bratislava-based think tank Globsec. The report used what…
Shorouk Express Germany is sending soldiers to strengthen Poland’s eastern border with Belarus and Russia, multiple media reported on Saturday. Several dozen German soldiers will join Poland’s East Shield from April 2026, with the mission initially running until the end of 2027, Deutsche Welle reported, citing Berlin’s defense ministry. German troops will focus on engineering…
Shorouk Express Spain’s state weather agency Aemet has issued several alerts warning of the “extraordinary danger” posed by heavy rains and flooding as Storm Alice sweeps across Valencia, Alicante, Murcia and the Balearics. An orange weather alert is in place this Thursday October 9th in the coastal parts of the Valencia region as well as…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Nigel Farage has accused Romanians in Britain of eating swans in parks across the country in his latest attack on migrants living in the…
Shorouk Express Fifty years ago, on the 1st August 1975, the signing of the Helsinki Accords, recognised the inviolability of the borders established after the Second World War. As we know, the Helsinki order lasted approximately fifteen years. The Soviet Union ceased to exist, and the countries of Eastern and Central Europe, which had been…
