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Tens of thousands of travelers faced major disruptions after coordinated cable thefts paralyzed Spain’s high-speed rail system on Sunday evening through Monday morning, Anadolu Agency reported. Thieves stole low-value cables at four strategic locations along the Madrid-Seville line—areas deliberately chosen…

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned on May 5, 2025, after his coalition’s candidate, Crin Antonescu, finished third in the first-round presidential vote. Nationalist leader George Simion (38) won decisively with 40.96% of votes, nearly double his runoff opponent, pro-EU…

Syrian asylum applications in the European Union have dropped to their lowest level in over a decade, following the fall of President Bashar Assad, according to the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA). In February, Syrians filed approximately 5,000 asylum…

The number of fatalities from last week’s oil tanker explosion in southwest Pakistan has risen to 19, local authorities confirmed on Monday. The incident occurred on April 28 in Nushki district, Balochistan province, after an oil tanker caught fire near…

U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a 100% tariff on films produced outside the country, citing concerns over national security and the decline of America’s film industry, the BBC reported. Trump blamed foreign incentives for drawing productions abroad and called…

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University have identified key protein modifications linked to healthy aging across 107 mammalian species, from short-lived rodents to century-old whales, SciTech Daily reported. Published in Nature Communications, the study used a novel computational tool, PHARAOH, to analyze…

A recent poll by the Insa Institute for Bild am Sonntag reveals that 48% of Germans favor banning the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party after the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) classified it as a…

Valentina Gomez, a former Republican congressional candidate, sparked widespread outrage after disrupting a peaceful Muslim gathering in Texas and making openly anti-Islamic remarks. The incident occurred outside the Texas State Capitol, where Muslim community members had organized a peaceful event.…

The spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Shia Scholars Council, Seyyed Hossein Alami Balkhi, has renewed calls on the Taliban-led interim government to officially recognize the Jafari school of thought, describing it as a legitimate right for over ten million Shia Muslims in…

Publishers and creative industry representatives in the United Kingdom have raised concerns over potential delays in reforming copyright laws in response to artificial intelligence, The Guardian reported. The government has proposed conducting an economic impact assessment within 12 months of…