A train carrying 186 passengers derailed in northwest France on Friday, injuring 44 people, one of them seriously, officials said.

Yemen's Houthi forces have seized strategic Perim Island in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, escalating a conflict that is increasingly putting pressure on the United States, threatening Gulf oil shipments and pushing global crude prices above $100 a barrel.

Brazil's Federal Police are formally investigating Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, a presidential candidate, over alleged money laundering and corruption linked to his ties with former banker Daniel Vorcaro, according to documents released Friday by the Supreme Federal Court.

The BRICS Business Forum 2026 was held in New Delhi on Friday, with discussions focusing on strengthening supply chain resilience, agricultural produce and agritech innovation, trade in services, and the digital economy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Saturday for the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi at the invitation of Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi.

European competitiveness and investment were in focus at the Riga Conference on Friday, as policymakers, diplomats, business leaders and technology experts discussed the EU's economic challenges two years after the Draghi report.European Commissioner for Economy Valdis Dombrovskis joined the

Two days after the four-hour air traffic outage caused by the flight processing system of UK's National Air Traffic Services, some tired passengers were still dragging heavy luggage on their delayed journey at London Heathrow Airport.At Terminal 5 of UK's largest airport and one of the

Terrorism has become more fragmented and diffuse, with technology reshaping the threat environment, a UN counter-terrorism official said Friday.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, four Yemeni government sources told the Reuters news agency, moving to tighten their grip on a vital global shipping route in the widening Middle East war.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted Java, Indonesia at 2123 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

Norway's Princess Astrid, an elder sister of the late King Harald V, died Friday at the age of 94, the Royal House announced.King Haakon VIII paid tribute to his aunt's decades of service, highlighting her dedication to caring for vulnerable people and promoting inclusion. "Aunt Astrid was an

Twelve people were killed and 20 others injured in a collision involving a logging truck, a minibus and a passenger car in the Kholmogory District of Russia's Arkhangelsk region, the regional health ministry said Friday."

The China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), running September 9-13, is an event attracting journalists from both China and the world. What stories are they looking for and what are their first impressions of this year's fair? Let's hear their views from Beijing. (Produced by Ma Yunzhe and Yao Yuan)

Rescuers recovered 30 bodies on Friday from a ferry that caught fire in Palawan province of the Philippines on Wednesday, bringing the total death toll to 35, with 54 people still missing, said the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).Footage released by the PCG shows the passenger ferry heavily charred,

Rescuers head out to sea by boat to conduct a search and rescue operation in Pandeglang, Banten Province, Indonesia, Sept. 11, 2026.A speedboat carrying eight people, including five journalists, lost contact on Monday while covering the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait.