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The death toll in a school shooting in Thailand's Nonthaburi Province on Friday morning has risen to seven, authorities said.
A Russian citizen was detained in Louisiana with 358.14 kg of methamphetamine, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The drug batch became one of the largest in the state's history.
A total of 29 people, including 10 policemen and two civilians, were killed during a gunfight between security operatives and suspected bandits in Nigeria's northwestern Kebbi State, police said Tuesday. Seventeen bandits were killed after security operatives intercepted the gunmen, who were riding motorcycles, near Rafin Makuku on Monday evening; some gunmen fled wounded and four motorcycles were disabled.
Cameras at Leipzig airport captured a drone carrying explosives striking the wing of an aircraft, where fuel tanks are typically located, according to German newspaper Die Zeit.
At least 11 people were killed in three separate shootings across South Africa's Cape Town metropolitan area, according to police.
The Hind Rajab Foundation filed a criminal complaint in Vietnam against Israeli reservist Matan Jerafi over alleged war crimes and genocide in Gaza and southern Lebanon, calling on Vietnamese authorities to detain and investigate him over destruction of civilian property and public calls for Palestinian displacement.
Two people were killed and more than 20 injured in a shooting at a school in Thailand, the newspaper Khaosod reported. According to preliminary data, two teachers were among the victims, and three of the injured are in serious condition.
Kazakhstan's Ministry of AI and Digital Development said there is no evidence of a hack of e-government information systems and that a verification is being conducted, after the Telegram channel Mash reported that a hacker put data of 15 million Kazakhstan residents on the darknet.
Damage in the case of supplies of substandard canned food for the Russian Ministry of Defense amounted to about 1 billion rubles, law enforcement reports. The Russian Ministry of Defense has been recognized as the victim in the case.
A court in Rostov-on-Don recognized the involvement of Nazi Oberlander in the killing of 3,000 residents of the USSR, a TASS correspondent reported from the courtroom. Oberlander is accused of genocide of civilians and prisoners of war in Rostov Oblast and Krasnodar Krai during the Great Patriotic War, according to the Prosecutor General's Office.
China's Ministry of Public Security on Tuesday released 10 typical cases involving the infringement of citizens' personal information, underscoring ongoing nationwide efforts to combat data-related crimes and protect individual rights in the digital era.
Russia's Investigative Committee says a criminal case has been opened in Crimea over the death of a 12-year-old schoolgirl whose body was found buried in the yard of a House of Culture director. Social media reports say a 64-year-old former deputy gave the girl a liquefied gas canister; she lost consciousness and later died, after which he buried her body in the backyard.