Thieves have stolen four works attributed to Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina from a museum in Messina, Sicily

Thieves have stolen four works by Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina from a museum in the artist's hometown of Messina, Sicily. The local cultural official called it 'more than a loss' and 'a disaster.

Thieves stole four works by Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina from the MuMe regional museum in Sicily during Ferragosto, a major Italian public holiday. On Saturday evening, just before 10 p.

Four significant artworks by 15th-century artist Antonello da Messina were stolen from the Museo Regionale di Messina, prompting shock from Italy's culture minister.

A Spanish ⁠F-18 ⁠fighter jet pilot on ⁠a NATO air policing mission shot down ​a drone illegally breaching Romanian national airspace, the fourth unmanned ‌aircraft the country has ‌shot down this year,

Sunday’s downing was the fourth over Romania since the war began in 2022. NATO scrambled four jet fighters to shoot down a foreign drone that entered Latvian airspace early Friday. Latvia’s Ministry of Defense didn’t immediately identify that drone’s origin but said it had entered the country’s airspace “as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare.

Romania's defense ministry said Sunday a NATO fighter jet shot down a drone that had entered its airspace near the border with two of its neighboring countries Ukraine and Moldova. The ministry said in a statement the drone had entered from Moldova and was intercepted by an Spanish F-18 jet deployed on NATO duties early Sunday morning.

A Spanish F-18 fighter jet pilot on a NATO air policing mission shot down a drone illegally breaching Romanian national airspace, the fourth unmanned aircraft the country has shot down this year, Romania’s defense ministry said on Sunday.

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella said he called President Trump and asked him to suspend tariffs currently targeting the South American nation.

Post-earthquake reconstruction is expected to cost about $6.4bn, but Colombia has been hit by renewed US tariffs.

The 7.4 magnitude earthquake affected a large swath of western Colombia, from urban centers like Cali and Pereira to remote and rugged areas in the department of Chocó. As of Friday morning, authorities had confirmed more than 280 dead,

Residents of Cali, Colombia, mobilized to clean the debris riddled streets following the major earthquake that struck the city earlier this week.

Hamas political chief Khalil al-Hayya was set to travel to Cairo on Saturday evening for talks with Egyptian officials, a Hamas source told AFP, ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner to the region.

U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner has held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief in Egypt in an attempt to make progress on the stalled Gaza ceasefire

Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya to meet Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad in Cairo amid ongoing Gaza tensions.

Zambia's President ⁠Hakainde ⁠Hichilema was well ⁠ahead in counting for national elections ​on Sunday with nearly half the constituencies declared, the ‌electoral commission said. Hichilema had ‌54.82% or 1,

Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended Friday and then restarted hours later under heightened security after the electoral commission said there had been attacks against some polling station officials and some ballot papers had been stolen.

Vote counting in Thursday’s presidential polls were briefly suspended amid security threats to the electoral process.

Vote counting in Zambia's presidential election was suspended Friday and then restarted hours later under heightened security after the electoral commission said there had been attacks against some polling station officials and some ballot papers had been stolen.

Zambia's electoral commission has resumed counting votes from presidential and parliamentary elections after a suspension of several hours due to violence against its staff, the authority said on

Eighteen children were among more than 70 people killed when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe this week, police said Saturday after rescuers recovered more bodies.

Police say 18 children are among the nearly 70 people killed this week when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe

Twenty-two more ⁠bodies have ​been recovered following ‌a boat ‌accident ⁠in ⁠a lake in Zimbabwe, police ​said on Saturday, taking ​the death toll to ⁠68. The ⁠boat capsized ⁠on August ​11 on Lake ​Kariba.

Zimbabwe's police say 18 children are among more than 70 people killed this week when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba. They say rescuers have recovered more bodies since the