An eighth-grade student opened fire at a school in Kahramanmaras province, southern Turkey, on Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding 13, with six survivors in intensive care and three in critical condition. The attack is Turkey's second school shooting in two days, following a Tuesday incident in Sanliurfa province in which a former student wounded at least 16 people before killing himself. Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci confirmed the revised toll after earlier reports had cited four dead and 20 wounded. The Kahramanmaras governor, Mukerrem Unluer, said the attacker entered two classrooms and fired randomly, carrying five guns and seven magazines believed to belong to his father, a former police officer. The shooter died during the incident; it remains unclear whether from suicide or crossfire. Video verified by AFP shows students jumping from a first-floor window as gunfire continues, with roughly 15 shots audible over 90 seconds. Police detained the shooter's father, Ugur Mersinli. Interior and education ministers traveled to Kahramanmaras, and Justice Minister Akin Gurlek confirmed prosecutors launched an immediate investigation. The consecutive attacks will intensify scrutiny of firearm storage rules and school security protocols across Turkey.
Iranian armed forces attacked a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, briefly halting traffic through the waterway. The strike threatens a fragile US-Iran arrangement and could push shipping insurance costs and oil prices higher.
The US has struck Iran, with President Trump citing an Iranian attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz as justification. The action raises immediate risks for global oil flows through one of the world's most critical shipping chokepoints.
The US struck ten Iranian targets on the second consecutive day of military action, putting a fragile ceasefire under serious pressure. The escalation raises immediate risks for Gulf shipping, global oil supply, and regional stability.
Venezuela's twin earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, have killed at least 164 people and injured 971, interim president Delcy Rodriguez confirmed Thursday. The quakes are the country's strongest since 1900, collapsing buildings across Caracas and prompting a state of emergency, with the death toll expected to rise as
