An eighth-grade student opened fire across two classrooms at a middle school in Kahramanmaras, southeastern Turkiye on Wednesday, killing three students and one teacher and wounding at least 20 others before shooting himself. The attack is the country's second school shooting in two days. Governor Mukerrem Unluer confirmed the shooter, aged 13 or 14, entered fifth-grade classrooms carrying five weapons and seven magazines believed to belong to his father, a former police officer. Four of the wounded remained in critical condition and in surgery as of Wednesday. Justice Minister Akin Gurlek announced a formal investigation via X. The day prior, a former student opened fire at a school in Sanliurfa, wounding 16 people before killing himself. School shootings are described as very rare in Turkiye, making two incidents in 48 hours an acute policy pressure point. Authorities will face immediate scrutiny over how a teenager accessed a former officer's firearms, and whether existing controls on police-issued or formerly licensed weapons are sufficient. The investigation's scope and any legislative response to firearm storage rules are the near-term variables to track.
Venezuela's earthquake death toll has reached 1,430 with the US Geological Survey warning fatalities could top 10,000, placing it among Latin America's deadliest in a century. US military planes are landing in Caracas, Washington is mobilising $150 million in aid, and rescue teams from 17 countries are on the ground.
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.
