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The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed a civil claim seeking more than $100 million from the owner and operator of the container ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore killing six and paralyzing a major transportation artery for the U.S. Northeast. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.

An explosive detonator could "theoretically" fit within a pager, according to Basel Halak, a University of Southampton secure electronics associate professor. He spoke to Reuters on Wednesday (September 18), the day after thousands of the devices used by Hezbollah exploded across Lebanon.

Smoke billows out of a mobile phone shop in Sidon after hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday (September 18) across Lebanon's south and in Beirut's southern suburbs, a security source and a witness said.

After pager blasts targeted the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (September 18) warned it could signal "a pre-emptive strike before a major military operation."

Lines of people in Wroclaw passed sandbags to secure river banks and to protect buildings in the Polish city of Wroclaw on Wednesday.

A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on Russia triggered an earthquake-sized blast at a major arsenal in the Tver region on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of a nearby town, war bloggers and some media reported. Sean Hogan reports.

Diplomats and analysts have described a militant attack in Mali's capital Bamako on Tuesday as a major blow to the country's ruling junta. David Doyle has more.

Gavi, which funds vaccine purchases for low-income countries, has said it will buy 500,000 doses of Bavarian Nordic's mpox vaccine in a $50 million deal. David Doyle has more.

Deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal have exhausted emergency services, with Spanish and Moroccan reinforcements arriving on Wednesday to help, the civil protection authority announced. Fiona Jones reports.

A giant humanoid robot developed by robotics company "Man-Machine Synergy Effectors", West Japan Railway Company and Nippon Signal, was shown to visitors at Japan Robot Week on Wednesday (September 18). The robot has already been rolled out for repair work on overhead wires since July 2024.

The pontiff prayed on Wednesday (September 18) for all those affected by the devastating floods especially across Austria, Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic.

Parts of North Carolina were under a state of emergency after an unnamed storm slammed the coast in what some residents said was a "once in a century" event.

U.N. secretary-general calls for an 'end to addiction to fossil fuels' as New York prepares to host its annual Climate Week and general assembly of world leaders and policy makers. Francesca Lynagh has more.

Israel's Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside 5,000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters. Gabe Singer explains.

The worst drought on record has lowered the water level of the rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases drying up riverbeds that were navigable waterways.

A U.S. Senate bill aimed at enshrining federal protections and expanding insurance coverage for fertility treatments failed on Tuesday, as Republicans voted against it days after Donald Trump surprised supporters by voicing support for such a policy. Gabe Singer reports.

Drivers were left stranded on Portuguese highways on Tuesday (September 17) as wildfires continued to ravage central and northern parts of the country.

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales initiated a march towards the capital, La Paz, on Tuesday (September 17), targeting the government of incumbent President Luis Arce over the stalled economy. Syakir Jasnee reports.

A whole village in northern Hungary was submerged on Tuesday (September 17) following a flood wave that struck overnight.

Sean "Diddy" Combs used his fame as one of hip-hop's biggest names to coerce women into demeaning sexual acts as part of a long-running scheme of sex trafficking and racketeering, prosecutors said on Tuesday in bringing three criminal charges against him. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.

London's Oxford Street, home to some of the British capital's most famous shops from Selfridges to Marks & Spencer, could be pedestrianized to attract more shoppers under a plan announced by city mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday. Olivia Zollino reports.

Actor Kathryn Hahn met with a person she describes as a real-life witch every week to help her further embrace her role as the witch Agatha Harkness in the show "Agatha All Along." The Marvel miniseries created by director Jac Schaeffer serves as a spin-off of the Emmy-winning Disney Plus series “WandaVision,” also created by Schaeffer.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris called for an end to the Israel-Gaza war on Tuesday (September 17) at a Philadelphia forum organized by the National Association of Black Journalists.

As the period drama series “Shogun” takes home a record 18 Emmy Awards, a workshop in central Tokyo that teaches people how to swing a Japanese sword has seen an increase in tourists seeking an authentic samurai experience. Owner Kazuko Mitsui thinks it could be linked. Kristy Kilburn has more.

A fire broke out inside Greece's second biggest oil refinery on Tuesday (September 17) forcing workers to evacuate as a column of black smoke poured across the evening sky, authorities and the company said.