At least nine people were killed, 900 injured, and dozens of buildings damaged in Taiwan’s most powerful earthquake in 25 years, authorities said Wednesday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faced his most significant political challenge in recent memory Tuesday as official results confirmed that his party suffered its worst defeat in more than two decades in this weekend’s local elections.

Furious protestors were seen burning American and Israeli flags in Iran on Tuesday, just hours after Tehran vowed revenge for a reported Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria that killed at least a dozen people.

A U.S. official stated that the United States informed Iran it “had no involvement” and lacked prior knowledge of an Israeli attack on a diplomatic facility in Syria, which resulted in the death of a high-ranking Iranian general, Axios reported on Tuesday.

A child has died and two others have been seriously wounded in a shooting at a school in Finland carried out by a minor, police said.

Czech and Polish intelligence services say they have uncovered a Russian network to influence the outcome of the European elections in June, including paying politicians for pro-Kremlin views.

Hungary’s longtime nationalist prime minister Viktor Orbán, who has been criticized over his perceived authoritarian style, faces arguably one of the most significant upheavals in his 14-year rule: thousands of Hungarians have demanded his resignation after a prominent critic released a recording allegedly implicating a loyal ally and top minister in a high-profile corruption case.

Ukraine says it has come under massive Russian air strikes on Easter Sunday despite Pope Francis’s appeals for peace and a prisoner swap between Kyiv and Moscow. Russia confirmed Sunday that it conducted a massive strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and natural gas industry, though Kyiv also managed to attack sites in Russia.

The world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator is set to smash protons together on April 8, the day millions of people across America hope to catch a glimpse of one of the biggest solar eclipses in decades.

While thousands of kilometers (miles) apart, South Africa and Germany shared in grief on Good Friday as both investigated bus crashes that killed and injured scores of people, including churchgoers.

An hours-long hostage situation in the Dutch eastern town of Ede ended without bloodshed on Saturday after an attacker was detained and taken into police custody, officials said.

Poland and Sweden have warned Europe to prepare for war with Russia and said that nobody should feel safe if Moscow defeats Ukraine.

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) launched a central bank digital currency system despite worries the move would lead to more control over people’s finances.

The Netherlands, long known as one of the most liberal and tolerant nations in Europe, is reeling from the worst antisemitic attacks since World War Two.

Leaders of more than twenty Christian, Muslim, and Jewish organizations in Australia have sent a joint letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warning him that religious freedoms are in danger of unwarranted restriction following the publication on Thursday of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) report on faith-based schools, Christian Today reports.