Ukraine said on Saturday ​its long-range strikes had hit a Russian military airfield and a rocket centre that Kyiv says ‌supports Russia’s nascent Starlink-style satellite internet network.

Indonesia’s North Sumatra hit by 6.4-magnitude quake

A magnitude 6.4 ‌earthquake struck Indonesia’s North Sumatra province on Saturday, but there ​was no tsunami threat ​and no immediate reports of ⁠aftershocks and damages, the ​country’s meteorology agency BMKG said.

The ​quake occurred at a depth of 168 kilometres (104.39 miles), with its ​epicentre located on land ​about 11 km southeast of Simalungun, according ‌to ⁠the agency’s statement.

EU sends aircraft, evacuations begin as Belgium fights record wildfire

The European Union deployed three helicopters and two water bomber aircraft ​to tackle a record wildfire in eastern Belgium, the bloc’s ‌crisis commissioner said on Saturday, as local authorities told residents in some villages to leave their homes.

Education Ministry honours top programming students, announces Japan trip

The Ministry of Education and Technical Education held a special function on Saturday to celebrate students’ achievements in programming, in partnership with Japanese company S-Prix.

Six Egyptian universities among world’s top 1,000 in Shanghai Ranking

Six Egyptian universities have been ranked among the world’s top 1,000 in the 2026 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), which assessed more than 2,500 higher education institutions worldwide.