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A U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, belonging to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment commonly known as the “Night Stalkers,” went down during what officials described as a standard training exercise near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State. The incident took place on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, around 9:00 p.m. local time, in a remote area west of Olympia, close to Summit Lake in Thurston County. The helicopter was carrying four service members at the time of the crash. These soldiers were part of a specialized aviation regiment that supports elite military units, and the flight was intended strictly as a routine training mission rather than a combat or emergency operation. Details about the condition of the crew have not yet been made public, and the names and ranks of those involved remain undisclosed by authorities. Military officials reported losing contact with the aircraft during the flight, prompting an immediate search and rescue operation. Local...

On 15 September 2025, Paul Ovenden, who was serving as the Director of Strategy at Number 10 and a senior adviser to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, officially resigned from his position after details emerged of messages he had sent in 2017 that were considered sexually explicit and offensive toward Labour MP Diane Abbott. These revelations sparked a political stir and raised questions about professional conduct within government circles. The incident in question took place in 2017, during Ovenden’s tenure as a junior press officer within the Labour Party. At that time, he engaged in private conversations with colleagues via internal messaging platforms. In these exchanges, Ovenden made remarks about Diane Abbott that were both derogatory and sexualized, including references to crude games and explicit sexual content. Some messages contained detailed descriptions of hypothetical sexual acts, as well as inappropriate discussions involving sex toys. The communications were shared priva...

A fatal plane crash in northeastern Brazil has exposed a large-scale cocaine smuggling operation after authorities found nearly 200 kilograms of the drug inside a downed aircraft. The accident took place on September 14, 2025 , in the municipality of Coruripe, in the state of Alagoas, when a single-engine plane registered in Zambia went down in a sugarcane plantation. The sole occupant, an Australian pilot in his mid-40s, was killed instantly. According to initial reports, the crash happened in the afternoon at approximately 1:30 pm local time. The aircraft, a light model with only one engine, plummeted into farmland before breaking apart on impact. Local residents alerted authorities after spotting the wreckage and large quantities of suspicious packages scattered around the site. On arrival, police units and firefighters confirmed that the packages contained cocaine, with the total weight later assessed at close to 200 kilograms. Some of the seized bricks were marked with labels re...

On Tuesday, September 9, 2025 , the unrest in Nepal entered an alarming phase when angry demonstrators shifted their campaign from the streets to the private residences of the country’s leading political figures. What had started as mass protests against the government’s controversial decision to restrict social media platforms turned into direct assaults on both serving and former leaders. In this wave of violence, protesters stormed, vandalized, and in several cases set fire to the homes of powerful personalities. The homes of President Ram Chandra Poudel, Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” were all targeted. These incidents demonstrate how a movement sparked by censorship concerns has quickly escalated into attacks on symbols of authority and leadership. The details of these attacks are outlined below: President Ram Ch...

The Nepalese government has decided to revoke the nationwide social media blackout following a wave of violent demonstrations that erupted against corruption and state policies. These protests broke out on September 8, 2025, with the capital city of Kathmandu becoming the central hub of agitation before unrest gradually extended to other towns and districts. Authorities had earlier enforced a sweeping ban around September 4, 2025, cutting off citizens’ access to 26 leading digital platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, X, YouTube, LinkedIn, Reddit, Signal, and Snapchat. The ban acted as a trigger, sparking what became known as the “Gen Z protests,” since young students and activists spearheaded the movement against entrenched corruption, poor governance, and declining economic opportunities. Kathmandu’s parliamentary complex and the symbolic Maitighar Mandala area witnessed the largest crowds, while disturbances were also reported from Itahari, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Bi...