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Drones reshape war in Colombia as deaths and injuries mount
May 18, 2026 - World 
Civilians left increasingly exposed as a dangerous new front opens up in the country’s decades-old conflictAs night fell over southern Colombia, and a group of children began their weekly Tuesday football match, a drone appeared overhead.The children looked up, and the drone dropped a grenade, its blast killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring 12 more civilians. The child’s death, in southern Cauca in 2024, marked the first known time a person in the country had been killed in a weaponised drone attack. Continue reading...
Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff's AI encyclical on May 25
May 18, 2026 - World 
Pope Leo XIV and the co-founder of artificial intelligence company Anthropic will launch the pontiff's first encyclical on May 25, a document on the care of human dignity in the era of AI, the Vatican said Monday.
Israeli troops intercept vessels from a flotilla trying to breach the blockade of Gaza
May 18, 2026 - World
Israel's military intercepted boats off the coast of Cyprus on Monday, part of the latest wave of flotilla activists attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.
Italian minister says Modena attack raises integration concerns amid migration debate
May 18, 2026 - World 
Italy’s interior minister says a car-ramming and stabbing attack in Modena highlights deeper integration challenges
Italy's foreign minister says divers found bodies of 4 Italians dead in Maldives sea cave
May 18, 2026 - World
Italy's Foreign Ministry said Monday that rescuers have located the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave in a Maldive atoll.
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