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Over 12,000 estimated dead in Iran mass killings, largely over two nights, amid protests - report

Protesters gathered in Iran’s largest cemetery, Behesht-e Zahra, on Monday, chanting slogans such as “This year is the year of bloodshed, Seyyed Ali will be overthrown.”

A demonstrator lights a cigarette with fire from a burning picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outside the Iranian embassy during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in London, Britain, January 12, 2026.
An illustration of a woman checking a fuse box by candlelight during a power cut.

Power restored for about 110,000 customers after major outage hits San Francisco

A fire blazes at Khor Mor Oil and Gas field following a drone strike, November 26, 2025.

Drone attack suspends operations at major Iraq gas field, power cuts occur across Kurdish region

People walk past the logo of Amazon Web Services (AWS) at its exhibitor stall at the India Mobile Congress 2025 at Yashobhoomi, a convention and expo center in New Delhi, India, October 8, 2025.

Amazon's AWS struggles to recover after major outage disrupts apps, services worldwide


Thousands evacuated in SW China as quake toll rises to 66

The powerful earthquake struck Sichuan after midday on Monday, with the epicentre deep in the province's mountainous interior in the west.

 Rescue workers set up tents at a shelter following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Moxi town, Luding county, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, China September 5, 2022.

Lebanon power outage will last several days, official says

The state electricity company confirmed in a statement that the thermoelectric plant at the Zahrani power station had stopped.

Tourists walk at the sea castle of the port-city of Sidon, southern Lebanon October 3, 2011.

Israel Electric Corp. fined NIS 13 million for misuse of monopoly power

The decision found that the IEC misused its standing as a monopoly to harm those who would buy electricity from private electricity manufacturers.

‘A CHALLENGE requiring the use of innovative advanced technologies is extreme changes in the character of electricity consumption during the day.’

Pakistan plunged into darkness by overnight blackout

The entire city of Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, lost power in the blackout.

A general view of a residential area is seen during a power breakdown in Karachi

Israeli power cuts to West Bank ends after Palestinians pay debt

Israel Electric Corp (IEC) began sporadic, three-hour power cuts on Dec. 18 to press for payment of some $519 million owed by the Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO).

Israel Electric company HQ 370

Darkness spreads in South America; Uruguay, Argentina suffer power outage

Electrical supply company Edesur tweeted that a massive failure happened in the electrical interconnection system.

Laurie Jones, 57, and her husband, Joe Jones, 59, from Johnsonville, SC during a power outage caused by Hurricane Florence in Florence, South Carolina, U.S., September 14, 2018. Picture taken September 14, 2018.