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1 week ago | sightmagazine.com.au | David Adams

ReutersA gunman killed two people and wounded four others at Florida State University on Thursday before the gunman was shot and taken into custody, authorities said. FSU Police Chief Jason Trumbower said at an afternoon press conference that the two killed were not students. It is believed the gunman was a student. People evacuate Florida State University (FSU) campus after a mass shooting in Tallahassee, Florida, US, on 17th April, 2025.

1 week ago | sightmagazine.com.au | Yuliia Dysa |Olena Harmash |David Adams

Kyiv, UkraineReutersUkraine and the United States have made “substantial progress” in their talks on a minerals deal and will sign a memorandum in the near future, First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Wednesday. US President Donald Trump is seeking a bilateral minerals deal as part of his push to end Ukraine’s war against the Russian invasion. Trump also sees it as a way to recover billions of dollars the US has spent on military assistance to Ukraine.

1 week ago | sightmagazine.com.au | Thomas Escritt |David Adams

Berlin, GermanyReutersThe German Government on Wednesday warned against Russian efforts to “instrumentalise” events marking the 80th anniversary of World War II after the Russian ambassador to Berlin attended a local event in the eastern town of Seelow. The commemoration marked the Battle of the Seelow Heights, one of the final battles in the war before the Soviet army’s march on Berlin and Germany’s capitulation in May, 1945.

1 week ago | sightmagazine.com.au | David Adams

Mogadishu, SomaliaReutersAl-Shabaab fighters captured a town in central Somalia on Wednesday that government forces had been using as a staging area to drive back an offensive by the militants that has gained ground in recent weeks, residents and soldiers said. Advances by the al-Qaeda affiliate, which included briefly capturing villages within 50 kilometres of Mogadishu last month, have left residents of the capital on edge as rumours swirl that al-Shabaab could target the city.

1 week ago | sightmagazine.com.au | Sam Mednick |David Adams

SAM MEDNICK, of Associated Press, reports from the West Bank on the plight of those forced to leave their homes…Tulkarm, West Bank APFor weeks, the family had been on the move. Israeli troops had forced them from home during a military operation that has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians across the occupied West Bank. After finding shelter in a wedding hall, they were told to leave again.