Sections of the A7 motorway bridge over the Thalaubach valley near Fulda were demolished in a controlled blast as part of a major replacement project. The 1968 viaduct is being rebuilt to handle modern traffic, with the new structure expected to be completed in stages by 2027.

Beyond the battlefield, the Iran war is exposing fragile economic chokepoints from energy routes to fertilisers and industrial gases, raising concerns among economists that supply disruptions could shape global prices and trade long after the conflict ends.

Investigations suggest the EPP group in the European Parliament cooperated more closely with right-wing parties, including the AfD, on tougher EU migration laws, with a chat group and a meeting of MEPs playing a key role.

South Koreas military said Saturday it detected about 10 ballistic missiles fired from North Koreas capital region toward the eastern sea. The launch coincides with US-South Korean Freedom Shield training, a computer-simulated command post exercise.

Israel is fighting a second front in the war in the Middle East in southern Lebanon, against Hezbollah, alongside the air campaign against Iran it launched with the United States more than two weeks ago.

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE warned people that they were working to intercept incoming projectiles, a day after Iran called for port evacuations, threatening for the first time a neighbouring countrys non-US assets.

For policymakers in Abu Dhabi, the ongoing crisis is viewed as another test of a development model that has enabled the UAE's rapid expansion over the past five decades.

They Shahed drone, which was initially manufactured in Iran, first saw mass use in Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, where thousands have been launched since 2022.