Day: October 14, 2026

The European Union has transferred €2.86 billion ($3.3 billion) to Ukraine to support its defense needs, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on October 14.

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Eleven sailors are missing after a cargo ship sank following a drone attack off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, while all 15 crew members aboard a second vessel struck in a separate incident were rescued, according to reports published on October 14, MI reported.

Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova identified the sunken vessel as the Guinea-Bissau-flagged HS Dignity. Five crew members were rescued, while the search for the remaining sailors continued on Tuesday, October 13.

The ship sank approximately 15 to 17 nautical miles east of the Bulgarian village of Krapets, near the Romanian border. However, Bulgarian media reports also identified the vessel as the Azov Concord. The ship’s identity, the circumstances of the attack and those responsible had not been conclusively established in the reports.

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Streets were inundated in numerous neighbourhoods, while floodwaters entered ground-floor and basement flats in some areas, the state news agency Anadolu reported.

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The Istanbul Governor’s Office said on X that by the evening more than 1,000 emergency calls had come in, reporting flooding, landslides and fallen trees, among other things. Governor Davut Gül suspended in-person classes for Thursday.

The use of two-wheeled vehicles was banned from Wednesday evening. The governor’s office wrote that a total of around 8,000 emergency workers, along with 2,000 vehicles and work machines, were deployed.

In the Sarıyer district, some passengers of a bus climbed onto its roof after the vehicle became stuck in the floodwater. Other vehicles also got stuck, Anadolu reported. Videos showed numerous cars and buses surrounded by water, which had risen sharply.

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The opening ceremony of Karakoram 2026 took place at a military training base in Korla, in China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to China Military Bugle, an official media account of the Chinese armed forces, Anadolu Agency reported.

During the opening activities, the two sides exchanged counter-terrorism experience, while Pakistani troops observed Chinese weapons and military equipment.

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The exercise will include training in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations, target search and firing while on the move, and long-range sniping. It will also feature joint command activities and live-force exercises.

According to Chinese military media, the drills are intended to deepen cooperation between the two countries’ armed forces and strengthen their ability to operate together in counter-terrorism missions.

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