Ferry sinks off Indonesia; six dead, 130 missing

9 min agoEurope defeated the United States 15½-12½ in the Solheim Cup at Bernardus Golf Club in the Netherlands on Sunday. Charley Hull won her opening singles match as Europe's top players delivered in the final day.

1 h agoU.S. President Donald Trump on September 13 called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to halt attacks on Russia's diesel fuel infrastructure, saying the strikes were contributing to a global diesel shortage. Trump's own war against Iran has knocked out more than 20% of Middle Eastern refining capacity and effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, which previously carried roughly a fifth of global oil supplies.

2 h agoA ferry carrying more than 240 people sank off Indonesia's coast on Sunday during rough seas and poor weather. Rescue crews recovered more than 100 passengers, but at least six people died and approximately 130 remain missing.

2 h agoVoting is under way in Sweden in an election that could lead to the far-right Sweden Democrats entering government for the first time. Polls suggest an extremely tight race, with one showing just 0.3 percentage points between the left and right blocs.

3 h agoRyan Garcia defeated Briton Conor Benn with a second-round stoppage in Las Vegas, retaining his WBC welterweight crown. Garcia dominated from the opening bell as Benn charged forward with an increasingly desperate approach.

5 h agoA Russian drone hit a passenger train between Kyiv and Warsaw at two kilometres from the Polish border, while another struck near a border crossing with Poland. Ukrainian officials said the attacks represent Russian terror directed at NATO and the European Union, as multiple border crossings through which military and humanitarian aid flows came under fire.

6 h agoAn inter-island ferry sank in bad weather off the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu, leaving one dead and more than 30 missing. Rescue operations were continuing as an investigation began into negligence by the vessel's operator.

7 h agoThe Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked a military base in southern Saudi Arabia, targeting weapons storage and command facilities. Yemen government forces said they shot down five Houthi drones in separate operations, as accounts emerged of severe staffing shortages in Yemeni battalions that faced a Houthi takeover in the port city of Mocha on Thursday.

8 h agoCeline Dion performed in Paris on Saturday for the first time in six years, overcoming a rare neurological condition to return to the stage. The concert at Plenitude Arena in Nanterre drew approximately 35,000 spectators and marked the start of a series of 26 shows in the French capital.

9 h agoAlexei Likhachev, head of Russia's state nuclear energy corporation, said Ukrainian forces launched strikes on Friday against diesel fuel trucks supplying the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, killing two Russian servicemen and injuring others. The plant, Europe's largest with six reactors, relies on diesel generators to cool nuclear fuel when external power links are down.