At least two people have been killed after an Algerian military plane crashed during a training flight.
In a statement, the Algerian defence ministry said that the Russian SU 24 aircraft crashed late on Wednesday in an inhabited agricultural area in the Tiaret province.
It was in April last year that a military plane crash near Algiers left 257 people dead.
US, German scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on light and brain
American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for developing optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control individual nerve cells in the brain.
Spanish PM Sanchez calls snap election for November 29
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called an early election for November 29 on Monday, in a bid to strengthen his mandate after a fragmented parliament rejected the government's key housing decrees last week amid widespread protests.
Hundreds of French schools stay closed ahead of nationwide day of student protests
Hundreds of French high schools will begin a second week of closures on Monday as protests over dilapidated schools and classrooms, overcrowding and teacher shortages precede a nationwide day of demonstrations on Tuesday.
Thousands of Imran Khan supporters start march to Pakistani capital, party says
Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan have started a long march to Islamabad to demand his release, his party said on Monday, amid deep divisions with the Pakistani leadership.
US removes bombers from UK base at centre of suspected Iranian plot
The United States has removed its B-1 bombers from a British air base one week after five men were arrested nearby on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, a suspected plot that British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said was likely backed by Iran.
