NewsDrone mystery in New Jersey revealed amid rising tensions. What happened in the news, overnight review
Drone mystery in New Jersey revealed amid rising tensions. What happened in the news, overnight review
While you were sleeping, here’s what global agencies reported overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday.
- Rebels from M23 took control of the airport in Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo, potentially cutting off the main route for delivering aid to hundreds of thousands of displaced people. This marks the most significant escalation of the conflict in a decade. The International Red Cross has warned that a laboratory housing Ebola virus samples could be destroyed at any moment due to ongoing fighting between Congolese forces and rebels supported by Rwandan troops. The spread of Ebola virus samples and other pathogens in the lab in Goma could have "unimaginable consequences, and even power outages pose a danger," said Patrick Youssef, Africa regional director for the International Red Cross Committee. Further protests have also erupted in Kinshasa.
- Tragedy during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in northern India. Panic broke out as tens of millions of people gathered to take a holy bath on the most important day of the six-week Hindu festival. Media reports indicate fatalities and injuries.
- Demonstrations against violence toward protesters took place in several Serbian cities on Tuesday. The incident that sparked the protests occurred overnight from Monday to Tuesday, when a group supporting the ruling party attacked several students, resulting in serious injuries to a young woman. Despite the resignation of Prime Minister Milosz Vuczevic, the situation has not been resolved. Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Novi Sad, Belgrade, Nis, and Kragujevac, expressing their opposition to the violence experienced by students at the hands of individuals sympathetic to the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) on that ill-fated night.
- White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said mysterious drones appearing over New Jersey had flight permits, and many belonged to hobbyists. President Donald Trump had earlier suggested that previous administrations concealed the truth about this matter.
- The Mona Lisa will have its own room as part of a major renovation of the Louvre, called "The New Renaissance of the Louvre." The project will last until 2031. President Macron did not disclose the exact budget for the modernization of the world's most-visited museum. However, it is estimated to cost up to approximately 870 million dollars.
