ISTANBUL -- The Istanbul Governor's Office reported that 151 people were injured due to panic and incidents of jumping from heights during the 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday.
The injured individuals are currently receiving treatment in hospitals, and their conditions are not life-threatening, the office stated, adding that no deaths were reported as of 3:30 p.m. local time (1230 GMT). (Türkiye-Earthquake)
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SANAA/JERUSALEM -- Yemen's Houthis on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the "missile and drone attacks" on "vital targets" in Israel's cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv, which reportedly triggered sirens across northwestern Israel earlier in the day.
It is the first time the Houthis have targeted Haifa, in far northwestern Israel. (Yemen-Israel-Attacks)
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BRUSSELS -- The European Commission announced Wednesday that it will fine U.S. tech giants Apple and Meta a combined total of 700 million euros (798.7 million U.S. dollars) for breaching the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), marking the first non-compliance decisions under the new regulation.
Apple received a 500-million-euro fine for preventing app developers from informing users about alternative purchasing options outside its App Store, violating the DMA's anti-steering provisions, the Commission said. (EU-Fine)
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KIEV -- At least nine people were killed and 30 others injured on Wednesday in a Russian drone strike in the city of Marhanets in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, according to oblast governor Sergii Lysak.
Lysak wrote in a post on Telegram that a kamikaze drone hit a bus carrying workers of a local enterprise. (Ukraine-Russia-Conflict) ■
