World in brief: May 12, 2025
First responders carry a body at the site of a mass grave in Raqqa, Syria, the city that served as the de facto capital of the Islamic State group, September 7, 2019
INDONESIA: An explosion during the disposal of expired munitions in Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday killed at least 13 people, including four soldiers, military officials said.
Members of the Indonesian army were carrying out the disposal of unusable and expired ammunition in an environmental conservation area in the Sagara village, in Garut district.
POLAND: Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said on Monday that he was ordering the closure of Russia’s consulate in the southern city of Krakow after Polish authorities said that Russia was responsible for a fire that destroyed a shopping centre in Warsaw last year.
