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Wild storm in New Zealand disrupts flights, thousands without power

Heavy rain and strong winds disrupted flights, roads, and power supply across New Zealand’s North Island, leaving tens of thousands without electricity.

An Air New Zealand Boeing 787 at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, pictured in 2018; illustrative.
A recreated train car stands as a memorial at the former loading ramp in Bergen-Belsen, Germany, April 15, 2015.

Deutsche Bahn’s new rail plan cannot be allowed to erase a vital Holocaust memory site - opinion

Train line R1 out of service, while all railway infrastructure is checked after three derailments in 48 hours caused accidents that left dozens dead in El Masnou, Spain, January 22, 2026.

Train collides with crane in Spain's fourth rail crash in a week, four injured

Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 19, 2026.

Unmarked piece found near Spain train crash suspected to be missing undercarriage


Iran train derails after excavator collision, at least 18 dead

The bodies are being examined by forensic teams in order to identify the fatalities.

 A train after derailment is seen near Tabas, Yazd province, Iran June 8, 2022.

Cleaner finds check for NIS 1 million at Jerusalem train station

The staff of the Yizhak Navon station, where between 15,000 and 20,000 passengers pass through daily, are accustomed to finding lost property and returning it to its owners.

The first direct train between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv (December 21, 2019).

Russian forces break into Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol

Ukraine says it is 'ready' if Belarus joins Russian war effort * 21 civilians killed in Donetsk, 27 injured * Russia denies declaration of war on May 9 commemorations.

 A view shows a plant of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol.

Russia-Ukraine war: Shelling kills five in Kharkiv, two in Zolote

Russia: 400 foreign fighters in Mariupol surrounded • Air raid sirens sounded across the country • Shelling in eastern Ukraine

 Firefighters operate at a damaged apartment block following Russian shelling, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 17, 2022.

The successes and failures of Israel Railways

Some of the improvements in service Israel Railways is aspiring to depend on the widening of the tracks and the railway’s electrification system, which has taken over two decades to implement.

Israel Railways trains

Plane hit by train after crashing on train tracks in California

The pilot was treated for cuts and bruises and is in a stable condition, according to local media. No one on the train was injured, local media reported.

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The Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul railway begins freight service

Pakistan, Iran and Turkey look to boost regional commerce and ties through the over-4,000-mile train route.

 The Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) train of the Economic Cooperation Organization at the inaugural ceremony for the over-4,000-mile route.

Haifa-Tel Aviv train line likely to reduce crowding, and it’s only the beginning

Estimated travel times from the expansion are 30 minutes from Haifa to Tel Aviv and vice versa, and 54 minutes from Nahariya to Tel Aviv.

Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Israel Railways CEO Michael Maixner inaugurate the extended Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Savidor Central railway

A return trip to the train from Jerusalem

According to data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, during the fourth quarter of 2018 a total of 409,580 passengers traveled from Jerusalem to Ben-Gurion Airport.

Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Israel Railways CEO Michael Maixner inaugurate the extended Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Savidor Central railway

8,000 new apartments approved for Kiryat Gat

The land for the new neighborhood is currently under the jurisdiction of the Shafir Regional Council, and will be transferred to Kiryat Gat.

Kiryat Gat