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Amazon's AWS struggles to recover after major outage disrupts apps, services worldwide

Amazon.com, PrimeVideo and Alexa were all facing issues, according to Downdetector.

People walk past the logo of Amazon Web Services (AWS) at its exhibitor stall at the India Mobile Congress 2025 at Yashobhoomi, a convention and expo center in New Delhi, India, October 8, 2025.
 Clouds of smoke rise following explosions at a firework storage warehouse in Esparto, California, United States, July 1, 2025

Seven people missing from massive explosion at California fireworks facility

 Cooks bring out the food from the Carlton Hotel Beach Club on the Croisette following a major electricity outage, during the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, May 24, 2025.

French police investigate possible arson following Cannes blackout

 A massive power cut affects the whole of the Iberian Peninsula and part of France on April 28, 2025, according to Portuguese electricity network operator REN.

Spain, Portugal power generation nearly back to normal after Monday blackout


'A powder keg ready to explode': Sanctions, Israeli strike pose Iran with dire energy crisis - NYT

The report cited multiple reasons for the situation, among which were the sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic and Israel's strike on Iran.

 Oil pump on background of flag of Iran.

Power outage in Lebanon: The last operational power plant shuts down - report

South Lebanon Water Establishment said that shutting down power plants will negatively affect their ability to pump sufficient quantities of water into the area.

 An Electricite du Liban (Electricity of Lebanon) office building.

Israeli mayor threatens energy minister over power outages in Yavne

The mayor of Yavne wrote a letter to Israel Katz, demanding a resolution to the power outages that Yavne has been dealing with for years.

 View of the city of Yavne, in central Israel, on August 10, 2022.

Hackers claim to be behind Israeli power outages

The hacker group has been responsible for cyber attacks on websites across a variety of Israeli sectors in the past couple of months.

An electrical substation.

Trains come to a stop across central Israel, Sharon due to power outage

All train movement in the Ra'anana, Hod HaSharon, Kfar Saba, Petah Tikva, Rosh Ha'Ayin and Bnei Brak stations was temporarily suspended.

Passengers wearing face masks at the Tel Aviv University Railway Station on December 8, 2020

Lebanon grapples with first cholera outbreak in 30 years

More than 2,000 cases have been reported, including 18 deaths, while the crippled health system and the lack of public funding for proper water systems put more people at risk.

 A boy is administered with a cholera vaccine during a house-to-house vaccination campaign in Sanaa, Yemen September 14, 2019.

Total blackout in Kherson, entire city without power - report

With over 40% of Ukrainian energy infrastructure damaged or destroyed, Kyiv officials are preparing to deal with the worst-case scenario.

 A view shows a burning 5th thermal power plant hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine September 11, 2022.

Thousands evacuated in SW China as quake toll rises to 66

The powerful earthquake struck Sichuan after midday on Monday, with the epicentre deep in the province's mountainous interior in the west.

 Rescue workers set up tents at a shelter following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Moxi town, Luding county, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, China September 5, 2022.

Lebanon power outage will last several days, official says

The state electricity company confirmed in a statement that the thermoelectric plant at the Zahrani power station had stopped.

Tourists walk at the sea castle of the port-city of Sidon, southern Lebanon October 3, 2011.

Israel Electric Corp. fined NIS 13 million for misuse of monopoly power

The decision found that the IEC misused its standing as a monopoly to harm those who would buy electricity from private electricity manufacturers.

‘A CHALLENGE requiring the use of innovative advanced technologies is extreme changes in the character of electricity consumption during the day.’

Pakistan plunged into darkness by overnight blackout

The entire city of Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, lost power in the blackout.

A general view of a residential area is seen during a power breakdown in Karachi