FULTON, Missouri The front of a building in downtown Fulton collapsed Wednesday, revealing an apartment in the top floor of the 2-story building. No one was reported hurt, Fulton Police Chief Bill Ladwig said. First responders were preparing to enter the building late Wednesday morning, Ladwig said. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the building at 505 Nichols St. to collapse. The lower floor was occupied by a coffee shop getting ready for a grand opening, Hitchin' Java. The apartment tenants on the top floor were not injured, the shop wrote. https://abc17news.com/news/2026/06/17/front-of-downtown-fulton-building-collapses

(Near) Tartous, Syria Syria’s state-owned telecom operator is continuing repairs on the “sabotaged” international undersea cable bw the coastal city Tartous & Alexandria in Egypt. Syria Telecom said on Tuesday that it is currently providing internet nced that the Tartous-Alexandria undersea cable had been subjected to an “act of sabotage,” affecting internet service for users across the Syrian Arab Republic. It described the act as part of a “systematic sabotage campaign” targeting the country’s infrastructure and said that full resumption of services would take time. https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2647318/middle-east