Concern about the threat far-right extremists pose to the power grid in the United States assumes alarming proportions after mass power outages in the southeastern state of North Carolina reportedly caused by targeted gunfire.

Iranian company MAPNA Group repairs part of the power plant in Syria’s city of Aleppo, whose electricity grid was destroyed during the years-long conflict.

Electrical power is restored in most parts of Pakistan after a nationwide blackout caused by a major grid breakdown.

California warns that millions of homes could be hit by rolling blackouts imposed on Monday to manage overwhelming energy demands caused by an extreme heat wave. manage overwhelming energy demands caused by an extreme heat wave baking the state for a fourth straight day.