Shelling by Russian forces over the weekend killed at least seven civilians, Ukrainian officials reported on Sunday. Russian forces launched 40 air strikes, four missile strikes and 58 attacks from multiple-rocket launchers on various parts of Ukraine between Saturday and Sunday morning, the General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces reported. The Zaporizhia region’s Governor…
China has kicked off a third day of live-fire drills near Taiwan in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s recent trip to the United States. Chinese fighter jets carried out “simulated strikes” near the self-governed island during the exercises, which also included the Shandong aircraft carrier, the Chinese military said on Monday. Multiple batches of H-6K fighters…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ramped up his fight against Walt Disney Co , seeking to void an agreement that Disney passed to limit the power of a board appointed by DeSantis to oversee its Florida theme park property. On Thursday in remarks made at Hillsdale College in Michigan, DeSantis said the legislature would void changes Disney…
More than 30 children were reunited with their families in Ukraine this weekend after a long operation to bring them back home from Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea, where they had been taken from areas occupied by Russian forces during the war. Mothers hugged sons and daughters as they crossed the border from Belarus into Ukraine…
Gunmen abducted at least 80 people, mostly women and children, in Nigeria’s Zamfara state, a hotspot for kidnappings for ransom by armed gangs targeting remote villages, residents said on Saturday. Gangs of armed men have attacked hundreds of local communities across northwestern Nigeria in recent years, while Islamist militants continue to stage attacks in the…
Emine Dzhaparova, Ukraine’s first deputy foreign affairs minister, will be in India on Monday for a four-day official visit. This marks the first high-level visit from Ukraine to India since the Russia-Ukraine war began last year. Dzhaparova’s visit will involve discussions with Sanjay Verma, secretary (West) of the ministry of external affairs (MEA). She also will…
Israel’s defense minister on Saturday extended a closure barring entrance to Israel for Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip for the duration of the Jewish holiday of Passover, while police beefed up forces in Jerusalem on the eve of sensitive religious celebrations. The moves come after days of violence across the region…
Chinese researchers in a study suggested wild animals sold at the market were susceptible to Covid-19. Chinese researchers have published an eagerly awaited analysis of the data collected from the Wuhan market in China, which has been at the centre of controversy regarding the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. The researchers found genetic material from wild animals in the…
At least four people were killed in a shooting in southern Thailand on Saturday, police said, with local media reporting that officers were still searching for the suspect. The attack started at about 5pm in Khiri Rat Nikhom district in Surat Thani province — roughly 600 km south of the capital Bangkok. “Four people died,” local head…
Karan Johar put up a Hindi poem online addressing several lies and allegations against him. He indicated that he was not phased by the recent talk about him. On Saturday, Karan Johar seemingly responded to a few members of Bollywood who had slammed him after an old video had surfaced showing him ‘admitting’ to try and sabotage…
