Western parts of Ukraine were pounded early Friday as Russia unleashed a potent wave of missile and drone strikes. The attack, which ran from Sunday evening into Monday morning, was focussed on a number of areas, including the capital, Kyiv. Ukraine’s government issued a series of alerts for potentially affected areas across the country.
Dorin Recean, Moldova's prime minister, has said that Russia is 'eyeing' to move 10,000 troops into the separatist-held area of Transnistria if it manages to install a pro-Kremlin government in Chișinău and during September's parliamentary elections in order to enhance military control over the territory.
Poland and Germany reiterate their mutual pledge to strengthen NATO's eastern flank and to enhance support for Ukraine in the face of continued aggression by Russia. At a news conference in Berlin on Wednesday, Poland's foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, and the foreign policy spokesman for the German Christian Democrats, Johann Wadephul, stressed their countries' "historic responsibility" to maintain regional stability.
Pope Leo has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to aid peace initiatives in Ukraine in a phone call on Wednesday afternoon, the Vatican said. The call was the first direct conversation between the two men since Pope Leo's election by the College of Cardinals, which made him the first American pope, last month.
Thursday at 3 p.m. CEST That would be 2025 French Open semifinal between the two-time champ Iga Świątek and Aryna Sabalenka might be rained on in Paris? Organizers are ready to put the retractable roof at Roland Garros into use and close it if necessary to keep the French Open from being the rainy mess it's been in the past. But people are starting to wonder what impact this could have on the game's flow.
A sweeping arms scandal has exploded in southeastern Poland after dozens of weapons — including rocket launchers and anti-aircraft missiles — were found outdoors at a private airfield in the town of Laszki, apparently without proper protection, the police said. Weapons were discovered bundled inside containers in a hangar owned by a local aeroclub.
At least five people have been killed and over 20 wounded in Ukraine following lethal airstrikes conducted by Russia overnight, according to local officials. In Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, which is about 30 kilometers from Russia's border, 17 people were wounded, among them at least four children, when a number of unmanned aerial drones damaged residential buildings around 1 a.m.
The top parliamentary leaders from Poland, France and Germany will meet in Warsaw on Wednesday to hold talks at a high political level on European security and the future of the EU enlargement. Weimar Triangle This gathering of the leaders of the Weimar Triangle underscores our joint commitment to regional cooperation and stability.
A series of brazen Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia’s strategic air bases away from the battlefront has elicited fierce responses across Russian media. The Kremlin is silent, awaiting the outcome of an official investigation, but people close to it and pro-government figures and bloggers are up in arms. Some voices are even urging nuclear retaliation.
A man charged with attacking a pro-Israel event with Molotov cocktails in Boulder, Colorado, had been plotting the attack for a year, federal investigators reportedly said.
A graduation speech by a student at Harvard University has triggered a wave of anger in the United States and abroad, after she joked about getting her degree on a bear-sized pillowcase with the Chinese written language scribbled all over it. Jiang Yurong, who had studied international development, urged global unity and understanding in her speech, which came shortly after the United States said it would tighten visa rules on Chinese students.
Protests spread across Mongolia demanding the resignation Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai that would end the political crisis inflicting the country. For the past two weeks, Ulaanbaatar’s streets have been packed with young citizens who have been demanding action — and transparency. Unrest erupted after viral social media posts of the Prime Minister’s 23-year-old son’s over-the-top engagement proposal, which included a luxury car, helicopter rides, designer handbags and a pricey ring.
A Palestinian doctor has died from serious injuries he sustained in an airstrike in Gaza on 23 May, according to reports. The strike, which targeted the family’s house in Khan Younis, killed nine of his children and critically wounded the 10th. Hamdi had just come back home after recently taking his wife, Dr Alaa al-Najjar, to Nasser Hospital, where the two worked.
On Saturday, Turkish prosecutors widened their probe into the opposition-run Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, detaining 30 people over claims of corruption. Detainees include a former member of parliament from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and three district mayors, all of whose districts are run by the CHP in the city of Istanbul.
Chinese computer science PhD student in US Kiwi Zhang’s academic dreams were dashed when he was barred at the border. After attending a conference in Asia last summer and returning to the United States, Zhang was detained, questioned for two days about his ties to the Chinese Communist Party, and had his devices confiscated. Eventually, he was deported and for five years banned from the US over accusations he had shared research with the Chinese government—claims he vehemently denies. Now back in China, Zhang is unsure what to do next.
North Korea has transferred some 14,000 soldiers and numerous amount of arms including 100 plus ballistic missiles to Russia since the launch of its invasion of Ukraine, a new report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) has revealed. The report describes a broader military support campaign from Pyongyang, which also includes rocket launchers, vehicles, self-propelled guns and heavy artillery. The supplied ballistic missiles are believed to have been fired in assaults on Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia.
The bodies of five members of a band that went missing in the northern city of Reynosa, near the US-Mexican border, were discovered. Authorities suspect members of a powerful drug cartel were responsible for the killings. The group was reported missing on their way to perform at a private event.
Even as sanctions and strategies to curtail revenue, Russia still reaps billions of dollars in revenue from its fossil fuel exports, much of it in Western countries. And these gains have helped finance its continued invasion of Ukraine, which began a fourth year this week. The aid Ukraine has received from its allies pales beside the enormous proceeds Russia has taken in from oil and gas exports since 2022.
BY Oskar Malec
BY Oskar Malec
BY Oskar Malec
BY Oskar Malec
BY Oskar Malec
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