Swedish fighter jets intercepted a Russian military aircraft after it briefly violated Sweden's airspace on Friday east of the Baltic island of Gotland
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A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money criminal trial. Europe has only a fraction of the air defence capabilities needed to protect its eastern flank, according to Nato’s own internal calculations, laying bare the scale of the continent’s vulnerabilities
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At least 115 people were killed and more than 140 injured when gunmen attacked a packed concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia says. The number of dead and injured in Ukraine continues to rise after the biggest Russian attack ever on the country’s infrastructure. The Princess of Wales has disclosed that she has been diagnosed with cancer and is in the early stages of receiving chemotherapy treatment
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The UN warns that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with northern Gaza facing imminent famine and the rest of the Strip at risk as well. Vladimir Putin said he is open to French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to propose a ceasefire during this summer's Paris Olympics
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The so-called biting sanctions introduced against Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine appear to be having limited bit in the elite circles of Moscow and St Petersburg. Belorussian President grants himself lifetime immunity from prosecution
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Israel has agreed to begin four-hour “pauses” in military operations in northern Gaza to allow humanitarian aid to get in and innocent civilians to safely get out. Meanwhile some 80,000 civilians were said to have fled from the northern to the southern parts of Gaza. A powerful Russian missile strikes a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier off Odesa
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Voters in important U.S. states showed that Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House May be tougher than he expects. Israel forces appear firmly entrenched in northern Gaza as calls for a pause intensify
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Another group of lorries passed into Gaza from Egypt bringing much needed aid. Israel strikes targets in Gaza and the West Bank. A private Ukrainian postal depot was struck by Russian missiles - dead and injured
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US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday to hear about its plans for a ground offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping
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Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has denied reports of a ceasefire to allow "foreigners out" of south Gaza and "humanitarian aid in.” UN officials say the Gaza Strip is being “strangled” by Israel’s siege. The governing Law and Justice Party wins in exit polls in Poland but could lose power if it’s unable to find a coalition partner in parliament
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The U.S. believes nearly 500,000 Ukrainian and Russian soldiers have been wounded or killed during the expansive conflict that has raged in Ukraine since February of last year, the NYT reported. The report said Ukrainian military deaths are around 70,000 and injuries upwards of 120,000.
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Ukrainian military officials on August 9 cited more than 30 frontline clashes amid counteroffensive operations in the past 24 hours, while Russia blamed Kyiv for what it said was a twin drone attack targeting Moscow that it "thwarted" with no casualties or damage to the capital.
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Three drones, allegedly from Ukraine, caused significant damage in central Moscow and caused the temporary closure of airspace in the Russian capital. Kyiv makes gains on the battlefield
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Overnight strikes on Odesa and Mykolaiv and Odesa caused injuries and significant damage - including to an administrative building in Odesa. Grain and corn prices rise due to a Russian blockade of the Black Sea
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Ukraine’s military intelligence has claimed, without offering evidence, that Russia is plotting a “large-scale provocation” at a nuclear power plant it occupies in the southeast of the country with the aim of disrupting a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive.
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Russia launched 36 Iranian-made Shahed drones against Ukraine overnight Thursday, Ukraine’s Air Force reports. All the drones were shot down. Separately, a Russian missile hit a medical clinic in Dnipro, killing at least one and injuring 15 - including 2 children.
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Drones allegedly targeted the Kremlin in what’s likely a false flag operation. Russia launched a new series of overnight drone strikes on Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, but most of them were downed by Ukraine's air defenses. A Ukrainian military commander has vowed not to give up the eastern city of Bakhmut as Russian forces shelled the southern Kherson region for the second night in a row.
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Reports that the Ukrainian military has crossed the Dnipro River and established positions on the eastern side heightened expectations on April 23 that Kyiv is on the verge of its long-awaited counteroffensive
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Ukraine says its forces have repelleddozens of attacks as the invading Russian military pressed on with its offensive in the eastern Donetsk region with air strikes and artillery attacks. Ukraine is at a critical juncture in the war and both the country and its allies must not lose sight of the path to victory, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address on April 11.
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