Israel says it has concluded strikes on Iranian military targets and all its planes have returned safely home. Satellite imagery shows renovation work at an old Soviet-era laboratory called Sergiev Posad-6 - previously quiet for decades - with several new buildings bearing hallmarks of biological labs designed to handle extremely dangerous pathogens
Read MoreStray dogs are eating the dead in the streets of northern Gaza, an emergency services chief says. UK investigating the origins of a package that caught fire at a DHL depot in Birmingham, amid heightened fears that Russian agents are intent on causing “mayhem” on Britain’s streets.
Read MoreThe Olympics get underway in Paris with an unprecedented outdoor ceremony but marred by an arson attack on the French high-speed rail system and athletes complaining of lousy food
Read MoreRussia has used ballistic missiles and launchers supplied by North Korea in Ukraine, U.S. says. A new report documents more than $7.8 million in payments from at least 20 foreign governments — including China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar — to businesses owned by then-President Trump during two years of his term.
Read MoreSources in the Biden administration estimate that Israel will launch a ground attack on the Gaza Strip within the next two days. At least 16 civilians have been wounded in Russian attacks in the south and east of Ukraine.
Read MoreThe North Korean leader gets the royal treatment in Russia. Progress in the Ukrainian counteroffensive. China’s defence minister goes missing.
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin met Wednesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Russia. Kim pledged his “full and unconditional support” for “all decisions” by Putin, in an apparent reference to Russia's war on Ukraine. Two Russian military vessels have been damaged in an apparent large-scale Ukrainian strike on a ship-repair base in Russian-occupied Crimea
Read MoreNorth Korean leader said to be on the move to Vladivostok for a meeting with President Putin that’s expected to have all the trappings of a state visit. Ukraine reportedly regains Black Sea oiL platforms from Russia
Read MorePitched battles continue in the east, where Moscow's offensive has centered on the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiyivka in Donetsk, Ukraine's General Staff reports, as a regional official reported that Russians are leveling a famous theater to the ground in the southern city of Mariupol.
Read MoreA Russian rocket struck the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporyzhzhia. A vote in the United Nations General Assembly sanctioning Russia for its aggression in Ukraine passes with only 4 votes against
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