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Ukrainian drones attack Moscow as Zelenskyy suggests fresh ceasefire talks
Antonio Masiello/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russia's Defense Ministry on Sunday claimed to have shot down at least 26 Ukrainian drones over the Moscow region, as both sides continued their long-range str...
Jul 20, 2025
Russia attacks Ukraine with more than 300 drones and missiles overnight
(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday morning that Russia had attacked Ukraine overnight with more than 300 drones and over 30 missiles.The strikes, which occurred Friday n...
Jul 19, 2025
Migrants deported to El Salvador’s CECOT prison sent to Venezuela in prison swap, Bukele says
(VENEZUELA) -- The more than 200 Venezuelan migrants who were deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador's mega-prison in March have left El Salvador to be sent to Venezuela as part of a pris...
Jul 18, 2025
Air India captain may have shut off fuel ahead of deadly crash, WSJ reports
Raju Shinde/Hindustan Times via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Dialogue heard on a cockpit voice recording indicates that the captain of the Air India flight that crashed in June, killing 260 peo...
Jul 17, 2025
Massive fire destroys Tomorrowland music festival main stage days before opening
Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images(BOOM, BELGIUM) -- A massive fire severely damaged the main stage at Belgium's Tomorrowland, one of the world's largest electronic dance music festivals, just da...
Jul 17, 2025
Ukraine targets Moscow as Russia reports shooting down more than 100 drones
Handout/Ukrainian State Emergency Service(LONDON) -- Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces shot down at least 143 Ukrainian drones on Wednesday night through to Thursday afternoon, with at least t...
Jul 17, 2025
Catholic church in Gaza damaged, priest injured, church says
Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Holy Family Church, a Catholic church in Gaza, was damaged on Thursday and its priest was injured along with several others, the parish said...
Jul 17, 2025
Pro-Russia cybercrime network targeted by European law enforcement
Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Law enforcement officials in Europe said they had coordinated the dismantling of an international pro-Russian cybercrime network, arresting two members, iss...
Jul 17, 2025
Over 60 dead after fire rips through shopping mall in Iraq
(LONDON) -- An overnight fire at a shopping mall in Iraq has killed more than 60 people, according to the country's interior ministry.The massive fire broke out early Thursday in the new, five-s...
Jul 17, 2025
More than a dozen killed in stampede at Gaza aid site, GHF says
Ramez Habboub / GocherImagery/Future Publishing via Getty Images(LONDON) -- At least 20 people were killed in an incident at one of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution sites in the ...
Jul 16, 2025