Zelenskyy ‘confirms’ daring military incursion onto Russian soil
Days after Ukraine began a surprise military incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region, Zelenskyy broke the government’s silence on it late Saturday by indirectly acknowledging ongoing military actions to “push the war out into the aggressor’s territory” in his nightly address. Overnight into Sunday, a Russian drone and missile barrage on...
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Trump’s campaign says its emails were hacked
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Brazilian authorities probing cause of plane crash that killed 61
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Bangladesh Chief Justice steps down
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Russia tightens security in area of Ukraine attacks
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UN-sanctioned official named head of Iran’s nuclear agency
Iran’s newly-elected president reappointed a US-educated official who came under United Nations sanctions 16 years ago as head of the country’s nuclear department, state TV reported Saturday. Mohammad Eslami, 67, will continue his work as chief of Iran’s civilian nuclear programme and serve as one of several vice presidents. Eslami’s reappointment...
Israeli airstrike on Gaza school kills at least 80 people
An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City early Saturday, killing at least 80 people, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest strikes in the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military acknowledged the strike, claiming it hit a Hamas command centre within the school. Hamas...