ABC: DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A missile fired by a drone struck a house in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in northwestern Pakistan along the Afghan border before dawn Tuesday, killing at least four villagers, including children, police said. The strike happened in South Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police chief […]
Reuters: KYIV, May 14 – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a trip to Kyiv on Tuesday that part of a major U.S. aid package had arrived in Ukraine and that more was on its way that was going to “make a real difference”. Blinken’s trip is the first by […]
Reuters: CAIRO, May 14 – Israeli tanks forged deeper into eastern Rafah on Tuesday, reaching some residential districts of the southern border city where more than a million people had been sheltering after being displaced in seven months of war. Israel’s international allies and aid groups have repeatedly urged against a ground incursion into refugee-packed […]
BBC: Two French prison officers have been killed in an ambush on a prison van near Rouen in Normandy. Reports in French media say an inmate who was being transported in the van has escaped together with the attackers. Several hundred police officers and gendarmes have reportedly been deployed to carry out a manhunt. French […]
BBC: A year after a massive seizure triggered his brain cancer diagnosis, top melanoma doctor Richard Scolyer remains cancer-free. The Australian has undergone a world-first, experimental treatment for glioblastoma, based on his own pioneering melanoma research. His subtype of cancer is so aggressive most patients survive less than a year. But the 57-year-old announced on […]
BBC: Part of a collapsed bridge in Baltimore has been deliberately destroyed, clearing the way for the eventual full return of shipping through one of the busiest sea routes in the US. A ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge on 26 March, causing it to collapse and killing six construction workers. Monday’s demolition broke […]
BBC: A least eight people have been killed and about 60 injured after a giant billboard collapsed during a sudden storm in the Indian city of Mumbai, authorities said. The billboard, measuring 70m by 50m according to the police, fell onto houses and a petrol station in the city’s financial district on Monday. About 20 […]
BBC: Russia is claiming its forces have entered the north-eastern border town of Vovchansk, near Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv. Ukraine says there is still heavy fighting taking place there. Russia has intensified its attacks on the region following Friday’s surprise incursions across the border, seizing at least nine villages and settlements in one of […]
BBC: A series of controlled explosions are to be used on Monday to separate the stricken Dali cargo ship from the remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Crews plan to use explosives to break down bridge sections still covering the Dali, which crashed in March. The planned demolition was postponed on […]
BBC: At least 37 people were killed after flash floods and cold lava flowing from a volcano hit the western Indonesian island of Sumatra. Hours of heavy rain on Saturday swept torrents of ash and rocks down Mount Marapi, the most active volcano in Sumatra. The cold lava mudslides inundated two districts, swept people to […]
BBC: Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to replace his long-standing ally Sergei Shoigu as defence minister, the Kremlin has announced. The 68-year-old has been in the role since 2012 and is to be appointed secretary of Russia’s Security Council. Papers published by the upper chamber of the Russian parliament said Mr Shoigu will be […]
BBC: Russia is blaming a Ukrainian strike after an entire section of an apartment block collapsed following an explosion in Belgorod. CCTV from the scene shows a large blast near the base of the 10-floor structure and then the building falling in. At least 17 people have been hurt and there are reports of fatalities […]