Reuters: SOUTHERN DONETSK PROVINCE, Ukraine, July 31 – They rode into a kill zone. The timing was off. Many men were lost. In the end, they recaptured the ruined village of Staromaiorske, claiming Ukraine’s biggest advance for weeks. Troops at the spearhead of Ukraine’s counteroffensive say a battle last week along the front in the […]
BBC News: Three people have been killed and dozens injured in religious clashes that broke out during a procession by Hindu nationalist groups in the northern Indian state of Haryana. Those killed include a Muslim cleric and two “home guards”, who assist the police in controlling riots and public disturbances, police say. Several policemen are […]
BBC News: At least six people, including a 10-year-old girl and her mother, have been killed by a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih. Ukraine’s interior minister said 69 others were injured when missiles slammed into a high-rise building and a university on Monday. Regional governor Serhiy Lysak declared a day […]
ABC News: BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-controlled government has extended the state of emergency it imposed when the army seized power from an elected government 2 1/2 years ago, state-run media said Monday, forcing a further delay in elections it promised when it took over. MRTV television said the National Defense and Security Council met Monday […]
Reuters: BEIJING, July 31 – China on Monday announced export controls on some drones and drone-related equipment, saying it wanted to safeguard “national security and interests” amid escalating tension with the United States over access to technology. The restrictions on equipment including some drone engines, lasers, communication equipment and anti-drone systems would take effect on […]
Reuters: WASHINGTON, July 30 – Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s political action committee is expected to report on Monday that it has spent about $40 million in legal fees in the first half of 2023 to defend Trump and his advisers, among others, the Washington Post reported. The New York Times separately reported that the […]
Reuters: DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, July 31 – The death toll in a suicide bombing of a political rally by a religious group allied to Pakistan’s government rose to 45 on Monday, compounding security concerns in the runup to a general election in November. The bomber attacked Sunday’s gathering of the conservative Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl […]
Reuters: AMSTERDAM, July 31 – A burning car carrier off the Dutch coast has been towed to a new location away from shipping lanes as part of an operation to salvage the ship, the Dutch public works and water management ministry and local media said on Monday. The freighter, which was travelling from Germany to […]
Reuters: July 31 – A senior Ukrainian official reported heavy fighting in the northeast of the country on Sunday, with Kyiv’s forces holding their lines and making gains in some areas. Russia’s military said it had halted Ukrainian forces in the northeast. The military also said it brought down down three Ukrainian drones which had […]
BBC News: At least 37 people have been killed in an explosion in Pakistan during a rally organised by an Islamist party. More than 100 people were also injured in the explosion in north-west Bajaur district, where Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) was holding a meeting. Police told the BBC that they have found evidence suggesting the […]
BBC News: Ukraine’s President Volodymr Zelensky has warned war is coming to Russia after a drone attack on the capital Moscow. Mr Zelensky said attacks on Russian territory were an “inevitable, natural and absolutely fair process” of the war between the two countries. Russia’s defence ministry said three Ukrainian drones were downed on Sunday, with […]
BBC News: At least 10 people have been killed and 76 injured after a severe storm hit areas of central Russia, the Emergencies Ministry says. Eight of the victims, three of them children, died when trees fell on their campsite in Mari El region. The campers had failed to take account of the weather forecast […]
