BBC News:- Russian state media has confirmed the death of one of Moscow’s top generals during heavy fighting in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Maj Gen Roman Kutuzov was killed leading an assault on a Ukrainian settlement in the region, a reporter with the state-owned Rossiya 1 said. Alexander Sladkov said Gen Kutuzov had been commanding […]
BBC News:- The UK is sending its first long-range missiles to Ukraine, the defence secretary has said, despite a threat from Russia to the West. Ben Wallace said the M270 multiple-launch rocket system will help Ukraine defend itself against Russia. The government has not confirmed how many weapons will be sent, but the BBC understands […]
Al Jazeera News:- At least 26 people have died and four others were injured after a bus in a mountainous region of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand plunged into a gorge, police and media reports said. The bus was carrying 30 people, including the driver, to Yamunotri, the remote Hindu pilgrimage site in the […]
AL Jazeera News:- South Korea and the United States have condemned North Korea’s latest missile launches, firing eight ballistic missiles of their own in a show of force aimed at demonstrating the two allies’ readiness to respond to Pyongyang’s “provocations”. The launches early on Monday came a day after North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic […]
ABC News:- The death toll in the collapse of a building in southwestern Iran rose Monday to at least 41, state media reported, two weeks after the disaster struck. Ehsun Abbaspour, the governor of the city of Abadan, gave the figure based on an official report, state television said. The May 23 collapse at the […]
ABC News:- Authorities in Bangladesh were still struggling Monday to determine the cause of a devastating fire that killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media reported, as experts have raised concern over the safety standard in the country’s industrial sector. Efforts to extinguish the […]
NDTV News:- A huge fire broke out at The Children’s Hospital in Lahore’s Gulberg in Pakistan on Saturday, reported local media. The incident of this massive fire was confirmed by the rescue officials, reported Pakistan’s local media outlet Samaa TV. The fire erupted in the pharmacy storage on the third floor where medicines worth millions […]
ABC News:- Block-by-block fighting raged Friday in two key eastern Ukrainian cities Friday, the 100th day of Russia’s war, slowly grinding them to rubble. Luhansk Gov. Serhiy Haidai said fierce battles continued in Sievierodonetsk, where about 13,000 remaining residents took shelter in basements to escape relentless Russian bombardment. Ukrainian forces reclaimed 20% of city terrain […]
BBC News:- Canadian military aircraft operating in Asia have been repeatedly “buzzed” by Chinese jets at dangerously close distances, Ottawa says. Canada says that its aircrews have had to alter their path to avoid collisions while operating in international airspace near North Korea. It has called the Chinese behaviour unprofessional and potentially risky. China has […]
BBC News:- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Russian forces have seized 20% of his country’s territory, as Moscow’s invasion nears its 100th day. Addressing lawmakers in Luxembourg, he added that the front line extended for more than 1,000km (621 miles). “All combat-ready Russian military formations are involved in this aggression,” he told MPs via […]