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The 150-year-old suspension bridge crashed into the river when supporting cables snapped, spilling scores of people into the water while others clung desperately to the wreckage shouting for help Rescuers conduct search operations after a bridge across the river Machhu collapsed in Morbi, Gujarat, India, Oct. 31, 2022. (AFP Photo) At least 141 people were […]

The Kremlin launched another wave of missile attacks against Ukrainian civilian targets on Monday. The weapons targeted the power grid and knocked entire city districts offline, as Ukrainian officials across the country reported multiple shoot-downs of incoming weapons. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Russian Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers flying over the Caspian Sea launched “around 50” cruise […]

The bursts of Ukrainian fire flying over his head at the Russians in their southern stronghold of Kherson down the road gave Oleksandr Prikhodko reason to hope. Ukraine used long-range US missiles to break down the Russians before advancing Gints Ivuskans AFP. The energetic 42-year-old was standing in the soot-covered ruins of the family store […]

At least 120 people were killed and 100 more were injured as they were crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital of Seoul, South Korean officials said. A person, believed to have suffered from cardiac arrest, is transported on a stretcher in the popular nightlife […]

Somali president says death toll to rise further after Saturday’s twin bombings that targeted the education ministry. At least 100 people have been killed and 300 wounded in two car bomb explosions in the capital Mogadishu, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said. Rescuers remove a body from the scene of a double car bomb attack […]

The thrill of a precise artillery strike was fading as the Ukrainian defenders of the last village before the invading Russians cowered for safety in the shattered remains of a school. Puffs of smoke revealed where the Russians had suffered their latest losses along the flat and almost completely lifeless terrain of Ukraine’s southern front. […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday that military assistance to Ukraine by the United States and NATO results in them being parties to the conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (2nd L) and Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha (L) attend a joint press conference following talks in […]

Editor’s note: The names of the people interviewed by the Kyiv Independent for this story have been changed to protect their identity as they have shared sensitive information that could place them and their families in danger.   A Russian soldier, drafted as part of Russia’s ongoing mobilization, is photographed in Moscow on Oct. 10, […]

South Korea has not resumed loudspeaker broadcasts at the inter-Korean border as North Korea claimed earlier this week, a Seoul official told NK News on Wednesday Kim Jong Un inspecting a missile test with his wife Ri Sol Ju| Image: KCNA (Oct. 10, 2022) The DPRK’s Korean People’s Army (KPA) leveled the accusation that South […]

The missile and artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine performed 190 fire missions, eliminating more than half a hundred invaders in the southern direction over the past day. “The situation in the Southern Buh direction in the entire operational zone is quite tense but controlled. The enemy continues holding active defense, looks for […]