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Ukraine is leading with its strong suits of skilled infantrymen, deliberate assaults and small-scale attack tactics in an offensive geared to gain ground and inflict casualties – just not quickly. A Russian BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle with a 675-sb3KDZ add-on armor kit was taken out of action by the troops of the Ukrainian 23rd Mechanized […]

Italy has declared a national day of mourning for Wednesday, when former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s funeral will be held, a government spokesman said on Monday.   Members of the public gather along a road as a funeral car transporting the body of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives at his residence, Villa San Martino, […]

Ukraine has finally launched its long-anticipated counteroffensive to reclaim territories lost to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said while declining to share any specifics on the operations. Ukrainian soldiers rest in a trench on the frontline near Kreminna, Luhansk region, Ukraine, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo) “Counteroffensive and defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine: At which stage […]

While Saturday marked the calmest day since the conflict began, Sunday’s fighting has been the “most fearless”, with residents sheltering in place for safety, she added. Witnesses said fighting resumed in the north of Omdurman, in el-Geneina near the border with Chad, and in el-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state, southwest of Khartoum. The […]

Five workers have been killed on Saturday after a blast rocked a rocket and explosives plant some 40 kilometers (25 miles) outside the capital Ankara, Ministry of National Defense stated Saturday. People and reporters gather outside a rocket and explosives factory where an explosion killed five workers, in Ankara, Türkiye, June 10, 2023. (AA Photo) […]

VANCOUVER – For the first time this year, air quality advisories are posted for part of Vancouver Island and a large section of the Lower Mainland as smoke from several wildfires wafts over the region. Two out-of-control wildfires east of Vancouver plus a blaze on Vancouver Island are contributing to the smudgy skies and Environment […]

 9.45am on Thursday morning, a man attacked pre-school children with a knife in a public play area in the Alpine town of Annecy. A video circulating online, apparently filmed by a passer-by on a mobile phone, shows the man in a part of the play park that features a slide and climbing frame, among mothers […]

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Lana Zaki Nusseibeh (United Arab Emirates): The members of the Security Council reaffirmed their full respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence and unity of Somalia. The members of the Security Council expressed concern about the ongoing violence in Laascaanood, situated in […]

Editor’s note: For this story, we spoke to people living or having family in the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. For their safety, they are identified by first name only. by Daria Shulzhenko andIgor Kossov A photograph published by a local Telegram channel shows flooding in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, Kherson Oblast, after the Kakhovka dam explosion […]

Officials said about 22,000 people live in areas at risk of flooding in Russian-controlled areas on the eastern side of the river, while 16,000 live in the most critical zone in Ukrainian-held territory on the western side. Rescue workers attempt to tow boats carrying residents being evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, […]