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Several regions of Ukraine and the capital Kyiv were experiencing power cuts after multiple strikes targeted energy facilities, local officials said Tuesday. Russian air strikes have destroyed 30 percent of Ukraine’s power stations in a week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Read FRANCE 24’s liveblog for the latest developments. All are in Paris time (GMT+2). Local […]

Thirteen people were killed after a Russian warplane crashed into a nine-story apartment building and ignited a massive blaze that engulfed several floors. The Su-34 bomber came down in the Russian port city of Yeysk on Monday evening after suffering engine failure. A Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber crashes into a building in Yeysk, Russia, 17 October 2022   –   Copyright  Source: […]

In Zelensky’s latest address on Monday evening, October 17, the Ukrainian President stated that Ukraine needs significantly more modern air defense systems and a greater missile provision for such systems. Zelensky stressed, that the fewer terrorist opportunities Russia has, the sooner this war would end. Image by Kyiv Post. Strong people of the indomitable country! […]

KYIV — For the second Monday in a row, central Kyiv awoke to the sound of explosions caused by a Russian attack. Five blasts interspersed with Ukrainian defenders’ frantic small arms fire echoed through this downtown district early in the morning on Oct. 17. A week ago, Russia struck the same location with a missile, targeting a […]

Hundreds of Somalis gathered in Dubai this weekend to watch The Gravedigger’s Wife, a powerful film by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed. The Finnish-Somali writer-director was there to screen his award-winning movie, which had its premiere at Cannes Film Festival last year, at Cinema Akil’s first Arab Cinema Week, which ended on Sunday. Khadar Ayderus Ahmed attends ‘The […]

Sweden’s parliament has voted in the Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson as Prime Minister, meaning that for the first time, a government is taking power with the formal support of the far right. Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson basks in applause after being voted in as Sweden’s new Prime Minister by the country’s parliament. Photo: […]

Eight prisoners died as a result of a fire at Tehran’s Evin prison over the weekend, Iran’s judiciary said on Monday, doubling the death toll from the blaze which has increased pressure on a government struggling to contain mass protests. Damage caused by a fire in the notorious Evin prison, northwest of the Iranian capital, […]

Russian-launched “kamikaze drones” attacked Kyiv early Monday, Oct.17, the Ukrainian presidency said, describing the strikes as an act of desperation nearly eight months into a war that has claimed thousands of lives. Smoke rises from a partially destroyed building in Kyiv on October 17, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA […]

Swedish-American astrophysicist Max Tegmark has estimated the probability of the use of a nuclear weapon in Ukraine and a global nuclear war – and the numbers he has come up with are not reassuring. Putin could drag the world into a global nuclear war, warns Max Tegmark (Photo:twindesigner / depositphotos)  “margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:=”” normal”=””>The world has been […]

  Chinese government officials are stonewalling U.S. efforts to solidify a long-planned face-to-face meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 meeting in Bali next month. Chinese officials are stonewalling on an agenda for the meeting in protest over Biden’s recent actions against the country. Chinese government […]