Russia launched another large drone attack on Ukraine, targeting Kyiv and causing damage to a maternity facility in Odesa’s southern port, according to regional authorities’ reports on Tuesday.The overnight strikes came after Russia launched the largest drone attack against Ukraine on Monday, part of heightened military activities that Moscow claims are in response to Ukraine’s […]
Ukraine denied Russian allegations on Saturday that it had indefinitely postponed prisoner swaps, accusing Moscow of “playing dirty games” after overnight Russian missile and bomb strikes on Kharkiv left three people dead and 22 injured.Separately, Russian officials said a Ukrainian drone attack in the Moscow region wounded two people. At a second round of peace […]
It’s the early hours of Monday, May 26th. An airstrike that Israel says is aimed at a militant control center has just hit a former school where dozens of families were sheltering. Eighteen children were killed in the attack, according to the local emergency services. And this scene of a girl trying to escape the […]
Ukraine’s security agency claimed a massive drone attack on June 1 which severely damaged Russia’s long-range air strike capabilities, causing an estimated $7 billion in destruction and disabling 34% of its cruise missile bombers. Called “Spider Web,” the operation reportedly struck four key Russian airbases, targeting aircraft regularly used to launch missiles on Ukrainian cities. […]
The Russian defence ministry confirmed on Sunday that the Ukrainian drone strikes targeted 5 airbases across the country, damaging an unspecified number of aircrafts.In a statement, the Russian defence ministry accused Kyiv of carrying out “a terror attack with the use of FPV drones on airfields in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur Regions.”“All […]
Representative image (AP) At least 12 Ukrainian soldiers are reported dead and over 60 others injured in a Russian missile strike which hit a Ukrainian army training unit on Sunday, according to a statement put out by Ukrainian ground forces in a statement.The strike took place at 12:50pm (local time), said the statement, which stressed […]
The Islamic State (IS) group on Thursday claimed responsibility for its first attack targeting Syria’s new government forces since the ousting of former president Bashar al-Assad, according to war monitors.In a statement picked up by the SITE Intelligence Group, IS said it planted an “explosive device” on a Syrian military vehicle in Sweida province, in […]
HARARE: More than 100 lecturers and teaching staff picketed at Zimbabwe’s main university Tuesday to back a five-week wage strike that has already forced the cancellation of exams.Lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe downed tools on April 16 to demand an increase in salary from $230 (US dollars) to $2,500 per month, the amount they […]
Truck drivers across Iran continued a rare and prolonged strike for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday, demanding better working conditions in a sector vital to the country’s economy.While labor strikes are permitted under Iranian law, the scale and persistence of this protest are unusual.The strike, which began in the southwestern port city of Bandar […]
Representative image (Picture credit: AP) Russia unleashed its largest aerial attack since the war began, striking more than 30 cities and villages across Ukraine overnight into Sunday. At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured as 367 missiles and drones rained down in a second straight night of intense bombardment, reported the news agency […]
