Russia launched about 15 cruise missiles at Ukraine's capital on Tuesday, the second attack in as many days, with air defence systems shooting all of them down, officials said, after air raid alerts blared over most of the country

Israel launched pre-dawn air strikes on Tuesday against the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, its military announced, with the health ministry of the Hamas-controlled territory saying 12 people were killed.

Air strikes again shook Sudan’s capital yesterday while the latest truce talks in Jeddah have yielded no progress, with a Saudi diplomat saying both sides consider themselves “capable of winning the battle”.

At least eight people were killed and several others injured on Sunday when an SUV ran a red light and plowed into a group waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant aid centre in the US state of Texas.

At least 22 people died when a tourist boat capsized in India, officials said yesterday, with many of those on board thought to be children.

Russia carried out drone, missile and air strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities through Sunday night, escalating attacks in the run-up to its cherished Victory Day holiday that celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germany.

Seven soldiers were killed Sunday after their vehicle ran over a landmine in the Niger's western Tillaberi region, said the National Guard of Niger (GNN)

At least seven people were killed Sunday in south Texas and several others injured when a car plowed through a group waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant aid centre, police said

At least 27 workers have died in a fire at a gold mine in a remote area of southern Peru, authorities said yesterday.

Authorities in northwest Mexico rescued 113 kidnapped migrants of different nationalities from a building along the border with the United States, the state prosecutor’s office said.

A gunman shot and killed eight people and wounded at least seven others at a busy mall north of Dallas on Saturday, police said.

More than 14 million people tuned in to watch King Charles III’s coronation on BBC television, the corporation said yesterday.

Israel yesterday transferred a Jordanian member of parliament to Amman’s authorities, weeks after arresting him for attempting to smuggle pistols, rifles and gold into the occupied West Bank, officials said.

Vietnam has reported a record-high temperature, with climate experts warning such extreme weather events would continue.

Arab League foreign ministers adopted a decision to readmit Syria after more than a decade of suspension yesterday, a spokesperson for the League said, consolidating a regional push to normalise ties with President Bashar al-Assad.

A man was beaten to death by a mob after being accused of blasphemy at a rally for former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party, officials said yesterday.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said yesterday that his “heart aches” over South Korea’s colonial-era suffering, as he hailed fresh efforts to mend Tokyo’s long-strained ties with Seoul at a landmark summit.

Russian paramilitary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said yesterday he had received “a promise” of more ammunition from the Russian army, after he threatened to pull his frontline Wagner troops out of Bakhmut.

The UN’s top humanitarian official arrived in Saudi Arabia yesterday for ceasefire talks between Sudan’s warring generals, as gun battles and air strikes flared in the Sudanese capital at the start of a fourth week of fighting.

At least 135 of the about 700 Bangladeshis, who were evacuated to Port Sudan from conflict-stricken Khartoum on May 3, were flown to Jeddah by three special aircrafts of Royal Saudi Air Force today