Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 36

Russia struck cities across Ukraine yesterday with a missile barrage that killed 36 people and heavily damaged a Kyiv children’s hospital in an assault condemned as a ruthless attack on civilians.
8 July 2024

Russian missile attack kills 36, hits children's hospital: Ukraine

Russia rained missiles down on cities across Ukraine in broad daylight on Monday morning, killing at least 36 civilians and badly damaging Kyiv's main children's hospital in the deadliest air strike in months, officials said
8 July 2024

Modi lands in Russia for first visit since Ukraine offensive

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Russia on Monday, as the Indian leader treaded a fine line between maintaining a longstanding relationship with Moscow and courting closer Western security ties
8 July 2024

Biden faces crucial week in fight for his reelection bid

US President Joe Biden faces a critical week Monday that will test his standing at home and abroad, as moves to force him to quit his fight for a second White House term gather pace
8 July 2024

11 dead, 19 missing in Indonesia landslide

At least 11 people are dead and 19 more are missing after heavy rains caused a landslide near an illegal gold mine on Indonesia's central island of Sulawesi, an official said Monday
8 July 2024

Boeing to plead guilty in US probe of fatal 737 MAX crashes

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge to resolve a US Justice Department investigation linked to two 737 MAX fatal crashes, a government official said on Sunday
8 July 2024

France seeks way out of political 'fog' after far right defeat

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday was to start efforts to extract France from its most severe political uncertainty in decades after the left defeated the far right in elections with no group winning an absolute majority
8 July 2024

French polls: Win for the left, blow for Le Pen and a hung parliament

France faced potential political deadlock after elections on Sunday threw up a hung parliament, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot but no group winning a majority
8 July 2024

June hottest on record, beating 2023 high: EU climate monitor

Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU's climate monitor said Monday, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to heatwaves
8 July 2024

Biden back on campaign trail as pressure mounts

US President Joe Biden headed back out on the campaign trail yesterday, desperate to salvage his re-election bid as senior Democrats meet to discuss growing calls that he quit the White House race.
7 July 2024

‘Bulldozed and shelled’

Tank tracks still fresh on his field in southern Gaza’s coastal area of Al-Mawasi, Nedal Abu Jazar lamented the damage offensive has wrought on his trees and crops.
7 July 2024

Munitions depot inside Russia on fire

An overnight Ukrainian drone attack set a Russian munitions depot ablaze the Voronezh region, near the two countries’ shared border, Russian and Ukrainian officials said yesterday.
7 July 2024

Voter turnout high in French election

French voters turned out in force for the second round of a parliamentary election yesterday that could see the far-right National Rally (RN) emerge as the strongest party, severely denting President Emmanuel Macron’s authority.
7 July 2024

Gaza ceasefire proposal: Hamas waiting for Israeli response

Hamas is waiting for a response from Israel on its ceasefire proposal, officials from the group said yesterday, five days after it accepted a key part of a US plan aimed at ending the offensive in Gaza now in its tenth month.
7 July 2024

Ruins of 4,000-yr-old temple found in Peru

A team of archaeologists have discovered the ruins of what appears to be a 4,000-year-old ceremonial temple buried in a sand dune of northern Peru, alongside skeletal human remains which may have been offerings for religious rituals.
7 July 2024

11 killed in Nepal floods, landslides

Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said yesterday.
7 July 2024

Iran’s president-elect to be sworn in next month

Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian will be sworn in before parliament in early August as the Islamic republic’s ninth president, state media reported yesterday.
7 July 2024

Eight killed in gun battles in India’s Jammu & Kashmir

Two soldiers and six suspected militants were killed in two separate gun battles in Indian’s Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), police said yesterday.
7 July 2024

Make a ‘plan to control immigration’

Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair made an early intervention in British politics yesterday after Keir Starmer’s landslide election victory, urging him to have a “plan to control immigration”.
7 July 2024

Pope deplores state of democracy, warns against 'populists'

"Democracy is not in good health in the world today," Francis said during a speech at the city's convention centre to close a national Catholic event
7 July 2024