Serhiy Lysak posted online that three of the children were in serious condition. A total of 17 people were being treated in hospital ... ‘We will succeed’ ... There was no confirmation by Ukrainian military officials of a missile strike ... TopicsUkraineEuropenews ... .
North Korea denounced the U.N.Security Council for holding a meeting on its recent satellite launch upon "robbery demands" from the U.S., vowing to continue rejecting sanctions and taking "self-defensive" action, state media KCNA said Sunday. The U.S ... North Korea will never acknowledge U.N ... and its allies' "anti-North Korea, hostile policy." .
JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunbattle involving an Egyptian border guard in southern Israel along the border left three Israeli soldiers and the Egyptian officer dead Saturday, officials said. It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier. Lt. Col ... He said several hours later, two soldiers in a guard post were shot and killed ... .
Tens of thousands gathered on Saturday for the fifth anti-government protest in recent weeks in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, after two back-to-back shootings that killed 18 people, half of them children ... ‘We have a violent society’. hate speech in spotlight after Serbian mass shootings. Read more ... “I’m here for all of us, especially my children ... .
Reuters. Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan announces new cabinet during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, on June 3, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday pledged to introduce a new constitution to replace the current one, as he officially began a new five-year term as the Turkish head of state ... .
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine is ready to launch its long-awaited counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview published on Saturday. "We strongly believe that we will succeed,” Zelenskiy told the Wall Street Journal. "I don’t know how long it will take ... .
AFP, TAIPEI. US and Canadian warships yesterday sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the navies of both countries said, in a joint mission through the sensitive waterway ... 7, 2014 ... There was no immediate response to the passage from China’s military, which routinely denounces such actions as a US effort to stir up tensions ... Additional reporting by Reuters.
BHUBANESWAR, India - The death toll from the collision of two Indian passenger trains in Odisha state has surged to 288 and more than 850 are injured, a state government official told AFP on Saturday, making the rail accident the country's deadliest in more than two decades ... "I was asleep," an unidentified male survivor told NDTV news ... .
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong police detained eight people, including activists and artists, on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China’sTiananmen Square crackdown, a move that signals the city’s shrinking freedom of expression ... Four others were taken away for investigation on suspicion of breaching public peace ... “Hong Kongers, do not be afraid ... .
It’s a growing problem that has United States naval commanders scratching their heads. How to keep up with China’s ever-expanding fleet of warships. Not only is China’s navy already the world’s largest, its numerical lead over the US is getting wider, with the head of the US Navy warning recently that American shipyards simply can’t keep up ... .