Aliaksandr KudrytskiBloomberg News(TNS) Russia attempted to strike military targets in Ukraine overnight with a barrage of missiles and drones, after Sweden said it will provide Kyiv with surveillance aircraft to be deployed with fighter jets from other European nations. Ukraine downed seven out of 11 cruise missiles fired from bombers... The post...

dpa(TNS) Moscow — The Kremlin once again warned Ukraine’s allies against allowing Kiev to hit Russian territory using Western weapons, with President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman promising “consequences” if such strikes were to occur. “It will ultimately be very damaging to the interests of those countries that have chosen the path of escalating tensions,”...

dpa(TNS) Washington — Iran-backed Houthi rebels have attacked an Greek carrier ship in the Red Sea, the US military said on Tuesday. Iranian-backed Houthi militants launched five missiles, with the Greek-owned MV Laax reporting it had been struck by three of the missiles, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on social media platform X. The ship was......

dpa(TNS) Seoul — North Korea was accused on Wednesday of sending hundreds of balloons containing rubbish and feces across the heavily fortified border with South Korea. The South Korean military released images showing inflated balloons with plastic bags tethered to them. Around 260 such balloons filled with trash and excrement had been launched by......

dpa correspondentsdpa(TNS) Amsterdam — The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court said on Monday that he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top leaders from Palestinian extremist group Hamas over war crimes committed in Israel and Gaza. Prosecutor Karim Khan said he is requesting warrants for Netanyahu...

Arne Bänschdpa(TNS) Tehran — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were among the nine people who died when their helicopter crashed in the country’s mountainous north-west during bad weather, state media reported on Monday. The Iranian Cabinet convened a second emergency meeting in less than 24 hours following...