KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops made a major effort to smash through Russian defense lines in southeastern Ukraine for the second day, a Moscow-installed official said Monday as Russia’s defense ministry declared it had thwarted an attack in Ukraine. an illegally annexed region of the invaded country. Kiev authorities suggested the attack reports were … Read more
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s The long-awaited showdown against the Daily Mirror publisher began on Monday without him being present in court – and the judge was not happy. Harry’s lawyer said the Duke of Sussex would not be available to testify after opening statements because he had taken a flight from Los Angeles following … Read more
HONG KONG (AP) — An award-winning Hong Kong journalist has won an appeal that had her conviction linked to working on her investigative documentary overturned Monday in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the area. Bao Choy was found guilty in April 2021 of misleading the government into obtaining vehicle ownership data for … Read more
BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. military released video Monday of what it called an “unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait over the weekend in which a Chinese naval vessel sharply cut the path of a U.S. destroyer and forced the U.S. ship to slow down to avoid a collision. The incident occurred Saturday when … Read more
BEYOND BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Watching footage from an overhead drone camera, Ukrainian battalion commander Oleg Shiryaev warned his men in nearby trenches that Russian troops were advancing across a field toward a patch of trees outside the town of Bakhmut. The leader of the 225th Battalion of the 127th Kharkiv Territorial Defense Brigade then ordered … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy said Monday its sailors and Britain’s Royal Navy came to the rescue of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards “harassed” it. Three fast attack guard ships with armed troops on board approached the merchant ship at close range Sunday afternoon, … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s defense ministry announced Monday morning that it had thwarted a major Ukrainian attack in eastern Donetsk province, though it’s unclear whether this was the start of a Ukrainian counter-offensive. The ministry said in a rare early morning video that its forces on Sunday beat back a “large-scale” Ukrainian attack on … Read more
An education official in northern Afghanistan says nearly 80 girls in two primary schools were poisoned in a targeted campaign June 4, 2023, 1:27 PM ET • 2 min read KABUL, Afghanistan — Nearly 80 girls have been poisoned and hospitalized in two separate attacks on their primary schools in northern Afghanistan, a local education … Read more
OUTSIDE BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Watching footage from an overhead drone camera, Ukrainian battalion commander Oleg Shiryaev warned his men in nearby trenches that Russian troops were advancing across a field toward a stretch of trees outside the city of Bakhmut. The leader of the 225th Battalion of the 127th Kharkiv Territorial Defense Brigade then … Read more
BALASORE, India (AP) — The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by a fault in the electronic signaling system that caused a train to accidentally switch tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday. Authorities have been working to clear the mutilated wreckage of the two … Read more
