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Russia rains attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region after launching offensive
By Barbara WOJAZER AFP Russia pummelled more than 30 towns and villages in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region after launching a surprise ground ...New Caledonia closes airport, imposes curfew after violence
By Lucy Craymer, Kirsty Needham and Gus Trompiz Reuters Authorities in the French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia shut the international airport, ...Ukraine peace summit pushes neutral Swiss toward Western embrace
By Dave Graham Reuters An upcoming Ukraine peace summit, ostensibly the most ambitious bid in years by neutral Switzerland to mediate a ...Russia launches a ‘massive’ missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s energy facilities
Russian forces have unleashed an overnight barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine’s power grid, targeting a ...Russia’s biggest airstrike in weeks piles pressure on Ukraine power grid
By Gleb Garanich and Anastasiia Malenko Reuters Russian missiles and drones struck nearly a dozen Ukrainian critical infrastructure facilities in a major ...Macron, von der Leyen press China’s Xi on trade in Paris talks
By Elizabeth Pineau, John Irish and Ingrid Melander Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen urged ...Russian drones injure 6 in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Dnipro regions
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Dnipro regions, injuring at least six people and hitting critical infrastructure, commercial ...Missile defence successes in Gulf, Ukraine fuel global urgency to acquire systems
By Gerry Doyle Reuters The success of ballistic missile defences facing their first complex, high-stakes combat scenarios in Israel, the Red Sea ...Turkey halts all trade with Israel, cites worsening Palestinian situation
Turkey said Thursday it was suspending all trade with Israel until it allows aid to enter Gaza unhindered during its offensive against ...Russian missile hits educational institution, kills five in Ukraine’s Odesa
By Iryna Nazarchuk Reuters A Russian missile attack on an educational institution in a popular seafront park in the Ukrainian Black Sea ...













