Emergency incident reported on bridge linking Crimea with Russia
An "emergency incident" has been reported on the Crimean Bridge, halting traffic on the only link between the annexed peninsula and Russia, a Moscow-backed official said Monday.
2023-07-17 11:16
Crucial deal on Ukraine grain exports on the brink of expiring
A crucial deal allowing the export of grain from Ukraine is set to expire Monday unless Russia agrees to an extension.
2023-07-16 21:46
Putin says Russia has 'sufficient' cluster munitions and may retaliate if Ukraine uses them
Russia has a stockpile of cluster munitions and will consider using them against Ukraine "if they are used against us," President Vladimir Putin said.
2023-07-16 20:29
Three Israeli civilians wounded, one seriously, in West Bank shooting
One Israeli man was seriously wounded and two young girls were hurt in a shooting in the West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli emergency services said Sunday.
2023-07-16 16:23
Large-scale rescue operation recovers 7 bodies after flooding traps cars in South Korea tunnel
Rescue workers pulled seven bodies from vehicles trapped in a flooded underpass in central South Korea, authorities said Sunday, after days of torrential rain caused landslides and flash floods that have killed at least 33 people.
2023-07-16 11:52
John Kerry to step into searing China heat as world's two biggest polluters try to fix fractured ties
When John Kerry heads to Beijing Sunday for a long-awaited trip to restart climate negotiations, the US climate envoy will step off the plane into one of the hottest summers ever recorded in the Chinese capital.
2023-07-16 09:52
Inside the school teaching North Korean defectors how to live in the outside world
This school is supposed to prepare North Korean defectors for the real world. But some say it does little to help -- and the system needs an overhaul.
2023-07-16 08:52
Limited battlefield progress hasn't spooked western allies, Kyiv says
Despite an underwhelming first month of Ukraine's much-anticipated summer push to liberate territory from Russian forces, Kyiv says its Western backers are not pressuring the country for quick results.
2023-07-16 00:56
Netanyahu hospitalized with suspected dehydration amid Israeli heatwave
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was admitted to hospital suffering from suspected dehydration Saturday, his office said, as fierce heat grips the country.
2023-07-16 00:54
Over 100 people trapped for several hours in mystery writer Agatha Christie's former home
Over 100 people were trapped for several hours in Greenway, the former home of famed British mystery writer Agatha Christie, in the English countryside on Friday.
2023-07-15 22:52
Another twist in the 40-year-old missing 'Vatican girl' case
The case of Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee who went missing in Rome 40 years ago, has taken another twist as her brother dismissed what he described as a "shameful" attempt by the Vatican and Rome prosecutors to cast blame on the family by suggesting a dead uncle was behind the teenager's unsolved disappearance.
2023-07-15 16:25
Seven dead and thousands evacuate homes in South Korea due to heavy rain
Seven people have died and thousands have evacuated their homes in South Korea due to heavy rain.
2023-07-15 14:58