Eight civilians dead as Somalia hotel siege ends: police
MOGADISHU – Somali security forces have ended an hours-long siege by Al-Shabaab militants who stormed a popular hotel in the capital Mogadishu overnight, killing eight civilians,…
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Hungarian president to travel to Kyiv, invited by Ukraine
Hungary’s President Katalin Novak is travelling to Kyiv to meet her Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, website index.hu reported on Friday, adding Ms Novak would go by…
UK restricts Chinese cameras in government buildings over security fears
LONDON – Britain on Thursday instructed government departments to stop installing security cameras made by companies subject to Chinese security laws, disconnect such devices…
Czechs, Poles criticise Hungary’s Orban amid divisions over Ukraine war
PRAGUE – The leaders of Poland and the Czech Republic publicly criticised Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday, laying bare tensions within central Europe’s Visegrad…
More than 15,000 people missing in war in Ukraine
KYIV – More than 15,000 people have gone missing during the war in Ukraine, an official at the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) said on Thursday. The…
Ukraine races to restore power after outages in Kyiv, other cities
KYIV – More than two thirds of the Ukrainian capital was still without power on Thursday morning and a swathe of residents had no running water, a day after Russian missile…
Multiple people fatally shot at a Walmart in Virginia
RICHMOND, Virginia – Multiple people were shot and killed inside a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night, the second high-profile mass shooting in the country in…
European Parliament declares Russia a state sponsor of terrorism
BRUSSELS – The European Parliament on Wednesday designated Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, arguing Moscow’s military strikes on civilian targets such as energy…
Iranian weapons built with Western semiconductors despite sanctions
WASHINGTON – The Iranian drones that Russia has used to attack military targets and civilians in Ukraine are built with parts almost exclusively made by companies with…
Fresh Turkey strikes in Syria as Erdogan vows ground operation soon
ISTANBUL – Turkey struck several targets in Syria on Tuesday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued new threats to launch a ground operation soon against Kurdish fighters…