LAST UPDATE: 08:49 At least three people were killed, four others were injured and dozens of homes were damaged in the Russian city of Belgorod, not far from the border with Ukraine, said regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, who earlier spoke of several explosions in the city. According to Mr. Gladkov, at least 11 apartment buildings […]
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Norway: Two women chase and overturn car of far-right anti-Islamist who publicly burned Koran
After a spectacular highway chase, the head of an extremist, anti-Islamic group in Norway was attacked by a car, minutes after burning a Koran, on the outskirts of Oslo. Norwegian police have announced that they have arrested two people, including the driver of the vehicle that deliberately crashed into Lars Toren’s 4×4 and overturned it. […]
USA: Flight cancellations and delays at airports due to staff shortages
Americans heading to airports today to travel for the national Fourth of July holiday may be in for a surprise as airlines have already canceled hundreds of flights today due to staff shortages. By noon local time, nearly 600 flights had already been canceled, while more than 2,100 others were experiencing delays, according to specialist […]
Iran: Five dead and 100 injured in earthquakes that hit Hormozgan province
Five people were killed and around 100 injured in Iran today, after a series of earthquakes hit a village in the south of the country, in the province of Hormozgan, near the Straits of Hormuz. Of the three tremors – two of which were magnitude 6 and the third 5.7 – half the village of […]
Lukashenko claims Ukraine fired missiles into Belarusian territory (upd)
LAST UPDATE 20:30 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed today that the country’s armed forces intercepted missiles fired from Ukraine aimed at hitting military installations on Belarusian soil three days ago. The Ukrainian army has not yet commented on these statements. “They are provoking us. I must tell you that three days ago, maybe a little […]
A Russian amphibious boat that hit a mine off Mariupol was sunk
A Russian landing craft reportedly sank off Mariupol when it struck a mine, Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Gotsarenko and a Ukrainian official said. The incident took place on June 30, the day the Russian army withdrew its forces from Fidonisi. “It is reported that a Russian landing craft of the 1176 “Akula” D-106 design of the […]
Italy: Verona restricts drinking water use to cope with drought
Verona, a city of 250,000 inhabitants in northeastern Italy, decided today to limit the use of drinking water in order to deal with the drought that is affecting the peninsula. “Due to the meteorological situation and its consequences on the water supply, the mayor has signed an ordinance restricting the use of drinking water to […]
Ukraine: Fierce fighting in Lisitsansk – Russia ‘attacks with all its forces’
LAST UPDATE: 18:49 Fierce fighting is raging today in eastern Ukraine’s Lisitsansk, a city at the center of the war for control of Donbas, with pro-Russian separatists claiming they have completely surrounded it, a claim the Ukrainian military denies. “The fighting is raging around Lisitsansk. Fortunately, the city is not surrounded and is under the […]
Britain: The stockpile of modern Russian missiles is decreasing
Russia is using anti-ship missiles in “a secondary role against land targets, possibly due to a reduction in stockpiles of more accurate modern weapons,” the British Ministry of Defense said in its latest security intelligence update on the war in Ukraine. Russia dismisses Britain’s security reports as propaganda. British intelligence said the weapon that hit […]
Paris airport cancels more flights today due to strike
Travel disruption due to strikes at Paris’ main airport worsened today, with France’s civil aviation authority ordering more departures grounded. Officials told airlines to cancel 20 percent of flights between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Charles de Gaulle Airport, down from 17% which was the decrease on Friday during these hours. The unions walked […]
