Russia and Ukraine trade strikes amid doubt over ‘energy ceasefire’
Ukraine's president says Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure are continuing despite 'energy ceasefire'.
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Ukraine's president says Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure are continuing despite 'energy ceasefire'.
Deadly air raids on gold miners in Sudan expose deepening border lawlessness and regional instability.
Riyadh airport will remain closed at least until the weekend amid deadly strikes by Yemen-based Houthis. The US has said it is weighing joining Saudi military operations.
Neither Egypt nor Sudan has commented on the alleged strikes on an artisanal mining camp on Saturday.
A Sudan-based rights group said 72 people were killed in a remote, disputed area known for illegal gold mining.
It is the third time this week that Ukraine has targeted Russian tech giant Yandex, forcing the company to suspend its operations.
Early Saturday, Russia targeted residential neighbourhoods in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia with "five guided aerial bombs", according to Ukraine's National Police. At least 15 people were killed, including three children, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said. The family of a young girl killed in the attack was inconsolable.
Russian strikes on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 15 people, including three children, regional authorities said on Saturday. The attack also caused "large-scale power outages" in the capital Kyiv and the surrounding region. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
US President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia had agreed to immediately supply more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel to US and global markets in an effort to cut fuel prices before November's midterm elections. The move marks a stunning change of policy after the US and its allies hit Russia with waves of sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine.
President Donald Trump has few options to reduce diesel prices given the destruction done to refineries by the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Thursday's attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, as Yemen's Houthi group stepped up missile strikes on the kingdom and tried to shut down its airspace in an escalating war triggered by the US-Iran conflict. The strikes, which also injured several people, damaged a Saudia Airlines plane and sent smoke billowing over the airport, led many airlines to cancel flights to the Saudi capital days before it is due to host a major meeting of global oil chiefs.
President Donald Trump said the US will not resume strikes on Iran before the midterm elections on November 3. High gas and grocery prices are top concerns for voters.
Aden International Airport came under attack as Yemen's war intensified, with the Houthis targeting key transport hubs. Around 200,000 people have been displaced by the fighting between government forces and the Houthis.
The attack on Kyiv's Northern Bridge comes after the Southern Bridge on the Dnipro river was hit multiple times by Russia's drones.
Kyiv's Northern Bridge across the Dnipro river was hit by a Russian air attack, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Saturday, deepening travel chaos amid an escalation in strikes on infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital. The latest attack comes a day after the city's Southern Bridge was hit by several strikes that officials said were "tearing Kyiv apart".
The strike on the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge comes after repeat attacks on another major bridge in Ukraine's capital.
Vitaliy Klitschko says Ukraine's capital is in a "very dramatic situation" as Russia hits critical infrastructure.
Seven people were killed in the attack and emergency power cuts were imposed in Kyiv and three other regions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Russia launched a wave of overnight strikes across Ukraine, hitting two foreign-flagged vessels in the Black Sea and targets in Kyiv. The strikes come as Russia ramps up its pressure campaign intended to make Ukraine buckle under near-constant bombardment of its capital and other cities.
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