Headlines
  • The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
  • Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
  • Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
  • In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
  • According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
  • An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.

Tag: Ukraine Russia War

May 12, 2022

Russia Continues Artillery Attacks as it...

Russian forces have started launching a¹qlrtillery attacks on targets in southeastern Ukraine, advancing into Odessa and other sections of the country

May 11, 2022

Overnight,Russian Strike Destroyed Shopping Mall...

Yan Boechat reports for VOA from Odesa, Ukraine, where a Russian missile attack occurred. A large shopping mall in the important port city was devastated by the overnight strike

May 10, 2022

UN Secretary-General Pays a Visit to...

In Chișinău, Republic of Moldova,United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres visits a refugee centre. Refugees can get legal and medical help at the centre. Moldova has taken in about 500,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war in the last several months

Artillery Crews From Ukraine Want to...

On May 7, RFE/RL correspondent Maryan Kushnir spent the day with a Ukrainian self-propelled artillery battalion targeting Russian positions in the Kharkiv area

May 6, 2022

Some in Europe Are Reconsidering Nuclear...

Nuclear energy has renewed interest in Europe, fueled in part by climate aims but also by the conflict in Ukraine, particularly as the European Union prepares to cut all energy relations with Russia. However, utilising nuclear power remains costly, time-consuming, and divisive

May 5, 2022

War Crimes in Ukraine Documented in...

Ukraine is rushing to gather evidence of extensive war crimes, using 21st-century technology to bring the offenders to justice, with the help of international experts

May 4, 2022

Russian Airstrikes in Kharkiv And Izyum...

Ukrainian forces inspect extensive damage to a community cultural centre southeast of Kharkiv, reflecting the impact on the people, who have now almost completely gone. After witnessing the Russians’ treatment of noncombatants in Bucha, one soldier who has fought on both sides says he joined the Ukrainian defensive forces RFE/RL

Evacuees From Mariupol

Hundreds of civilians who had been evacuated from the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol arrived in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday. Many of the evacuees had been living in bunkers in the Avovstal steel mill for weeks

April 30, 2022

Ukrainian Families Fleeing Russian Invasion Arriving...

Thousands of Ukrainians leaving their war-torn country have arrived in Tijuana at the US-Mexico border, hoping to enter the US on humanitarian grounds

April 25, 2022

Ukraine Marks Two Months of Conflict,Tries...

The 24th of April marks two months of fighting in Ukraine, as well as Easter for Orthodox Christians, who make up the vast majority of the country’s population

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