Category Politics

Local authorities said Russian missile and drone strikes in Ukraine overnight killed at least 15 people and wounded 156 others while they were in their homes. At least 14 people were killed in explosions that continued in the Ukrainian capital…

At least 51 Palestinians were killed and more than 200 injured in the Gaza Strip while waiting for UN trucks and commercial vehicles carrying vital food supplies, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and a local hospital. Palestinian witnesses told…

Thirty-four Palestinians were shot dead in areas near food distribution centres in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said. The death toll was the highest in a period of near-daily gunfire that erupted as thousands of Palestinians crossed…

A sheriff has pointed to former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg’s “full compliance” with a community compensation order, saying no further review would be required. The 32-year-old pleaded guilty to one charge of domestic violence against his former partner Gillian…

An Air India flight was forced to return to Hong Kong shortly after takeoff on Monday due to a technical problem in mid-air, just days after another Air India plane crashed, killing at least 270 people. In a statement, Air…

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy lost his Legion of Honor medal after being found guilty of corruption and influence peddling during his presidency last year. The decision was taken through a decree published in the Journal Officiel, which houses the…

The oldest zoo inhabitant in the United States celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father’s Day. Goliath, a 517-pound (234 kg) Galapagos tortoise at Zoo Miami in Florida, became a dad for the first time earlier this month, zoo…

Keir Starmer to launch mandatory inquiry into grooming gang scandal after long-standing resistance to mounting pressure for a full national inquiry. The British Prime Minister said he had carefully studied “every word” of the independent report into child sexual exploitation…

A man posing as a police officer shot and killed a U.S. government official and her husband in a brazen attack at their home, the state’s governor said. Another Minnesota politician and his wife were also injured in the attacks…

At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip overnight and on Saturday, according to local medical authorities. The war with Hamas, now in its 20th month, continues unabated, even as Israel has opened a…