Ukrainian drones hit an oil terminal and a naval base in St Petersburg just hours before President Vladimir Putin was due to open his flagship economic forum, in a strike aimed at puncturing the Kremlin’s image and underscoring the exposure of Russia’s major cities. The assault on St Petersburg, Mr Putin’s home city and host of his own glitzy version of ‘Davos’ — an annual showcase meant to lure foreign investors — came as both sides intensified attacks in a war now more than four years old, with no clear end in sight.…

Mogadishu, Somalia (Onkod Radio) A former Somali prime minister says government forces launched an armed operation at his home in Mogadishu on Wednesday while he was meeting with traditional elders from the Murusade clan, escalating tensions ahead of a planned demonstration. In a statement, Mr. Khaire said the operation was carried out by forces under the current administration during preparations for a planned peaceful demonstration scheduled for the following day. The former prime minister offered condolences to the…

Kenny Dalglish, one of Liverpool’s most revered figures, said Tuesday that he is being treated for cancer. Dalglish, who collected more than 30 trophies with Liverpool as both player and manager, shared the news of his diagnosis on social media. "As my inadvertent social media post has indicated, I am currently undergoing treatment for cancer. Unlike my mobile phone use, the treatment is going well," the 75-year-old Scot wrote on Instagram. "Ideally, this would have remained private because that's the way it should be, but…

Kuwait’s fragile calm was shattered before dawn when an Iranian attack hit civilian sites across the country, killing one person and wounding 63 others, according to the foreign ministry. Among the locations struck were Kuwait International Airport and diplomatic missions. The ministry did not identify which diplomatic missions sustained damage. The health ministry said the wounded included both airport staff and passengers. For the oil-rich Gulf state, the strike signaled a sharp new escalation after weeks of relative quiet…

As shells and diplomacy collided, Israel and Hezbollah traded fire on the ground while Lebanese and Israeli envoys sat down in Washington, where US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cast the militant group as the sole obstacle to a peace agreement. The latest violence followed US President Donald Trump's announcement on Monday that he had brokered a deal. The Lebanese embassy in Washington said the arrangement would initially apply only to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Hezbollah attacks on Israeli territory, before later…

Russia unleashed one of its fiercest barrages in recent weeks on Ukraine, hammering cities with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in an assault authorities said killed 22 people and injured more than 100. The strikes, which hit Kyiv and ⁠Dnipro among other cities, came after Russia warned it would carry out "systematic" attacks on the capital following a drone strike last month on a dormitory in the Russian-held Ukrainian region of Luhansk. Kyiv has denied striking the dormitory. The bombardment marked the third…

A rare revolt from Republican senators has forced the Trump administration to scrap President Donald Trump's proposed $1.8 billion "weaponisation" fund, a dramatic reversal laid out by US Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche before lawmakers. "We are not moving forward with the fund," Mr Blanche said. "Period." Even so, Mr Blanche told politicians that one contentious piece of a separate agreement with President Donald Trump will stay intact: a provision blocking future audits of his or his family's past tax records. The…

Party donations meant for the Scottish National Party were instead used to buy a motorhome and even a robotic lawnmower, the High Court in Edinburgh has been told. Judges heard that former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell embezzled £400,310.65 from the party’s main bank account, which prosecutors said was under his control. Murrell, 61, the former husband of ex-first minister Nicola Sturgeon, is due to be sentenced later in June. Setting out the prosecution narrative on Wednesday morning, Alan Cameron KC said the money held…

The Trump administration may, for now, keep transgender people from newly joining the US military, a federal appeals court ruled, while also drawing a firm line against removing those already in uniform as the legal fight continues. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the 2025 policy was unlawfully driven "by the bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group". At the same time, the court said the Pentagon retains sweeping authority to decide who can enlist,…

An independent watchdog is expected to report within three months on why British police handcuffed murder victim Henry Nowak as he lay fatally wounded, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said, as pressure mounted for answers in a case that has shocked the country. Nowak, an 18-year-old student, was restrained by officers after he was stabbed by a Sikh man wielding a ceremonial knife. When police arrived at the scene in Southampton on 3 December 2025, his attacker, 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa, claimed he had been targeted in a…