President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian forces of carrying out what he called an “extremely vile” strike on a spent nuclear fuel storage facility near Ukraine’s Chornobyl power plant, an attack that damaged the site but did not trigger a rise in radiation levels. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, which said it was briefed by Ukrainian officials, the strike caused serious damage to a fuel-reception building just metres from an area where “large amounts of nuclear material” are kept. Ukraine’s state…

Tensions in the Gulf sharpened again as the United States military said it struck radar installations along Iran's southern coastline, the latest confrontation to cast fresh doubt on a fragile ceasefire in the Middle East war. In a statement, US Central Command said its forces first brought down four Iranian one-way attack drones heading toward the Strait of Hormuz, then moved against Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in the city of Goruk and on Qeshm Island. "The attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional…

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…

A drone strike reported by Russia at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has revived fears around the safety of Europe’s largest nuclear facility, even as officials said critical equipment was not damaged. Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear energy company, said a Ukrainian drone hit the turbine hall of Power Unit No. 6 and exploded, leaving a hole in the wall but sparing the plant’s main systems. "This afternoon, a Ukrainian kamikaze combat drone struck the turbine hall building of Power Unit No. 6,…

A Russian drone smashed into an apartment building in Romania, a NATO member, injuring two people in a city close to the Ukrainian border, the country’s defence ministry said. "During the night of 28 – 29 May, the Russian Federation resumed drone attacks on civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine, near the river border with Romania," the Romanian defence ministry said. "One of these drones entered Romanian airspace, was tracked by radar as far as the southern part of the city of Galati, and crashed onto the roof of an…

Drone warfare is intensifying sharply on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with each passing week bringing heavier strikes, broader reach and higher casualties. On Friday, Russian officials said Ukrainian drone attacks on a college dormitory in the town of Starobilsk in Luhansk, an eastern Ukrainian region that Russia almost entirely occupies, killed at least 18 people. Ukraine's armed forces said the strikes had targeted military sites in the town. The attack came one week after a Russian ballistic missile tore…

Military tensions over the Baltic spilled into Estonian airspace when a NATO warplane downed a suspected Ukrainian drone, Estonian authorities said, marking the latest reported breach in a region already on edge over repeated Ukrainian strikes inside Russia. Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported that a Romanian F-16 fighter jet brought down the drone near Lake Võrtsjärv in southern Estonia. Defence minister Hanno Pevkur said the aircraft’s path had been picked up by Latvia’s defence forces and by Estonia’s own radar…

Monday May 18, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia on Monday sharply denounced drone strikes aimed at Saudi Arabia after Riyadh said it had intercepted and destroyed three drones that entered its airspace from Iraq. In a statement issued Monday, the Federal Government of Somalia called the incident a grave breach of Saudi sovereignty and warned that such attacks could undermine peace and stability across the region. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense said the drones were stopped on Sunday morning after crossing into the kingdom’s…

Tarek ChouirefFriday May 8, 2026 Iran said early Friday that it had carried out a major missile and drone assault on US destroyers operating near the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions around one of the world’s most sensitive shipping lanes. In a statement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said the operation was launched after what it called a US ceasefire violation, citing a strike on an Iranian oil tanker near Jask port and the advance of US destroyers toward the strategic waterway. The statement said Iranian…

By  ADAM SCHRECK and AUDREY McAVOYFriday May 8, 2026 This locator map shows Iran and its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo) The Iran war’s fragile ceasefire came under fresh pressure Friday after the United Arab Emirates said it had responded to a missile and drone attack, just hours after the U.S. announced it had stopped attacks on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz and carried out retaliatory strikes on Iranian military sites. As Iranian and U.S. negotiators continue searching for a way to end the fighting, both sides have…