Kyiv came under one of its heaviest assaults in months early today, as Russia unleashed hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a punishing strike that killed at least seven people and dealt another blow to already fading hopes of stopping Moscow’s grinding invasion. Air raid sirens echoed across the Ukrainian capital before hours of deafening blasts and flashes lit up the sky, sending residents rushing into metro stations and other shelters, journalists in the city said. The Ukrainian air force said Russia fired 675…

With the latest Lebanon-Israel ceasefire nearing its expiry, officials from both countries returned to Washington today for fresh peace talks, even as Israeli strikes that have killed hundreds during the truce underscored how fragile the calm remains. Israel's military said it was carrying out strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon after ordering residents in several towns and villages there, as well as in the country's east, to evacuate. It also said a Hezbollah drone crashed inside Israeli territory, injuring…

Israeli strikes killed 10 more people in southern Lebanon today, Lebanese authorities said, pushing the death toll for the day to at least 22 as violence persisted despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. According to the health ministry, six people — "including three children and two women" — were killed in the town of Arab Salim. Another child died in a strike on Harouf, while three more people — "including two children" — were killed in Roumin, all in south Lebanon. Earlier in the day, the ministry said 12 people…

Israeli attacks in Lebanon have killed 380 people since a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war took effect on 17 April, Lebanon's Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine said at a press conference, underscoring how violence has continued despite the truce. Mr Nassereddine said the total number of people killed in Israeli strikes since fighting between Israel and Hezbollah began on 2 March has climbed to 2,882, among them 279 women and 200 children. Since the ceasefire began, "380 people have been killed and 1,122 wounded," Mr…

Tragedy strikes the Lake Chad Basin as over 40 Nigerian fishers are feared dead following airstrikes launched by Chad aimed at Boko Haram positions. Abubakar Gamandi Usman, the chairman of the Lake Chad Basin Fisheries Association of Nigeria, expressed grave concerns that some fishers might have been directly struck during the assaults, while others reportedly drowned while attempting to escape in overcrowded boats. As of now, no bodies have been recovered from the water. The Chadian government described the air raids as…

As Israeli airstrikes hit more than 30 sites across Lebanon despite a ceasefire, the country’s top leaders pressed the US ambassador in Beirut to intervene and push Israel to stop the attacks. Lebanese officials said the total number of people killed in Israeli strikes since 2 March has risen to 2,869. The toll includes dozens of deaths recorded after the truce took effect on 17 April. Israel’s military, meanwhile, said one of its soldiers was killed a day earlier in fighting near the Lebanese border, raising its losses…

Israel has carried out its first strike on Beirut since reaching a ceasefire with Hezbollah last month, hitting the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital in what it said was an attack on a commander from the group's elite Radwan force. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed the operation in a joint statement. Israeli media said the commander was killed, though there was no immediate confirmation from either the Israeli military or Hezbollah. Speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity,…

Just hours before Ukraine’s unilateral ceasefire was set to begin at midnight, officials in Kyiv said Russia had launched fresh attacks, following a wave of strikes that killed at least 28 people in cities across the war-scarred country. Russian authorities had not reported any Ukrainian attacks several hours after the proposed truce was due to start. In southern Ukraine, however, officials in the Zaporizhzhia region said early this morning that Russian forces had struck local infrastructure. Both Russia and Ukraine…

Israeli airstrikes hit southern Lebanon with deadly force, killing 13 people, the country’s health ministry said, including residents of a town where the Israeli military had ordered an evacuation despite a ceasefire still being in place. According to the ministry, the heaviest toll came in Habboush, where eight people were killed, among them a child and two women, while 21 others were wounded - an increase from an earlier casualty count. In Zrariyeh, four people were killed in separate strikes, including two women, and…

A fresh wave of Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanese state media said, after earlier attacks killed six people despite a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that had only recently been extended. The latest strikes came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to "forcefully attack Hezbollah targets", following accusations by the army that the group had violated the truce. Earlier, Lebanon's health ministry said that "Israeli enemy strikes on a truck and a…