Russia Damages Two Ships With Military Equipment for Ukraine in Black Sea

The Russian forces struck two dry cargo ships in the Black Sea that were delivering military equipment to the Ukrainian troops, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan to consider attack on one country as attack on all

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have officially signed a trilateral defense agreement, establishing a mutual defense commitment whereby an attack on any one of the signatory nations will be regarded as an attack on all three. 

Yemen’s Houthis launch major attacks on Saudi-backed forces

Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they launched coordinated drone and ballistic missile attacks on several camps belonging to forces of the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government on Thursday. The flare-up follows four years of relative calm in the small Arab nation, which has been plagued by civil war since 2014 and sits at a strategic shipping chokepoint on the Red Sea.

UN experts condemn latest US measures against Cuba, urge lifting of sanctions

UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned recent US measures against Cuba, urging Washington to lift sanctions and warning they are worsening the island's humanitarian crisis.

Ukraine strikes refineries, West gives Kiev carte blanche to commit crimes

The governor of the Yaroslavl region - north of Moscow, where Mr Zelensky said a refinery had been hit - said 92 drones had been downed there in what he called the "most massive" attack on the region of the war.

Guterres makes no mention of who carried out Hiroshima atomic bombing

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres once again did not mention that the United States was the country that carried out the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in his message marking its 81st anniversary.

Iran says joint statement with Oman on Hormuz shipping corridor in final stage

Iran said Wednesday that a joint statement with Oman on a proposed navigation corridor through the Strait of Hormuz is in the final stages of drafting, provided no external party interferes with the process.

Fire at Wildberries sorting center occurs in Tula Region during Ukraine’s UAV attack

A fire at a Wildberries sorting center occurred in the Tula region after a drone crash, the region's governor Dmitry Milyaev reported.