Russian court jails US citizen for nearly seven years on ‘mercenary’ charge | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russian court jails US citizen for nearly seven years on ‘mercenary’ charge | Russia-Ukraine war News

Stephen Hubbard, 72, was detained in eastern Ukraine in April 2022 and accused of fighting for Ukraine. A Russian court has jailed a United States citizen for six years and 10 months after convicting him in a closed-door trial of fighting for Ukraine as a mercenary. Investigators said Stephen Hubbard,…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 956 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 956 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 956th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, October 8, 2024. Fighting At least one person was killed and six injured in Russian shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk. Vadym Filashkin, the governor of the Donetsk region, said…

Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout back in business: Report | Weapons News

Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout back in business: Report | Weapons News

Viktor Bout, dubbed the ‘merchant of death’, was exchanged two years ago for US basketball star Brittney Griner. Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer who was jailed in the United States and then swapped two years ago for the US basketball star Brittney Griner, has resumed trading weapons, according to…

Six soldiers and eight rebels killed in fighting in northwest Pakistan | Pakistan Taliban News

Six soldiers and eight rebels killed in fighting in northwest Pakistan | Pakistan Taliban News

Army says a high-ranking officer among those killed as the military clashes with rebels in two incidents. Six Pakistani soldiers and at least eight rebels have been killed in two clashes in the restive northwest, the military says. The military’s media wing said on Saturday that Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Ali…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 952 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 952 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 952nd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, October 4, 2024. Fighting At least three people, including a six-year-old girl, were killed after Russian drones hit a truck delivering gas cylinders to houses in a border village in the northern…

How might Israel respond to Iran’s missile attacks? | Israel attacks Lebanon News

How might Israel respond to Iran’s missile attacks? | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Israel and Iran have never been closer to sparking a regional war in the Middle East. Iran on Tuesday launched a two-wave ballistic missile attack in response to Israel’s killing of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last week and following the July 31 assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail…

Mexican soldiers kill six after opening fire on truck carrying migrants | Migration News

Mexican soldiers kill six after opening fire on truck carrying migrants | Migration News

Rights groups warn that migrants and asylum seekers journeying north through Mexico often experience violence. The Mexican military has revealed that soldiers opened fire this week on a truck carrying dozens of migrants, killing six people. Mexico’s Ministry of Defence announced in a press release on Wednesday that the incident…

Iran and Israel: What are their attack and defence capabilities? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Iran and Israel: What are their attack and defence capabilities? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Iran attacked Israel’s major cities with at least 180 ballistic missiles on Tuesday evening. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the missiles were fired as Tehran’s response to the killings of civilians in Gaza and more recently, in Lebanon, in Israeli attacks – as well as the assassinations of…

S Korea’s Hyunmoo-5 ‘monster missile’ takes centre stage at military parade | Military News

S Korea’s Hyunmoo-5 ‘monster missile’ takes centre stage at military parade | Military News

South Korea has shown off its most powerful ballistic missile for the first time in an annual military parade which signals the country’s readiness to respond to North Korean threats. The Hyunmoo-5 – which analysts say is capable of carrying an 8-tonne conventional warhead that can penetrate deep into the…