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Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces shot down 605 Ukrainian drones overnight over Russian territory and Crimea on August 6, 2026. Authorities in Tver said debris slightly damaged a Wildberries logistics centre,…
North Korea fired at least one short-range ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan on Thursday, South Korea’s military said. The launch followed Kim Yo Jong’s warning that Pyongyang would adopt “additional…
Israel said two reservists were killed in combat in southern Lebanon on August 5, its first reported troop deaths there since June 28. The military also announced strikes after alleging that Hezbollah…
German authorities found and defused a drone carrying an explosive device near the southern runway at Leipzig/Halle Airport. An airport employee spotted it overnight. An explosives-disposal robot removed the detonator. Both runways…
Iran says it and Oman have agreed a route for ships using the Strait of Hormuz and are finalising a written agreement or joint statement. Tehran said the document could be issued…
Israel said on 6 August that two of its soldiers, Major Harel Birenstock and Sergeant Major Tamir Vaknin of the 2855th Battalion, 55th Brigade, were killed in combat in southern Lebanon the…
Russia's defence ministry said its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 605 Ukrainian aerial drones overnight over Russian territory and the annexed Crimean peninsula, according to The Hindu. In the Tver region,…
Windows were smashed and petrol bombs thrown at former Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan's ancestral home in Magura town, about 170 kilometres southwest of Dhaka, on Wednesday, starting a fire on…
A bipartisan pair of US senators, Republican John Curtis of Utah and Democrat Mark Kelly of Arizona, has introduced the State-Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2026, which would let individual states…
Jennifer Lackard, 49, deputy commissioner of wellness at the Mount Vernon Police Department, was arrested on 4 August over a shooting on 29 June behind the Bronx Hall of Justice, Hindustan Times…
