Washington DC (UPI) Apr 28, 2024 Russian drones damaged a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, Ukrainian officials said Sunday. The Mykolaiv Regional State Administration said in a post on social media that Russia launched Shahed-131/136 drones at the city damaging a hotel building where a fire erupted but was quickly extinguished. ...

Berlin (AFP) April 28, 2024 Stronger European cooperation on defence would act as "a second life insurance policy" alongside the NATO alliance, French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne said Sunday. In an interview with German daily Die Welt, Sejourne called for greater "standardisation of weapons systems on a European level". This did...

Jerusalem (AFP) April 28, 2024 Diplomatic efforts increased on Sunday to reach a long sought-after truce and hostage-release deal in Gaza, as Israel carried out further air strikes and shelling on the war-battered territory. A new video of two hostages being held by Hamas militants since the group's October 7 attack prompted fresh outrage...

London (AFP) April 26, 2024 A UK court on Friday granted conditional bail to two men accused of spying for China, in a case which has heightened Western concern over claims of aggressive Chinese espionage. British police charged the pair on Monday, on the same day investigators in Germany arrested three German nationals suspected of sharing...

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2024 NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology aboard the Psyche spacecraft has successfully transmitted engineering data from beyond 140 million miles away, showcasing its capacity for future space communication. The technology, although not essential for Psyche's data transmission needs, interfaced...

Baghdad (AFP) April 26, 2024 A gunman on a motorbike shot dead a well-known Iraqi social media influencer known as Om Fahad outside her Baghad home on Friday, Iraqi security officials told AFP. An unidentified attacker shot Om Fahad in her car in the Zayouna district, a security official said, requesting anonymity because he was not cleared...