Norway to give €48 million to Ukraine for UAVs and air defence
Norway has allocated 570 million Norwegian kroner (approx. €48.3 million) to the International Fund for Ukraine for the acquisition of UAVs and air defence.
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Romanian parliament approves Patriot system delivery to Ukraine
The bill is yet to be signed by Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, after which the government will issue an order for the delivery to go ahead.
Hungary misses first deadline to pay €200 million fine imposed by ECJ
World Bank halts paid advertising on X after CBS News finds its promoted ad under racist content
The World Bank has halted all paid advertising on X after CBS News found its promoted ads under racist posts.
Afghan women are singing in defiance of Taliban law silencing their voices: ‘I will fight through this night’
Afghan women are flooding social media with recordings of songs as acts of resistance and rebellion against the ‘brutal’ new rules
Zelenskyy says Ukraine plans to indefinitely hold Russian territory it has seized
“For now, we need it,” he told NBC News in an exclusive interview, the first one-on-one since Kyiv took control of 500 square miles of Russian territory.
Sorry not sorry, says Mongolia after failure to arrest Putin
Energy dependence puts Mongolia — sandwiched between Russia and China — in a tough spot.
IDF says it killed Hamas commander who murdered man in front of his kids on Oct. 7
Russia strikes Poltava with ballistic missiles, killing 41, injuring over 180
Russia hit an educational institution and a neighboring medical facility. The Russian attack partially destroyed the building of the Military Institute of Communications.
More than 40 dead and 180 injured in Russian strike on Ukraine Hospital
At least 41 people were killed and 180 have been injured after two Russian ballistic missiles struck an educational facility and nearby hospital in the Poltava region
Taiwan's president calls on China to take its historical lands from Russia
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has stated that if China’s claims to Taiwan are based on territorial integrity, the People’s Republic of China should also take back regions given to Russia in the nineteenth century.
Moscow oil refinery suspends unit's operations following large-scale Ukrainian drone attack
Gazprom Neft Moscow refinery suspended operations at the plant's Euro+ refining unit following a fire on Sept. 1 caused by a purported large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on the region, Reuters reported, citing its sources.
Taliban hires female spies to catch women breaking harsh new laws
Informants monitor Instagram and roam the markets to find offenders as regime brings in new restrictions
Putin to schoolkids: Vaping will stop you having babies
Russian president tells pupils e-cigarettes aren’t “cool.”
Japan teen jumps to death, killing pedestrian below
The high school student jumped from a building in a crowded shopping district, hitting a woman below.
Extremist settlers rapidly seizing West Bank land
There has been a sharp rise in extremist Israeli settlers taking land from Palestinians, analysis shows.
Netanyahu: If we leave Philadelphi, Hamas will be able to rearm, revive, repeat Oct. 7
Starlink tells Brazil regulator it will not comply with X suspension
Starlink has told Brazil's telecom regulator Anatel it will not comply with a court order to block X in the country until its local accounts are unfrozen.
No arrest for Putin as he arrives in Mongolia
Members of the International Criminal Court are bound to detain suspects if an arrest warrant has been issued, but the court doesn’t have any enforcement mechanism.