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Russia bombards Ukraine with drones and missiles

KYIV—On Tuesday, Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones toward the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, as well as the city of Kharkiv in the northeast, inflicting extensive damage and killing at least five people, according to officials.Read More

Five people die when planes at Japan's Haneda Airport catch fire following a collision.

TOKYO—On Tuesday, a Japanese coast guard aircraft and a passenger airliner crashed on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, igniting a fire.Read More

Opposition Leader in South Korea Stabbed During Press Conference

According to local accounts, South Korea's opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was attacked on Tuesday by an unidentified attacker when he was speaking with media in the port city of Busan, which is in the southeast.Read More

Five Suspects Are Arrested by German Authorities in Connection with Cologne Cathedral Attack Threat

BERLIN—German officials reported on Monday that they had arrested a fifth person in connection with the purported plot, this one in relation to an alleged threat of an assault on the renowned Cologne Cathedral over the holidays.Read More

Japan Earthquake Death Toll Approaches 50 as Rescuers Struggle to Locate Survivors

WAJIMA, Japan: Rescue crews struggled on Tuesday to reach remote places where buildings had been fallen, roads had been destroyed, and tens of thousands of houses had lost electricity following a strong earthquake that struck Japan on New Year's Day, leaving at least 48 dead.Read More

Houthis Fire Missiles Towards Another Commercial Ship in the Red Sea

Tuesday's attack on a commercial ship was carried out by the Islamist Houthi rebel forces in Yemen, carrying on a pattern of attacks on foreign cargoes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.Read More

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a Ukrainian airstrike damaged a Russian naval ship in Crimea.

KYIV, Ukraine—Russia's Defense Ministry stated on Tuesday that an attack by Ukrainian forces in Crimea had destroyed a Russian navy ship.Read More

After three troops were injured in multiple attacks, the US retaliated in Iraq.

In reaction to several attacks against coalition forces in Iraq and Syria that resulted in the injuries of three U.S. soldiers, U.S. military forces carried out strikes on three locations utilized by Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq on Monday.Read More

According to an official, US and Somali forces killed the Al-Shabaab commander who was behind several attacks.

According to Somali Minister for Information Daud Aweis, on Friday, Maalim Ayman, a top leader of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group operating in Somalia and Kenya, was killed on December 17 by a joint military operation involving the Somali and US forces.Read More

A massive drone attack has struck many Kyiv districts.

According to authorities, more than two dozen Russian drones hit Ukraine's capital early Friday, wounding two persons and damaged residential structures in Moscow's latest nocturnal drone assault against Ukraine.Read More


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