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Ukraine: Russian missiles hit Kyiv homes and power plant, killing 3 and injuring 22

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War in Ukraine: Odesa and Sumy suffer fires and casualties in new Russian attacks

Russia struck the Ukrainian cities of Odesa and Sumy on 16 September, sparking fires and damaging homes and other buildings, according to Ukrainian emergency services and local officials.

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Deadly Russian daytime attack on shopping mall in Zelenskyy's hometown

In an update on Saturday morning, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported that nine people remain missing following the attack. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.

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Kyiv residents search through the wreckage after Russia’s deadly barrage

Residents of Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district spent Thursday assessing the damage after a Russian overnight barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones tore through a residential area.

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Russian 'safari' drone attack on minibus kills four, Ukraine says

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy slammed the attack as part of a "safari" hunt against Ukrainian civilians. Kyiv has repeatedly accused Moscow of purposefully targeting civilians.

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Yemen

Over 150 civilians killed in US strikes on Houthis, Pentagon says

A Pentagon review sent to Congress found three April 2025 airstrikes against Houthi positions — including one on Ras Isa port that killed 80 people — resulted in 153 civilian deaths and 243 injuries. The report determined condolence payments to victims were not appropriate, without explaining why.

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Mass funeral held in Gaza for victims of 2023 air strike

Funeral held in Gaza after crews recover 112 bodies from the site of a deadly 2023 air strike, with many victims still missing beneath rubble.

USA

Police say shooting at Seattle food festival may be gang related

The shooting incident killed three people, one of them now identified as one of the shooters, and injured four others, including a two-year-old boy, according to Seattle police.

USA

Three killed and four injured in shooting at food festival in Seattle

Officials at a nearby medical centre said a toddler was among those admitted to the facility on Sunday after the shooting incident, where four people remain hospitalised.

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Ukraine: Strikes in Zaporizhzhia and Sumy kill three civilians and injure dozens

Ukraine reported fresh civilian casualties on 8 June after Russian drone strikes hit residential areas in Zaporizhzhia and Sumy.

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Gaza: Families mourn victims after overnight Israeli strikes that killed at least nine

Families gathered in Gaza City to mourn relatives killed on 4 June after overnight Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, according to local hospitals.

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Ukraine: Russian strikes hit Kyiv’s Podilsky district

Russian strikes hit Kyiv’s Podilsky district, injuring dozens and damaging homes, as part of a wider wave of deadly attacks across Ukraine.

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Ukraine: Deadly Russian strikes on Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro leave 12 dead

Russian strikes on Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro killed at least 12 people, including a child, as fighting and failed ceasefire efforts drag on in mid-April.

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Deadly Israeli strikes hit Gaza’s Al‑Shati camp and Al‑Shifa Hospital

Deadly Israeli strikes hit Gaza’s Al‑Shati camp and Al‑Shifa Hospital area despite a ceasefire, with at least 11 Palestinians killed in renewed violence.

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Israeli strikes on Lebanon leave more than 200 dead and 1,000 wounded

Lebanon is searching for survivors after Israeli strikes on Beirut, Tyre and the southern village of Abbassiyeh killed at least 203 people and wounded more than 1,000, the health ministry said, as the overall death toll from attacks since early March surpasses 1,500.

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Israeli strikes on Beirut kill at least 182 and wound hundreds

Lebanon spent the night digging through rubble after Israeli strikes hit busy commercial and residential districts in central Beirut late on Wednesday, killing at least 182 people and wounding 890, according to the health ministry.

Nepal

Former Nepal PM arrested over 'Gen Z protests' crackdown

Hours after the country's youngest ever leader was sworn in, Nepal police have arrested the former prime minister and home minister over a deadly crackdown on protests in September last year, which killed 76 people and injured at least 2,300 others.