South Korea, US fire missiles into the sea to protest “reckless” North Korea test
Seoul, South KoreaReuters South Korea and the US military conducted missile drills in response to North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile over Japan, as the United Nations Security Council prepares to meet over what was Pyongyang’s longest-range test. Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) farther than ever before on Tuesday, sending […]
Russian rockets kill 22 at train station on Ukraine’s independence day – Zelenskiy
Kyiv, UkraineReuters At least 22 people were killed and dozens wounded in a Russian rocket strike on a Ukrainian train station on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as his nation marked the anniversary of its independence from Moscow-dominated Soviet rule. Zelenskiy had warned on Tuesday of the risk of “repugnant Russian provocations” on Independence Day, which […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy demands world hold Russia accountable for “war crimes”
United Nations/Lviv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that Russia must be held accountable over allegations of war atrocities as the West prepared to expand sanctions to include a ban on all new investments in Russia. Six weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its allies […]