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The U.S. military said it had carried out a new wave of strikes targeting IRGC air-defence, radar, and maritime and communication sites overnight. Iran responded by striking Washington’s assets in Bahrain, Jordan and Iraq. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump said he wasn’t trying to push Iran into negotiations, in a post on social media.
At least three people, including a child, were killed in a strike on Ukraine’s Black Sea city of Odesa overnight, Serhiy Lysak, Head of the city's military administration, said. In the Kyiv region, firefighters extinguished a blaze at warehouses hit by a Russian strike in what would be the seventh consecutive day of aerial attacks on the city.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to provide clarity on whether it intends to join the European Union “as soon as possible,” during talks on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Bishkek. Putin stressed that Yerevan’s plans were incompatible with continued membership of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Pashinyan said that the time had not yet come to make a decision between the EU and EAEU.
The G20 finance meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, highlighted growing challenges facing the global economy, from record debt and trade imbalances to geopolitical tensions. Finance ministers and central bankers stressed the need to sustain economic growth while managing rising fiscal pressures. China’s large trade surplus emerged as a major point of contention, while Russia’s return to the G20 exposed divisions over the war in Ukraine.
A U.S. judge has ruled prosecutors can seek the death penalty in a case against a man accused of killing Conservative activist Charlie Kirk in 2025. Tyler Robinson has pleaded not guilty to killing Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem in September 2025. Utah County Prosecutor Ryan McBridge said images placed Robinson on a rooftop overlooking an event where Kirk was speaking at the time of the shooting.
Four people were killed, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region. Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, said Russian military ships were destroyed in the attacks.
A TV channel was struck during a live broadcast on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at least three people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Meanwhile, drones hit civilian infrastructure in Russia's southwestern Saratov region.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) allegedly launched two ballistic missile attacks against a U.S. Navy warship over the past two days.
Wildfires have broken out in Türkiye’s Antalya province, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate as strong winds fuelled the flames.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Wednesday they attacked two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, calling the strikes a response to a U.S. attack on five Iranian tankers.
At least five people have died and more than 80 others remain unaccounted for after a passenger ferry caught fire off the western Philippines, prompting a major search-and-rescue operation involving the coast guard, government agencies and local fishing communities.
Four people were killed, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region. Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, said Russian military ships were destroyed in the attacks.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Wednesday they attacked two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, calling the strikes a response to a U.S. attack on five Iranian tankers.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's aircraft was nearly struck by a drone while departing Moldova on its way to Norway, according to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
The United Nations has called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, warning that escalating drone warfare and attacks on civilian infrastructure are deepening the country's already devastating humanitarian crisis.
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