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Russian strike on Kharkiv apartment block kills three

Russian strike on Kharkiv apartment block kills three

Ukraine said three people were killed in Russian strikes on an apartment block early Saturday, triggering a nationwide air alert and prompting neighbouring Poland to scramble military planes. Kharkiv mayor Igor Terekhov said that rescuers had found the bodies of three people in the rubble of the residential building in

Sleepless Iranians count cost of war as damage mounts

Sleepless Iranians count cost of war as damage mounts

As US and Israeli war planes pummel Iran with daily strikes, witnesses say that civilian deaths, damage to infrastructure and anxiety are mounting while security forces remain an intimidating presence on the streets. Millions of Tehran residents spent another stressful night on Thursday-Friday as huge explosions shook the city

Fresh Israeli strikes on Lebanon as PM warns of 'looming humanitarian disaster'

Fresh Israeli strikes on Lebanon as PM warns of 'looming humanitarian disaster'

Fresh Israeli strikes on Friday battered Lebanon, where Prime Minister Nawaf Salam warned "a humanitarian disaster is looming" due to mass displacement. An Israeli strike on an office building in the southern city of Sidon killed five people and wounded seven, the Lebanese health ministry said, as Israel

Ukraine, Russia free 200 POWs each

Ukraine, Russia free 200 POWs each

Ukraine and Russia each freed 200 prisoners of war on Thursday, the first part of an exchange that will see them swap 500 people each in total, officials said. The two sides agreed to the exchange during talks in Geneva last month, both sides said. Prisoner swaps are one of

War in Iran elicits mixed response from campus community

As the war with Iran escalates, some MSU faculty and students from the country and surrounding regions are watching it unfold from thousands of miles away. On Feb. 28, the U.S. and Israel launched a series of strikes on Iran. The country’s supreme leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei was

Tens of thousands of Afghans displaced by Pakistan conflict

Tens of thousands of Afghans displaced by Pakistan conflict

Tens of thousands of Afghans have been forced from their homes by fighting with Pakistani forces along the border in recent days, the United Nations said Tuesday. The neighbours have clashed along the frontier since Thursday, when Afghanistan launched a border offensive in retaliation for Pakistani air strikes. Islamabad has

Texas gunman expressed 'pro-Iranian regime sentiment': SITE

Texas gunman expressed 'pro-Iranian regime sentiment': SITE

The gunman who killed two people and wounded 14 overnight in Austin, the capital of the US state of Texas, had expressed "pro-Iranian regime sentiment" on social media, the SITE Intelligence Group said Sunday. The organization, which monitors jihadist groups, identified the assailant, who was shot dead