A Russian missile slammed into a hotel before dawn on Thursday in the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky in central Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring more than 30 others, the Ukrainian authorities said. “Just before the attack, volunteers from a humanitarian organization — citizens of Ukraine, the United States and the United…
North Korea conducted a strategic cruise missile test on Saturday, state media KCNA reported on Sunday. The country’s leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test, according to the report, which described it as a test-fire of an “important weapon system.” The underwater-to-surface strategic cruise missiles travelled 1,500 kilometres and flew between 7,507 and 7,511 seconds…
Russian forces unleashed a combined drone and missile strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Saturday, killing at least three people in a central district, city officials said. Explosions boomed across the pre-dawn sky as air defences repelled the attack, which also wounded three others, according to military administration chief Timur Tkachenko. He said…
Ukraine’s national electricity operator introduced emergency power cuts on Wednesday after the country came under what the energy minister called a “massive” missile attack. Air-raid sirens wailed at around 5:45 a.m. in the capital, Kyiv, as most of the country was put on alert for missile launches. As people huddled in shelters into a third…
An advanced US anti-missile system, Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD), was reportedly used by Israel to intercept a Houthi ballistic missile launched from Yemen on Friday. This was the first time that Israel has used the anti-missile system since President Joe Biden deployed it to the Jewish state in October. The visuals shared on…
The Russian government has warned against speculating on the cause of the crash of a passenger plane in Kazakhstan which killed 38 people, news agency Reuters reported. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has urged to wait for the probe into the plane crash to be completed, saying it would be wrong to “hypothesise” anything beforehand. Some…
India is reportedly on the brink of sealing a $700 million deal with Vietnam for the sale of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles.This is a big move for both countries and could happen in just a couple of months. And this comes soon after the Philippines struck a $350 million deal with India for the…
India is poised to finalize a $700 million deal with Vietnam for the sale of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, marking a significant milestone in its defence export strategy. This comes on the heels of a $375 million agreement with the Philippines for the same missile system, highlighting the growing demand for this state-of-the-art weapon in…
Israel’s military said Saturday it had failed to intercept a “projectile” launched from Yemen that landed in Tel Aviv, with the national medical service saying 16 people were lightly wounded. Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists have repeatedly launched missile attacks against Israel since the war in Gaza began more than a year ago, most of which…
A senior White House official on Thursday said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could allow it to strike targets well beyond South Asia, making it an “emerging threat” to the United States. Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer’s surprise revelation underscored how far the once-close ties between Washington and Islamabad…