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Russia unleashes a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine. At least 3 people are killed
By Illia Novikov, The Associated Press on August 26th, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage throughout Ukraine on Monday that appeared to target energy infrastructure. At least three people were reported killed. The barrage began around midnight and continued beyond daybreak in what appeared to be Russia’s biggest attack against Ukraine in weeks. According to Ukraine’s air force, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gunmen kill at least 31 people in 2 separate attacks in restive southwestern Pakistan
By Abdul Sattar And Munir Ahmed, The Associated Press on August 26th, 2024
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) – Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 31 people in two separate attacks on Monday, with reports of other shootings and unrest across the same province, police and officials said. Twenty-three people were fatally shot after being identified and taken from buses, vehicles and trucks in Musakhail, a district in Baluchistan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia unleashes massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, at least 3 killed
By The Associated Press on August 26th, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage throughout Ukraine on Monday, and at least three people were reported killed in the attack that appeared to target energy infrastructure. The barrage began around midnight and continued after daybreak in what appeared to be Russia’s biggest attack against Ukraine in weeks. According ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia unleashes massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine
By The Associated Press on August 26th, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian forces unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage on Ukraine early Monday, targeting multiple regions across the country, the Ukrainian air force said. The attack, which began around midnight and is still ongoing, appears to be the biggest in weeks, and targeted the country’s energy infrastructure. According to the air ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alaska landslide kills 1 person and injures 3 in Ketchikan, authorities say
By The Associated Press on August 26th, 2024
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – One person was killed and three were injured by a landslide that prompted a mandatory evacuation in the Alaska city of Ketchikan, authorities said. Three people were transported to Ketchikan Medical Center following the landslide, which struck around 4 p.m. Sunday and damaged homes and infrastructure, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ice cave collapse in Iceland kills 1 tourist, and 2 are still missing
By The Associated Press on August 25th, 2024
BERLIN (AP) – At least one person has died and two others are still missing after an ice cave partially collapsed as a group of tourists was visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in southern Iceland. In a statement posted on social media, local police say first responders received a call shortly before 3 p.m. on Sunday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gunmen kill 23 passengers taken from vehicles in an attack in southwest Pakistan
By The Associated Press on August 25th, 2024
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) – Gunmen fatally shot 23 passengers after identifying them and taking them from buses, vehicles and trucks in one of the deadliest attacks in restive southwestern Pakistan, police and officials said Monday. The killings occurred overnight in Kusakhail, a district in Baluchistan province, a senior police official Ayub Achakzai. The attackers burned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ice cave collapse in Iceland kills 1, with 2 still missing
By The Associated Press on August 25th, 2024
BERLIN (AP) – At least one person has died and two others are still missing after an ice cave partially collapsed as a group of tourists was visiting the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier in southern Iceland. In a statement posted on social media, local police say first responders received a call shortly before 3 p.m. on Sunday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Authorities recover body of Arizona woman who went missing in Grand Canyon after flash flood
By The Associated Press on August 25th, 2024
SUPAI, Ariz. (AP) – The body of an Arizona woman who went missing in the Grand Canyon National Park after a flash flood days earlier was recovered Sunday, park rangers said. The body of Chenoa Nickerson, 33, from the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert, Arizona, was discovered by a group rafting down the Colorado River through ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drone attack kills at least 21 civilians in northern Mali, Tuareg-led group says
By The Associated Press on August 25th, 2024
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) – Airstrikes on a village in northern Mali near the Algerian border Sunday killed 21 civilians, including 11 children, a spokesman for a coalition of Tuareg-majority pro-independence groups said. If confirmed, the attack on the village of Tinzaouatine would mark the largest number of civilians killed by drones since the breakdown of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel and Hezbollah trade their most intense fire in months and then pull back
By Josef Federman, Abby Sewell, Kareem Chehayeb And Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on August 25th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – A round of high-level talks in Cairo meant to bring about a ceasefire and hostage deal to at least temporarily end the ten-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza ended Sunday without a final agreement, a U.S. official said, but talks will continue at lower levels in the coming days in an effort to ... Read More »
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