Italy police find drug dealers testing remote-controlled sub
ROME – Italian police on Tuesday said they had uncovered a gang of drug dealers testing a remote-controlled submarine which they were most likely planning to use for smuggling. Read…
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira faces US military justice hearing
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Massachusetts – Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard who pleaded guilty to leaking classified military documents on topics including the war in…
Israeli tanks push into Gaza’s Rafah, as displaced civilians flee again
CAIRO – Israeli tanks forged deeper into eastern Rafah, reaching some residential districts on Tuesday, stepping up an offensive in the southern border city where more than a million people…
Red Cross sets up Rafah emergency field hospital
GENEVA – The International Red Cross and partners are opening a field hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday to try to meet what it described as “overwhelming” demand for health…
UK confirms it will build six new warships for Royal Marines
LONDON – British defence minister Grant Shapps said he would order up to six new warships for the Royal Marines, as the government starts to indicate where a recently announced…
US citizen detained in Russia for using obscene language, Kommersant newspaper says
MOSCOW – A U.S. citizen has been detained for 10 days by a Russian court for using obscene language during a police search of his apartment, the Kommersant newspaper reported…
Record 76 million internally displaced people worldwide, says monitor
The number of people displaced within their own borders increased by more than 50% in the last five years. Read More
Houses damaged in Ukraine attack on Russia’s Belgorod, governor says
A power line and nearly two dozen houses were damaged in Ukraine’s latest air attack on the city of Belgorod, the administrative centre of the Russian border region of Belgorod,…
Blinken arrives in Ukraine in show of US solidarity amid Russian attacks
He will reassure Ukrainian officials including President Volodymyr Zelensky of enduring US support. Read More
Russian general detained in suspected criminal prosecution, Tass says
A Russian general in charge of personnel issues has been detained on suspicion of engaging in criminal activity, Tass news agency reported early on Tuesday, quoting a source in the…