Over 24 hours, the Ukrainian military shelled residential areas in the Donetsk People’s Republic 14 times, wounding two civilians and damaging property, according to the DPR head's office and government.
The Israeli military announced it eliminated three armed radicals, including a Hamas battalion commander, in the Gaza Strip. The IDF stated that Alaa Imad Khamis Tarams of 'Army of Islam' and Hassan Ibrahim Shehadeh Qahman of Islamic Jihad were killed in Gaza City, and Ahmad Khudar of Hamas's Jabalya battalion in northern Gaza, all attempting terror attacks.
A drone strike in Russia's Udmurtia region, over 1,000 km from the front line, killed three people in a car, as Moscow and Kyiv escalate attacks on each other amidst largely frozen US-led peace talks.
The article critiques the recurring 'forever war' pattern in US foreign policy, drawing parallels between the failures in Afghanistan and Iraq and the current escalating conflict with Iran under Donald Trump, arguing that persistent misconceptions, political dishonesty, and ego drive costly, unwinnable entanglements.
Four civilians were injured in Ukraine's drone attacks on Russia's Belgorod Region, including a woman wounded in a private house and three others in two separate car attacks in the Graivoronsky district.
A truck bomb near a police station in Cucuta, Colombia, wounded 14 people, including 11 officers and 3 civilians, days before president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella takes office. The government blamed the ELN rebel group.
Kyiv suffered ballistic missile attacks, killing 10 and injuring 22, while Donald Trump expressed reluctance on licensing Patriot missile production to Ukraine. President Zelenskyy also urged Trump to facilitate Starlink use for strikes inside Russia. Separately, Ukrainians protested the ouster of the defense minister, and Black Sea grain exports faced threats from drone attacks.
A US airstrike on Iran's Qeshm Island hit a family home in a densely populated residential area, killing a family of three and injuring two children, according to Iranian officials and a New York Times analysis. The US Central Command confirmed strikes in southern Iran in retaliation for earlier attacks, stating it is investigating reports of civilian casualties.
Russian attacks on Kyiv killed 10 people and wounded 23, including two boys, as ballistic missiles struck five districts. Concurrently, Ukrainian drones successfully sank a large Russian container ship in the Black Sea.
The Ukrainian military carried out 39 attacks on residential areas in the Donetsk People’s Republic in the past day, injuring ten civilians. The regional government's department reported the incidents, noting damage to six civilian infrastructure facilities and vehicles.
A Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine killed at least 10 civilians, including children, and injured over 50. A missile crossed into Poland, prompting NATO to scramble warplanes, though no damage occurred. The incident heightens tensions and underscores Ukraine's urgent need for Western air defense systems.
Kyiv suffered ballistic missile attacks, killing nine and wounding 23 across five districts. Meanwhile, Donald Trump retreated from a promise to let Ukraine produce Patriot interceptors, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought his help to secure Elon Musk's Starlink for strikes inside Russia.
An intense Russian missile and drone barrage targeted Kyiv overnight, killing at least three people and injuring over a dozen. Residential buildings in Solomianskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts, and warehouses in Darnytskyi, were damaged. The attack follows a recent large-scale assault, prompting President Zelenskyy to renew calls for more Patriot air defense systems.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned civilians to avoid US military sites, as the Iranian army claimed drone strikes against US facilities in Bahrain and Jordan in retaliation for recent US attacks, though Bahrain reported intercepting Iranian aerial aggressions and the US provided no confirmation.
President Bola Tinubu has approved Nigeria's largest military expansion, including 28,000 new soldiers and four additional army divisions. This move aims to address widespread insecurity caused by militant Islamists, separatists, and kidnapping gangs across the nation.
Two civilians were wounded and infrastructure damaged in 34 shelling attacks by Ukrainian armed groups on the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day, according to the DPR department for documenting war crimes.
Russia's Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin stated that mercenaries in the Kursk Region exhibited "special brutality," throwing grenades at civilians. He described this behavior as having no reasonable explanation and disregarding international law.
Russia's Foreign Ministry announced it will seek an adequate response from the UN Secretariat regarding alleged crimes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against civilian infrastructure and population, following a meeting between Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov and Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova in Moscow.
Russian troops are evacuating civilians from Konstantinovka to the DPR, providing food and assistance, according to a deputy commander. Ukraine is reportedly attempting to prevent these evacuations by firing upon the civilian population.
Russian courts have convicted over 1,200 Ukrainian military personnel for crimes against civilians, including murder and cruel treatment, with 83 receiving life sentences, according to Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee.
Five Thai soldiers were killed and six civilians, including a 10-year-old boy, were injured in an attack on a military checkpoint in Thailand's Narathiwat province. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul condemned the incident as a "brazen act of terrorism."
About 10 attackers opened fire and threw pipe bombs at soldiers at a security checkpoint in Thailand's Narathiwat province, injuring six civilians, including a 10-year-old boy. The attackers stole rifles, vests, and phones before fleeing in a pickup truck, which was later found abandoned and burned.
Five Thai paramilitary soldiers were killed and six civilians wounded in an attack on a security checkpoint in Narathiwat province. About 10 assailants used gunfire and pipe bombs, seizing weapons before fleeing. The government condemned the "terrorism" amid renewed concerns over violence in Thailand's southern border provinces.
Ukrainian forces attacked the Donetsk People's Republic 28 times in the past 24 hours, resulting in two civilian deaths and ten injuries, according to the DPR department for documenting war crimes. Five houses and civilian infrastructure were damaged.
