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belterz/Getty Images (LONDON) — A large fire was burning at a Russian military airfield early on Thursday after it was targeted by drones overnight, officials said. Videos circulating on Russia social media showed fires and thick black smoke rising from the Marinovka airfield near Volgograd in southern Russia, which the region’s governor confirmed was attacked […]

(LONDON and ROME) — Five bodies have been recovered from the superyacht that sunk off the Sicilian coast, ABC News has confirmed, with the final missing passenger’s body also now located inside the vessel. The fifth body had been brought to shore as of early Thursday morning. Two bodies were brought ashore on Wednesday morning, […]

(LONDON and ROME) — Five bodies have been found from the superyacht that sunk off the Sicilian coast, according to the Italian coast guard. One final passenger remains missing. Four of the bodies have been brought to the surface, but none has been identified. Two bodies were brought ashore on Wednesday morning, according to the […]

Soltan Frederic/Getty Images (LONDON) — In one of the largest exchanges of drone attacks since the Russia-Ukraine war began, dozens were shot down in Russia and Ukraine in overnight assaults, officials in both countries said. The Russian Ministry of Defense said Wednesday they shot down more than 50 Ukrainian long-range drones over various regions, including […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, cease-fire discussions are occurring in the Middle East, with officials hoping to bring an end to the conflict. The United States and its allies continue to plead for a cease-fire deal, with discussions set for this week. Here’s how the news is developing: Israeli forces strike another […]

In this image that was posted to social media, Maria Branyas is shown. (@MariaBranyas112/X) (NEW YORK) — A woman classified by Guinness World Records as the oldest person in the world died on Aug. 19 at the age of 117, her family confirmed to The New York Times. According to Guinness World Records, Maria Branyas […]

(NEW YORK) — When the United States’ prisoner exchange with Russia, the largest since the Cold War, happened in early August, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s harshest critics became a free man. Vladimir Kara-Murza had been sentenced to 25 years in prison on treason charges after speaking out about the war in Ukraine. Kara-Murza […]

Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters, get ready in Porticello near Palermo, on August 21, 2024 two days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON and ROME) — Rescue teams are facing a “very hard” operation to find those still missing following the sinking […]

Getty Images – STOCK/omersukrugoksu (MOSCOW) — In what is one of the largest drone attacks since the Russia-Ukraine war began, Moscow officials said they shot down at least 12 drones on Wendesday. The Air Defense Forces of the Ministry of Defense shot down 10 UAVs Tuesday night and two more Wednesday morning, local time, according […]

Getty Images – STOCK/omersukrugoksu (MOSCOW) — In what is one of the largest drone attacks since the Russia-Ukraine war began, Moscow officials said they shot down at least 12 drones on Wendesday. The Air Defense Forces of the Ministry of Defense shot down 10 UAVs Tuesday night and two more Wednesday morning, local time, according […]