Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has cancelled his planned trip to China as nationwide protests continue to escalate following the death of a demonstrator struck by a police vehicle. Prabowo had been scheduled to attend Beijing’s “Victory Day” parade on September 3, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and Japan’s formal…
Former Ukrainian parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy was shot dead in the western city of Lviv on Saturday, authorities confirmed, prompting a nationwide manhunt for his killer. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the 54-year-old lawmaker was gunned down when an assailant fired several shots, killing him instantly before fleeing the scene. Security services have since…
The prime minister of Yemen’s Houthi government and several ministers were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the capital, Sanaa, marking the first such attack to eliminate senior officials of the group. Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, confirmed on Saturday that the strike, which took place on Thursday, left multiple senior…
Russia unleashed a large-scale assault on Ukraine early Saturday, killing one person, injuring at least 24 others, and leaving widespread damage to infrastructure and residential areas, according to Ukrainian officials. In the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, three children were among the injured, Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov confirmed. The attack also cut off power to about…
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has staged a show of force amid rising tensions with Washington, declaring that U.S. troops would not be able to invade his country as American naval forces gather in the Southern Caribbean. Speaking to Venezuelan troops on Thursday, Maduro dismissed the possibility of a U.S. incursion, insisting that the nation was…
President Donald Trump is considering further measures against Venezuela, with the White House warning that every element of American power could be deployed to curb the flow of narcotics into the United States. Speaking on Thursday, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said that while she would not speculate on potential military strikes, the administration remains…
Widespread protests continued across Indonesia on Friday as workers and students took to the streets to demonstrate against the government and worsening economic conditions. The unrest, now in its fifth consecutive day, has spread to multiple cities, including Makassar in Sulawesi, where protesters set fire to political offices, marking the sixth or seventh such incident…
The Lebanese Army has completed a second round of weapons collection from Palestinian refugee camps in and around Beirut, marking a significant step in the ongoing disarmament process. According to Ramez Dimashkieh, chairman of the official Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) handed over three truckloads of weapons to the army. The cache…
Kyiv was plunged into mourning on Friday after a Russian ballistic missile and drone assault left at least 28 people dead, including three children, and more than 150 others injured. Rescue workers recovered the body of a two-year-old boy from the rubble in the early hours of Friday, marking the third child confirmed dead in…
A major fire broke out at the Kuibyshev Oil Refinery in Samara Oblast, Russia, following a series of Ukrainian drone strikes that also targeted other facilities. According to Ukrainian military officials, drones struck both the Afipsky refinery in the Krasnodar region and the Kuibyshev refinery in Samara, sparking multiple explosions and setting parts of the…
