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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Jaroslav Lukiv
Last month, Trump ordered large-scale strikes on areas controlled by the Houthis and threatened that they would be "completely annihilated". He has also warned Iran not to arm the group - something it has repeatedly denied doing. On Sunday, the US military said weapons storage and manufacturing facilities had been among targets it had struck, but said it would not "reveal specifics" about ongoing operations.
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2 weeks ago | 
risingnepaldaily.com | Jaroslav Lukiv |David Gritten
By Jaroslav Lukiv & David Gritten, BBC News, Apr.28: At least 68 people have been killed in a US air strike on a detention centre for African migrants in Houthi-controlled north-western Yemen, the armed group's TV channel says. Al Masirah reported that 47 people were injured, most of them critically, when the centre in Saada province was bombed. It posted graphic footage showing multiple bodies covered in the rubble of a destroyed building. There was no immediate comment from the US military.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Jaroslav Lukiv |Emma Rossiter
A "number of people have been killed" after a car was driven into a crowd in the Canadian city of Vancouver, local police have said. Vancouver Police said "multiple others" were injured during the incident, which occured shortly after 20:00 local time on Saturday (03:00 GMT Sunday) at a street festival. The force said a 30-year-old suspect was in custody. It is not yet known how many people have been killed.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Jaroslav Lukiv
At least nine killed after car driven through Vancouver street festivalAt least nine people have been killed after a car was driven into a crowd at a street festival in Vancouver, police have confirmed. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said more than 20 people were injured in the incident, which occurred at approximately 20:14 local time on Saturday (03:14 GMT on …
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Jaroslav Lukiv
Titanic survivor's letter sold for £300,000 at auctionHenry Aldridge & Son LtdThe handwritten letter is dated 10 April 1912 - just five days before the Titanic sankA letter written by a Titanic passenger days before the ship sank has sold for a record-breaking £300,000 ($400,000) at auction in the UK.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Will Ross |Jaroslav Lukiv
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to respect each other's sovereignty and come up with a draft peace deal by 2 May. The deal was signed by the two countries' foreign ministers in Washington, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also present at Friday's ceremony. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been displaced in recent months as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized swathes of mineral-rich territory in eastern DR Congo.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Jaroslav Lukiv
Kyiv hit by deadly Russian missile and drone attack - mayorJaroslav LukivReutersRescuers in Kyiv have been combing through the wreckage of a residential building destroyed in an overnight Russian attackAt least two people have been killed and 54 injured, including children, in an overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv, the mayor says.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Jaroslav Lukiv
Ukraine's military has reported Russian drone attacks on several regions overnight, just hours after the end of a 30-hour "Easter truce" declared by Moscow. Ukraine's air force issued raid alerts for the Kyiv region, as well as Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia. In the southern city of Mykolaiv, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych said "explosions were heard". It was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties.
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3 weeks ago | 
kritik.com.my | Lucy Clarke-Billings |Jaroslav Lukiv
By Lucy Clarke-Billings & Jaroslav LukivUkraine and Russia have accused each other of breaching a 30-hour "Easter truce" announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, which has now expired. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian troops had violated the ceasefire nearly 3,000 times since the start of Sunday. Russia's defence ministry said it had "repelled" assaults by Ukraine and accused Kyiv of launching hundreds of drones and shells.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Jaroslav Lukiv
Ukraine reports many Russian drone attacks after truce endsReutersUkraine's military has reported Russian drone attacks on several regions overnight, just hours after the end of a 30-hour "Easter truce" declared by Moscow. Ukraine's air force issued raid alerts for the Kyiv region, as well as Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia. In the southern city of Mykolaiv, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych said "explosions were heard".
