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North and South Korea fire hundreds of artillery shells along tense sea border
North Korea launched over 200 rounds of artillery shells off its west coast toward South Korea’s Yeonpyeong island between 09:00 to 11:00 local time, said Seoul’s military, the BBC reports. South Korea responded by ordering civilians on the island to seek shelter and conducting live-fire drills as a countermeasure. Yeonpyeong island, home to a military…
EU agrees to open Ukraine membership talks in shock win for Kyiv
BRUSSELS, Dec 14 (Reuters) – European Union leaders granted Ukraine a major political win on Thursday by agreeing to start membership negotiations at a time when its counter-offensive against Russia’s invasion has failed to make major gains and U.S. military aid has become more uncertain. EU diplomats and officials said the unexpected green light for…
Trump told Putin he wants swift end to Ukraine war and US-Russia ties restored – Kremlin
MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in a phone call that he wanted a swift end to the war in Ukraine, something that would allow U.S.-Russia ties to be fully restored, the Kremlin said. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters that the pair had discussed…
Gunman crossing from Jordan kills three Israelis at border
NEAR ALLENBY BRIDGE CROSSING, West Bank, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby Bridge border crossing in the occupied West Bank before security forces shot him dead on Sunday, Israeli authorities said. It was the first attack of its kind along the border with Jordan since Oct….
TikTok’s potential ban in U.S. could be boon for Meta and Snap
Investors in Meta, Snap and other U.S. digital media companies have been looking for signs of a rebound after a tumultuous 2022. They got some unexpectedly optimistic news this week. The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted to advance legislation that would give President Joe Biden the authority to ban TikTok, the viral video app…
Poland says blast on rail line to Ukraine ‘unprecedented act of sabotage’
Poland’s prime minister has said an explosion on a railway line leading to the Ukraine border this weekend was caused by “an unprecedented act of sabotage”, and vowed to catch those responsible “regardless of who their backers are”. Visiting the scene on Monday, Donald Tusk said the damage done to the railway tracks on Sunday…


