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Updated July 18, 2023 at 5:51 p.m. EDT|Published July 18, 2023 at 3:25 a.m. EDT A cargo ship transports grain in the Black Sea, near the entrance to the Boshorus Strait in Istanbul. Russia on Monday pulled out of an initiative that had allowed Ukraine to export its grain by…

Ukraine is making limited advances in its counteroffensive against Russian forces but has yet to employ the kind of larger-scale operations that American officials believe could enable a breakthrough, officials and analysts say, deepening questions among some of Ukraine’s chief backers about whether Kyiv can move fast enough to match…

KABUL: Thousands of beauty parlours across Afghanistan were due to close permanently Tuesday following an order by Taliban authorities that cuts off one of the few revenue streams available to women, as well as a cherished space for socialising. Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban government has barred…

DAKAR: At least 17 people were found dead after a boat capsized in Senegal’s capital, said local officials on Monday. The bodies were discovered by the navy early in the morning and are believed to be migrants because of the type of boat they were in, said Ndeye Top Gueye, the…

Ukraine’s military and security services carried out a deadly attack on a key bridge that connects the Crimean Peninsula to the Russian region of Krasnodar, a Ukrainian official said Monday. Ukraine used sea-surface drones to attack the bridge — a supply artery for Russia’s war in Ukraine — the official…

A Russian couple were killed and their daughter was wounded on Monday in what Moscow said was a Ukrainian attack as they drove across the Crimean Bridge at night for what they hoped would be a family holiday on Crimea's Black Sea coast. It was not immediately clear how the…

The first phase of Ukraine’s counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory began weeks ago without fanfare. Apart from claiming that its troops are edging forward, Kyiv has not offered much detail on how it’s going. Taking place mostly out of sight of impartial observers, the fighting in eastern and southern Ukraine…

Dnipro, Ukraine CNN  —  The much-anticipated and controversial American-made cluster munitions that the United States agreed to supply to Kyiv are now in Ukraine, according to a Ukrainian general and the Pentagon. “We just got them, we haven’t used them yet, but it can radically change (the battlefield),” Brig. Gen.…

To lose one general during a war that’s going badly might be seen as unfortunate; to lose two within 24 hours looks careless. But that is what’s happened to the Russian command in southern Ukraine – and the two cases illustrate further deficiencies and dissent among Russia’s military leadership…CONTINUE READING…

Alamy Stock Photo A damaged apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine following Russia's air attacks targeting the capital city # Kyiv One person dead as Ukraine downs 20 Russian attack drones and two missles in overnight attack The 20 Iran-made Shahed attack drones were destroyed “mainly in the Kyiv region”, Ukraine’s air…