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Ukraine says Russian drones hit Kryvyi Rih shopping centre twice, killing at least 16
At least 16 people were killed and 130 injured in two drone strikes on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih, with Ukrainian authorities investigating the attack as a suspected war crime.
Romania shoots down explosive drone near Black Sea gas project as Russia tensions escalate
Romania destroys an explosive drone near the Neptun Deep gas project as Black Sea tensions raise new NATO and European energy-security concerns.
Germany convicts Ukrainian man over Russia-linked sabotage scouting operation as hybrid-war fears deepen
A German court has convicted a Ukrainian man of scouting potential sabotage targets for a Russian state entity through GPS-tracked parcels, while acquitting two co-defendants and rejecting prosecutors’ claim that the group had agreed to carry out incendiary parcel attacks.
Ukraine’s Patriot missiles are running out as Russian strike kills 10 in Kharkiv region
Russian missiles kill 10 in Kharkiv as Ukraine reveals empty Patriot launchers, exposing a critical air-defense shortage ahead of winter.
Spanish F-18 shoots down suspected Russian drone over Romania as NATO Eastern Flank tensions escalate
A Spanish F-18 fighter operating under NATO air policing has destroyed a suspected Russian drone inside Romanian airspace, marking Romania’s fourth drone shootdown of 2026 and intensifying concerns over the Ukraine war spilling across NATO borders.
Taliban marks five years in power as 2.5 million Afghan girls remain shut out of secondary and higher education
The Taliban has celebrated five years since returning to power in Afghanistan with a Kabul parade outside the former US embassy, but the anniversary comes as millions of girls remain excluded from education, humanitarian needs affect almost half the population and Russia remains the only country to have formally recognised the government.
Putin visits Japan-claimed Etorofu for first time as Kuril Islands dispute erupts again before war anniversary
Vladimir Putin’s first visit to the disputed island Russia calls Iturup and Japan calls Etorofu has triggered a formal protest from Tokyo, reopening one of Asia’s oldest territorial disputes just as Russian military activity, North Korean missile launches and Japanese defence expansion raise tensions across the western Pacific.
Ukraine offers Russia Black Sea truce as grain exports collapse 76% and food supply fears rise
Ukraine has proposed a halt to attacks on civilian Black Sea targets after strikes on ports and commercial vessels sent its grain exports plunging 76%, while Russia’s own export infrastructure has come under increasingly heavy Ukrainian attack.
Russian attack damages key Danube grain port as Romania scrambles fighter jets
Russia strikes Ukraine’s Izmail grain port as Romania scrambles jets, while exports plunge 76% and Kyiv seeks more Patriot missiles.
Poland says it foiled Russian intelligence assassination plot targeting Ukrainian-American in Warsaw
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says security services arrested a Russian citizen allegedly recruited by Russian intelligence to assassinate a Ukrainian-American man in Warsaw, deepening concern over covert operations targeting Poland as it remains a crucial hub for Western support to Ukraine.