Crouched in a small forest, the leader of a Ukrainian commando unit briefs his troops before their mission to counter Russia's offensive to capture the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.. "Russia has been preparing for this war for a long time and developed its electronic warfare troops," says "Zyma", or winter, the head of a unit of drone operators in southern Ukraine.
Protesters and security forces clashed in multiple neighbourhoods of the Senegalese capital Dakar on Thursday as an opposition leader appeared in court in a politically charged trial.. In another neighbourhood, an AFP photographer saw dozens of young people pelting a security vehicle on one of the capital's main roads, forcing it to pull away sharply, as plumes of smoke rose in the background.
Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday said Warsaw would deliver an initial batch of four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, in what would be the first such shipment by a NATO member.. Earlier Thursday, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak had said Poland wanted to transfer MiG-29 planes to Ukraine "within the framework of a larger coalition of countries".
The UK government and unions representing various health workers in England said Thursday they have agreed a deal to increase pay by 5 percent in the next financial year, potentially ending damaging strikes.. His ministers initially maintained that pay deals for the current fiscal year ending next month could not be revisited.
One of Rome's oldest and best loved monuments, the Pantheon, will soon start charging for entrance, officials said Thursday -- drawing a mixed reaction from tourists.. Among the tourists visiting the Pantheon on Thursday, reaction to the news was mixed.
The US banking system remains sound despite market anxiety over the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told members of Congress on Thursday.. There will be a careful look at what happened in the bank, and what initiated this problem," Yellen added.
Russia's forced transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children to areas under its control amounts to a war crime, UN investigators said Thursday, adding that they are probing allegations of genocide in the Ukraine conflict.. The investigators' report did however conclude that the forced deportations of Ukrainian children "violate international humanitarian law, and amount to a war crime".
Iran's top security official on Thursday held high-level talks in the United Arab Emirates, days after a shock rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh. . He also held talks with the UAE's national security adviser, Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and discussed "bilateral relations," WAM said.
An explosion at a coal mine in central Colombia has left 21 miners dead after 10 more bodies were found in the pit, President Gustavo Petro said on Thursday.. Petro, who became president in August, has referred to coal as "poison" and vowed to transfer mining jobs to the agriculture, clean energy and tourism sectors.
The United States on Thursday released a video it said shows an "unsafe" and "unprofessional" intercept by Russian military jets when one struck an American drone, damaging its propeller.. The declassified 42-second video -- which the US military says has been edited for length -- shows an Su-27 jet bearing down on the propeller-driven MQ-9, releasing streams of fuel as it passes in an apparent effort to harass the drone.
