US officials have seen new intelligence that indicates a "pro-Ukrainian group" was responsible for the sabotage last year of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the New York Times reported Tuesday.. In a cautious report that did not identify the source of the intelligence or the group involved, the Times said the US officials had no evidence implicating Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in the pipeline bombing.
Israeli troops on Tuesday killed six Palestinians in Jenin including a militant accused of killing two Israelis, the latest deadly raid in a surge of violence in the occupied West Bank.. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said troops had "eliminated the abominable terrorist" who last month killed two Israeli settlers in the West Bank, a territory which Israel has occupied since the Six-Day War of 1967.
Nigeria's former deputy senate president on trial in London for allegedly plotting to harvest a street trader's kidney for his sick daughter told the court on Tuesday he feared he was being "scammed".. Obeta allegedly managed the process in Nigeria, having himself undergone a kidney transplant in Britain with an organ donated by a "cousin" in 2021, the court was previously told. har/jwp/ea
M23 rebels clashed with soldiers on two fronts in eastern DR Congo on Tuesday, officials said, despite a regional ceasefire deal due to take effect the same day. . - 'Huge damage' - Despite the clashes, the M23 rebels in a statement on Tuesday announced what they called "an effective ceasefire" at midday "to open the way for direct dialogue with the Kinshasa government".
It's survived the Covid pandemic but now the European Union's vaccines watchdog has a new worry: plans for a giant "erotic centre" near its Amsterdam headquarters.. The planned erotic centre will have 100 spaces for sex workers, complete with areas for work breaks and other hospitality outlets, under the proposals by Amsterdam city council.
Two of the four US citizens kidnapped after crossing the border into crime-plagued northeastern Mexico have been found dead, Mexican authorities said Tuesday.. "Shortly after crossing into Mexico, unidentified gunmen fired upon the passengers in the (minivan).
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's newly anointed rival in May elections pledged Tuesday to "end this madness" and turn Turkey into a peaceful nation in which its various communities get along.. "Together, we will end this madness," he added.
Two of the four US citizens kidnapped after crossing over the border into northeastern Mexico have been found dead, a senior Mexican official said Tuesday.. "Shortly after crossing into Mexico, unidentified gunmen fired upon the passengers in the (minivan).
More rescuers and heavy machinery will be sent to Indonesia’s disaster-hit Serasan Island to search for dozens still missing after a deadly landslide, a disaster official said on Tuesday. . "There are 82 search and rescue personnel on Serasan Island.
Al-Shabaab militants on Tuesday attacked a military base in a Somali town recently recaptured from the Islamists, killing several soldiers, according to local army officials.. Somali army officers said the militants used explosive-laden vehicles to mount an attack on the base before they were repelled.
