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Ukraine conflict: Putin declares victory in embattled Donbas region

Vladimir Putin on Monday declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, one day after Ukrainian forces withdrew from their last remaining bulwark of resistance in the province.

Over 32,000 people in Sydney may need to flee amid Australia's worst floods

More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds have been told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their homes on Monday as Australia's largest city braces for what could be its worst flooding

Germany, Ireland slam UK govt's move toward overriding Brexit deal

Germany and Ireland have condemned the UK government's move towards unilaterally rewriting parts of the post-Brexit deal with the European Union

3 dead, three others critically wounded in shooting at Denmark mall

Danish police say three people were killed and three others are in critical condition after a shooting rampage Sunday at a shopping mall in Copenhagen

Russia claims control of pivotal eastern Luhansk province in Ukraine

Russia claimed control Sunday over the last Ukrainian stronghold in an eastern province that is key to achieving a major goal of Moscow's grinding war

More evidence emerge against former prez Donald Trump in Capitol attack

More evidence is emerging in the House's Jan. 6 investigation that lends support to recent testimony that President Donald Trump wanted to join an angry mob that marched to the Capitol

Gunman kills two civilians and injures three cops in Texas, says report

Haltom City Police Det. Matt Spillane said none of those wounded in the shooting Saturday evening in a residential neighbourhood have life-threatening injuries

Several people shot at a Copenhagen shopping mall, say Danish police

Copenhagen police said that one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Field's shopping mall.

Russia says it holds all of Ukraine's Luhansk with capture of last city

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Putin that Russia's troops together with members of a local separatist militia 'have established full control over the city of Lysychansk'

From one July Fourth to the next, a steep slide for Biden ahead of midterms

Last Fourth of July, President Joe Biden gathered hundreds of people outside the White House for an event that would have been unthinkable for many Americans the previous year.

Russian forces gaining foothold in pivotal Luhansk province: Governor

Ukrainian fighters have spent weeks trying to defend the city of Lysychansk, and to keep it from falling to Russia, as neighbouring Sievierodonetsk did a week ago

Splintered Ukrainian city braces for new battle with Russia soldiers

A group of young off-duty Ukrainian soldiers gathered at a military distribution center to enjoy a rare respite from the fighting that has again engulfed their fractured home in eastern Ukraine.

North Korea slams US-South Korea-Japan trilateral military cooperation

North Korea has long cited what it calls hostility by the United States and its allies as a reason to pursue a nuclear programme

Israeli military shoots down three Hezbollah drones over Mediterranean

The Israeli military said it shot down three unmanned aircraft launched by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah heading toward an area where an Israeli gas platform was installed in Mediterranean Sea

Tesla's sales in Q2 drop amid supply chain issues, Covid pandemic woes

Tesla's sales from April through June fell to their lowest quarterly level since last fall as supply chain issues and pandemic restrictions in China hobbled production of its electric vehicles

Palestinian authority give bullet that killed journalist to US team

The Palestinian Authority on Saturday said it has given the bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to American forensic experts

Google to erase more location info as abortion bans expand in US states

Google will purge information about users who visit abortion clinics or other places that could trigger legal problems now that the US Supreme Court has opened the door for states to ban abortion

Texas clinics halt abortion services after state high court ruling

The Friday night ruling stopped a three-day-old order by a Houston judge who said clinics could resume abortions up to six weeks into pregnancy

Argentine economy minister resigns amid peso's fall, diesel shortage

Martin Guzman announced on Twitter that he had sent a multi-page resignation letter to President Alberto Fernandez

Ukraine Prez Zelenskyy talks to Argentina, Chile presidents, seeks support

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed on with his campaign to obtain support from Latin America with calls Friday to the leaders of Argentina and Chile