A Russian military police building collapsed on the grounds of an army base outside Saint Petersburg, the local governor said yesterday, adding that authorities were probing the causes of the incident.

Two bomb attacks and a gunfight between police and militants in northwest Pakistan killed at least 14 security personnel and three civilians including a child, officials said.

A drone attack on a crowded market in central Sudan killed 28 people, a rights group reported Monday, as the army and its paramilitary rivals traded aerial strikes in their battle for territory.

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he hopes Ukraine reaches a deal with Russia “fast,” as Washington-brokered peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv began in Geneva.

France yesterday released a tanker suspected of being part of Russia’s sanctions-busting “shadow fleet” called “Grinch” after its owner paid a fine of several million euros, a minister said.

Some 100 US soldiers are being deployed to Nigeria as part of increased military cooperation to fight insecurity in the West African country, the Nigerian defence ministry announced Monday.

President Donald Trump on Monday said Cuba was a “failed nation” and called on Havana to make a deal with the United States, though he dismissed mounting a regime change operation.

India’s environmental court has given the go-ahead to the strategically significant Great Nicobar infrastructure project despite widespread concerns of ecological damage to the island in the Andaman Sea.

French President Emmanuel Macron met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai yesterday, as he began a three-day visit to India focused on artificial intelligence cooperation and a potential multibillion dollar fighter jet deal.

Crescent moon sighting marks holy month’s commencement

Ukraine's air force downs most projectiles, 13 targets hit

Spokesman Emsaeil Baqaei speaks in video broadcast on Press TV

Deal would add to 62 Rafales India has already purchased

War has become Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II

Pakistan security forces battling intensifying insurgencies near Afghan border

Iran, weakened by air war and anti-government protests, seeks sanctions relief

Initial investigations suggested the shooting was targeted and 'may be a family dispute'

A bipartisan committee will seek testimony from survivors of alleged sexual abuse

Lebanon said an Israeli strike on Sunday evening near the Syrian border in the country’s east killed four people, as Israel said it had targeted operatives from Palestinian group Islamic Jihad.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul criticised French defence spending yesterday, calling for Paris to do more to turn calls for European security sovereignty into concrete capabilities.