Residents endure regular drone and missile barrages that Kyiv's depleted air defences are struggling to counter amid Moscow's invasion, while repeated Ukrainian strikes on oil facilities have caused fuel shortages and rattled Russians.

A Ukrainian drone strike has killed 12 Russians in one of Kyiv's most deadly single attacks of the more than four year war.

At least four people, including a child, were killed in Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv and surrounding regions early Saturday. Moscow has been carrying out near-daily attacks, exploiting Ukraine’s strained air defences.

Israel on Sunday rejected a deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump for Gaza. Details emerged on the potential deal between Iran and Oman on managing the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran suggested that vessels linked to “hostile countries” would be barred.

"Israel does not accept the 15-point document," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. The U.S. president had touted the Board of Peace plan as a step toward a lasting settlement.

The Israeli government has rejected a 15-point plan backed by the Trump administration aimed at disarming the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday.

Netanyahu's comments come just over a week after President Trump said his Board of Peace had reached a "historic" agreement with Hamas to give up its weapons.

Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected a US-backed plan for Gaza under which Hamas would disarm in exchange for a phased Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave.

The alleged attack came just days after a school shooting in the same region in which, authorities said, a gunman killed at least eight people.

The incident comes just days after a Thai teenager shot his grandparents and attacked a school in the same province.

Officials said the suspect, a former lawmaker, had been apprehended after the shooting in the same province where a 14-year-old boy allegedly killed eight people last week.

A well-known former member of Thailand's House of Representatives, Chalong Reawraeng, has allegedly shot a former police colonel after entering his government office No deaths have been confirmed, but preliminary reports indicate that two people were seriously injured in the shooting Chalong declared that he had carried out the attack on a phone call to a well-known political commentator,

Western Europe experienced its warmest June-July period on record, with heat and drought fuelling ​extreme wildfires across the region, the European ‌Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Monday.

Western Europe recorded its hottest June-July period on record, with an average temperature of 21.62°C, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Monday.The figure surpassed the previous record for the same two-month period,

Western Europe has set a new average temperature record for the June/July period set in 2022, according to the European climate agency Copernicus. The extreme heat began in May and has contributed to major wildfires,

Usually submerged areas of the Danube River are exposed amid exceptionally low water levels, in Rasova, Romania, Monday, 4 August 2026.

The storm, which made landfall on Sunday evening, is the strongest to hit China this year and also caused flooding in parts of the Philippines.

More than a million people have been evacuated from their homes in eastern China including Shanghai, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on Sunday evening. It packed maximum wind speeds of 150km/h (94mph) when it first slammed into Yuhuan in the Zhejiang province at 17:30 (09:30 GMT) before making a second landfall in the city of Wenzhou about an hour later,

Tropical Storm Dolphin has dumped heavy rain in eastern China, causing flooding after making landfall as a typhoon. Authorities have warned of severe flooding and landslides in some areas. Dolphin

Torrential rain is forecast through August 10 across swathes of China, with Shanghai among area evacuating homes over fears of flooding.

The United Arab Emirates has handed over alleged Irish crime gang boss Daniel Kinahan to Irish authorities, the UAE state news agency (WAM) reported on Sunday, citing a joint statement.

Daniel Kinahan, who is accused of being a major organised crime boss, has been secured in an Irish jail after several years of living in Dubai. Kinahan, 49, was flown to Ireland on an Irish Government jet on Sunday,

Kinahan is believed to have run the Kinahan organised crime group, which is suspected of trafficking narcotics into Ireland, the UK and Spain, as well as a slew of other charges, including money laundering and murder.

A vehicle arrives to the Special Criminal Court where alleged Irish crime gang boss Daniel Kinahan is due to appear on charges of organised criminal activity after being