A barrage of Ukrainian drones sparked a blaze overnight at an oil refinery and separately killed one person in southern Russia, officials in Russia and Ukraine said yesterday.

Donald Trump and running mate J D Vance on Sunday slammed the record of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, as the incumbent bowed out of the White House race and sought to pass the torch to his number two.

US President Joe Biden has withdrawn from the presidential race amid growing calls by his Democratic peers, reports BBC.

The Middle East was reeling from deadly violence yesterday with Israel bombing Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen in quick succession in response to attacks from Iran-backed militant groups.

The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has jumped to 229 and could rise further as the search for survivors and casualties continued into a second day, a government official said yesterday.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Armenia’s tilt towards Nato was a cause for regret and concern, and said Yerevan’s actions risked destabilising the wider South Caucasus region.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has said Israel’s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is “illegal and should come to end as rapidly as possible.”

Donald Trump was set to get the red carpet treatment yesterday as he accepts the Republican nomination to run for US president in a hotly-anticipated speech capping a historic party convention dominated by the weekend attempt on his life.

Russia does not rule out new deployments of nuclear missiles in response to the planned US stationing of long-range conventional weapons in Germany, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying yesterday.

Malaysia’s nearly 100-year-old former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been hospitalised for “continuous coughing”, his aide told AFP yesterday.

US President Joe Biden is working towards a decision on whether to stay in the presidential race that is good for the country, Senator John Hickenlooper told Reuters, noting sadness among Democrats about the president while stopping short of saying he should step aside.

Ukrainian aerial and maritime drones struck Russian military targets on the annexed Crimean peninsula, a defence source in Kyiv told AFP Thursday, after Moscow reported an overnight drone assault.

US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid with mild symptoms Wednesday, shortly after conceding he would consider dropping his reelection bid if doctors diagnosed him with a serious medical condition.

Palestinians yesterday mourned relatives killed in overnight Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, where Israel’s prime minister has vowed to intensify the pressure on militants even as demands grow for him to reach a deal that would free hostages.

The Kremlin has given  a cautious reaction to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s apparent invitation to a future peace summit, saying that Russia first needs to understand what Kyiv means before attending talks.

Rwanda’s all-powerful President Paul Kagame has been re-elected to a fourth term in office with 99.18 percent of the vote, according to full provisional results published Thursday.

A fire that tore through a shopping centre in southwestern China has killed 16 people, state media reported Thursday.

At least two people were killed and 20 injured after several coaches of a passenger train jumped the tracks in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh yesterday, authorities said.

A fire that tore through a shopping centre in southwestern China has killed 16 people, state media reported Thursday

US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid with mild symptoms Wednesday, shortly after conceding he would consider dropping his reelection bid if doctors diagnosed him with a serious medical condition