13 wounded in Kyiv after missile attack; Ukrainian drones target logistics hubs near Moscow and Tambov as wartime protests over defence shakeup enter third day

Russia struck Ukraine's capital Kyiv with missiles early on Sunday for the first time in more than a month, while Ukrainian officials said a counter-attack on the main battlefield in the east had retaken half of the city of Sievierodonetsk.

North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un has promised more missile flights over Japan, insisting his nuclear-armed nation's provocative launch was a mere "curtain-raiser", in the face of UN condemnation and US warnings of severe repercussions.

Russia strengthens its anti-aircraft defences in Syria by moving a cruiser closer to the coast and deploying new missiles at an air base.

30 militants allied to the Pakistani Taliban have been killed by Pakistani jet fighters in a missile attack in the mountainous northwestern of Khyber.