President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: “Throughout the night and into the morning, emergency rescue operations have been underway in the Donetsk and Dnipro regions. In Kharkiv, rubble is being cleared after a strike on apartment buildings.  “27 people were injured, including three children. The youngest, a girl, is just three years old. Three people have been hospitalized. Unfortunately, there was one fatality in Odesa. My condolences to the family and loved ones. “The Russians launched 101 drones against Ukraine, most of them Russian-Iranian “shaheds”. Many regions were affected, and air raid sirens are blaring again across many regions this morning due to...

President Tinubu: “Nigeria associates with what I have heard at BRICS here in Rio, Brazil. The next issues are financial restructuring and reevaluation of the global structure. “BRICS must not only be a bloc for emerging economies but also a beacon for emerging solutions rooted in solidarity, self-reliance, sustainability, and shared prosperity. “We must be the architects of a future that addresses the specific needs and concerns of youths, who represent 70% of Nigeria’s population. “I also took the opportunity to remind fellow leaders that Nigeria is not a passive participant in global affairs. We are taking bold, homegrown steps...

At least 81 people have been confirmed dead and another 41 are missing following flash floods in central Texas on Friday. Most of the fatalities were in Kerr County, where a riverside Christian girls’ camp was deluged, claiming the lives of a number of children and leaving others missing. Other areas to record deaths include Travis County, Burnet County, Williamson County, Kendall County and Tom Green County. Figures are changing quickly as rescuers continue to search for the missing, and officials say the death toll is certain to continue rising. Many of the bodies are yet to be formally identified....

The owners of a pet lion that escaped from a farmhouse and injured a woman and her two children have been arrested in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, authorities said Sunday. The arrest comes after dramatic video footage surfaced showing the lion leaping over a wall before attacking the victims in a residential area. The woman and her 5- and 7-year-old children sustained injuries to their faces and arms on Wednesday night when the lion escaped from its cage, police official Faisal Kamran said. According to a police report, the children’s father told police that the lion’s owners stood...

Imam Khamenei attended the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah during the fourth night of mourning ceremonies on eve of Ashura, July 5, 2025.

China said Sunday that European medical device companies will be barred from selling to the Chinese government as a countermeasure for the European Union’s restrictions on the sale of similar products from China. European companies will be excluded if the budget for procurement is above 45 million yuan ($6.28 million), according to a notice from the Finance Ministry on Sunday with the restrictions in place the same day. The move will not apply to European companies that have invested in China and that manufacture goods in the country. China on Friday imposed anti-dumping duties on European brandy, most notably cognac produced...

 King Charles III, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and countless ordinary Londoners paused Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of the 2005 London transit bombings, the deadliest attack on the British capital since World War II. Fifty-two people died and more than 770 were wounded when four British men inspired by al-Qaida blew themselves up on three subway trains and a bus during the morning rush hour on July 7, 2005. They were the first suicide bombings on European soil. Two weeks later, four other bombers attempted a similar attack, but their devices failed to explode. No one was hurt. The bombings remain seared into...

A woman in her 50s is believed to have lost an arm when a lion mauled her at the Australian zoo on Sunday morning.  The 50 something years old is a long-time visitor to the zoo, watched zookeepers caring for the animal when the lion grabbed her by the arm causing significant damage Workplace Health and Safety Queensland is investigating after her arm was bitten off by a lioness at Darling Downs Zoo in Pilton, Queenslan She’s reportedly recovering in hospital after emergency surgery.