Shooting that took place in a high school graduation ceremony in Richmond, Virginia has killed two persons and injured five. The shooting outside the Atria Theater sent students in graduation gowns running for safety, US media reports. School officials say the shooting took pl
Evacuate of people is progress downstream of a major dam which has been blown up by Russian in Ukraine. President Zelensky said 80 towns and villages were at risk of flooding after the destruction of the dam at Nova Kakhovka, which he blamed on Russia. Water is surging down th
Authorities have announced that atleast 15 persons have died, eight more are missing, with the death toll expected to rise as torrential rains caused widespread flooding. Belts of heavy rain, started on Friday and have intensified during the weekend, causing nationwide flooding and land
Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent but turned-Russian spy was notorious as one of the most damaging spies in US history has been found dead in US prison. He was discovered at a maximum-security facility in Florence, Colorado, on Monday morning. Hanssen, 79, received more than $1.4m
China's defence minister has said war with the US would be an "unbearable disaster" for the world in his first major speech since taking on the role. At a security summit, General Li Shangfu said "some countries" were intensifying an arms race in Asia.
A woman known as "Australia's worst female serial killer" has been pardoned after new evidence suggested she did not kill her four infant children. Kathleen Folbigg spent 20 years in prison after a jury found she killed sons Caleb and Patrick, and daughters Sarah and Laura
Russian authorities have claimed that they thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in Donetsk and have killed 250 troops and destroyed armoured vehicles. Video of what Russia says is the battle appears to show military vehicles coming under heavy fire in fields. But there has bee
Kyiv says toddler has been killed and 22 injured after a Russian air strike in a residential area of the Ukrainian central city of Dnipro. The war in Ukraine was further escalated beyond its borders on Sunday with Russian authorities accusing Kyiv of attacking targets inside Russian territory.
Austrian officials have voiced their relief after two of the country's citizens were released by Iran after years of imprisonment in the country. Dual Austrian-Iranian nationals Kamran Ghaderi and Massud Mossaheb were freed as part of a prisoner swap involving Europeans and an Irani
Officials say that at least 260 people have been killed and 650 are injured in a crash involving three trains in India's eastern Odisha state. One passenger train derailed and its coaches fell on to the adjacent track where they were struck by an incoming train on Friday evening. A