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Prince Harry prepares to appear in London court
Prince Harry is expected to appear in London’s High Court on Monday as he prepares to give evidence in a lawsuit against the publisher of British tabloid Daily Mirror. King Charles’ youngest son Harry will this week become the first senior British royal to testify in court in 130 years, likely on Monday or Tuesday.
Pro-Ukrainian Russian partisans plan to send prisoners to Kiev
A pro-Ukrainian group of Russian partisans said on Sunday it had captured several soldiers during a cross-border raid into southern Russia and would hand them over to Ukrainian authorities. The Russian Volunteer Army made the statement in a video statement posted on Telegram after the raid on the Belgorod region of Russia. The regiment, along with fighters from the Russian Free Corps, has claimed responsibility for a string of attacks inside Russia, including last week when Moscow said two civilians were killed in fighting.
Russia says it foiled major Ukraine offensive that killed hundreds
Russian forces have foiled a major Ukrainian offensive in southern Ukraine’s Donetsk region and killed hundreds of pro-Kiev troops, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said on Monday. Ukraine carried out the attack Sunday using six mechanized battalions and two tank battalions, the ministry said in a statement.
Jet fighter chases small plane in Washington area before crash in Virginia
The U.S. scrambled F-16 fighter jets to supersonic chase a light aircraft whose pilot was unresponsive, which violated Washington, D.C. airspace and crashed in the mountains of Virginia, officials said. Jet fighter jets set off a sonic boom over the U.S. capital in an attempt to pursue a errant Cessna Citation jet, sparking panic in the Washington area, officials said.
Russian police have arrested more than 100 Navalny supporters, the group says
Russian police on Sunday arrested more than 100 people who took to the streets to celebrate the 47th birthday of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, protest watchdog groups said. As of 10:42 p.m. Moscow time (1942 GMT), 109 people in 23 cities had been detained, OVD-Info said in a statement. Authorities have cracked down on signs of dissent since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, with only a handful of people detained in most cities.
Fighting in Sudan’s capital escalates after ceasefire expires
Fighting intensified in several parts of Khartoum after a ceasefire expired on Sunday, with activists saying at least 40 people were killed in fresh outbreaks of violence in northern Darfur state, residents of the Sudanese capital reported. A ceasefire between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began on May 22 and expired on Saturday night.
Indian Railways accident investigation focuses on electronic track management system
Investigators are probing an electronic track management system they suspect malfunctioned and caused India’s worst train accident in more than 20 years, railway officials said on Sunday. At least 275 people were killed on Friday in the eastern state of Odisha when a passenger train crashed into a stationary freight train, derailed and crashed into another passing passenger train in the opposite direction.
Senegal government cuts off mobile internet access amid deadly riots
Senegal’s government said in a statement on Sunday that it had cut off mobile internet service in some areas because of the deadly riots and the “hateful and subversive” messages posted online. Three days of violent protests have rocked the West African country, killing 16 people in one of the deadliest civil unrest in decades.
Chinese warship passed US destroyer in Taiwan Strait in ‘unsafe manner’, military official says
A Chinese warship sailed in an “unsafe manner” into the Taiwan Strait to come within 150 yards (137 meters) of a U.S. destroyer, a U.S. military official said, with China accusing the United States of “deliberately provoking risks” in the region. The U.S. and Canadian navies were conducting joint exercises in the strait that separates the island of Taiwan from mainland China on Saturday when a Chinese warship cut in front of the U.S. guided-missile destroyer Zhongxun, forcing it to slow down to avoid a collision, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement explain.
Netanyahu calls Iran war drills in defiance of UN nuclear watchdog
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up threats to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities on Sunday, calling a rare cabinet military exercise after he accused U.N. inspectors of failing to confront Tehran. Since Iran has already enriched enough uranium to 60 percent fission purity to make two nuclear bombs, should it be refined further – which it denies wanting or planning – Israel has doubled down on its threat to launch a pre-emptive military strike if international diplomacy fails. Israel has long argued that for diplomacy to succeed, Iran must face a credible military threat.
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