Russia launched its second missile attack of the week on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, injuring at least 53 people and damaging homes and a children’s hospital, according to officials.This, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiyy pleaded in Washington, D.C., for additional aid to support Ukraine’s military response to Russia’s war on his…

LONDON (AP) — The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai met with Britain’s foreign secretary on Tuesday to lobby for the U.K.’s help in securing his release from prison.Lai, the founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, an outspoken pro-democracy newspaper, faces a long-delayed trial…

Voting closed on Tuesday in Egypt’s presidential election that is almost certain to see President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi secure a third term.The election has been overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, a conflict on Egypt’s eastern border that threatens to expand into wider regional turmoil.Voting began Sunday. According to…

Canadian police on Tuesday announced 14 second-degree murder charges against Kenneth Law.Law, 57, of the Toronto metropolitan area, is accused of selling deadly sodium nitrite online to people at risk of committing suicide. Law is accused of selling the substance to buyers in over 40 countries.Canadian police said Tuesday they are…

Albanian prosecutors on Tuesday asked lawmakers to strip former Prime Minister Sali Berisha of his parliamentary immunity because he did not abide by their previous decision to report regularly while he is being investigated for corruption.Prosecutors of the country’s Special Court on Corruption and Organized Crime, which was created in…

A far-right lawmaker in Poland ignited outrage among all major political forces Tuesday after blasting a lighted menorah with a fire extinguisher.Grzegorz Braun, one of Poland’s most controversial lawmakers in parliament, can be seen extinguishing the candles on a menorah in the parliament building as a new pro-EU government was…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an exclusive interview with Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier on “Special Report” insisted the question of funding Ukraine is not financial but “moral” as he urged the U.S. to keep backing his people.”What I said Mr. Speaker [Rep. Mike Johnson]… that decision in…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch counterterrorism agency on Tuesday lifted the country’s threat alert to its second-highest level, saying the possibility of an attack in the country is now “substantial.”The announcement marked the first time the threat level has been so high since the end of 2019 and…

A Turkish lawmaker had a heart attack and fell to the ground in Parliament on Tuesday after declaring that Israel will “not be able to escape the wrath of God,” according to reports.Video shows Saadet Party Kocaeli Deputy Hasan Bitmez, 53, delivering a speech, which according to the BBC, was…

Chaima Issa, a top opposition figure in Tunisia, warned Tuesday that efforts to prosecute her are stoking fears over civil liberties.”People are afraid when they hear those close to power calling us traitors or terrorists, when our purpose is to change things peacefully,” Issa said.Prosecutions of opposition leaders have become…