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Fire brigades and emergency services are currently working at the scene. Ukraine’s Lvov mayor, Andriy Sadovyi, said on Tuesday that a critical infrastructure facility sustained damaged by a drone attack. “This night, drones attacked Lviv and the region. There is a hit against a critical infrastructure facility,” Sadovyi said on Telegram, noting that no death of injuries were reported as a result of the strike. Fire brigades and emergency services are currently working at the scene, he added. Earlier this morning, sirens sounded all across the Lviv region, and explosions were reportedly heard across the city and its surroundings. Power…

Trump says he could achieve peace in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine within 24 hours if he becomes President. In an interview with Fox News, former US President Donald Trump described his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin as “very good” and “strong” despite not speaking to him for a long time. “With Putin, I have a very good relationship. I mean, I haven’t spoken to him in a long while, but I had a very strong relationship,” Trump said. Trump reiterated his claims about preventing the outbreak of the war in Ukraine had he been President. Trump added that…

The Israeli occupation forces illegally barge into the occupied Syrian Golan in a bid to erect wind turbines before they were confronted by the locals. The people of the occupied Syrian Golan confronted the Israeli occupation forces after the latter sought to take over their farmland, underlining their categorical refusal to set up wind turbines on their land. The Israeli occupation forces brought in reinforcements in a bid to besiege the agricultural lands upon which they intend to build wind turbines for power generation. The Syrian Al-Ekhbariya news broadcaster reported that its correspondent in the occupied Golan was injured after Israeli tear…

The Israeli occupation forces kill a Palestinian man near Beit Lahm after they went on a rampage in Jenin a day earlier. The Israeli occupation forces on Monday killed a young Palestinian man after shooting him under the allegation that he was throwing petrol bombs near the occupied Palestinian West Bank city of Beit Lahm, Palestinian officials said. A young man named Zakaria Mohammed Al-Zaoul, 20, lost his life in the town of Husan after he was fatally shot. The ministry stated that he was “martyred by live occupation bullets to the head.” According to the Israeli occupation forces, their…

According to Mao Ning, China views BRICS as an important venue for cooperation between the developing world and emerging markets Beijing supports adding more allied nations to the BRICS group, now consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday. “China has consistently supported expanding BRICS,” she said at a news briefing when asked to comment on the prospects of Bangladesh joining the coalition. According to the Chinese diplomat, China views BRICS as an important venue for cooperation between the developing world and emerging markets. Beijing “welcomes the soonest accession of…

Several Arab countries strongly denounced in separate statements today and yesterday Israel’s military assault on the northern West Bank city of Jenin that resulted in the killing of six Palestinians and the injury of more than 90 others, over 20 are said to be in critical condition. The United Arab Emirates called on Israel to de-escalate the situation and not to take any further steps that would exacerbate tension and violence in the Palestinian territories. It stressed the importance of supporting all regional and international efforts to stop the escalation of tension, push for the revival of the Middle East…

The Russian foreign minister warns of threats to next year’s vote Washington has openly embraced the goal of destabilizing Moscow, with an eye on the 2024 presidential election, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday. The US is not stopping its “vicious practice of interference in the internal affairs of sovereign countries,” Lavrov told the meeting of the ruling United Russia party. “The forms of such interference are very diverse, including threats, blackmail and the organization of ‘color revolutions’. The bloody coup d’état in Ukraine that succeeded in 2014 was attempted again six years later in Belarus, unsuccessfully,” the foreign minister explained. “This…

Continued support for Ukraine will require more industrial production, the military bloc’s chief has said NATO needs a “more robust” industry in order to refill the stocks of weaponry and ammunition emptied by a year of supplying Kiev, the bloc’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, at an industrial conference in Germany. The US-led military bloc “must continue to support Ukraine” as it has done since 2014, Stoltenberg insisted at the Day of Industry in Berlin, hosted by the Federation of German Industries (BDI). “We also need a more robust defense industry,” the secretary general argued. “Our weapons and ammunition stocks are depleted and need…

The US leader voices alarm over Moscow’s missile deployments in Belarus President Joe Biden has claimed there is a “real” threat that Russia will use tactical nuclear weapons, soon after the Kremlin announced that it had stationed some of its arsenal on the territory of its closest ally. Speaking to a group of donors in California on Monday, Biden suggested that Russia’s moves in Belarus could be a sign that it is preparing to use its smaller-yield tactical nukes, despite recent comments from the White House acknowledging no “imminent indication” of any such attack. “When I was out here about two years ago saying…

The ex-leader has pleaded not guilty to 37 felony counts linked to the alleged mishandling of classified material A US federal judge has ordered former president Donald Trump not to disclose evidence obtained during the discovery process in his classified document case, approving a request by prosecutors to keep sensitive details under wraps. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart authorized the protective order on Monday, preventing Trump and his co-defendant, former presidential valet Walt Nauta, from sharing evidence with the public. The move follows a motion by special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the criminal case against the ex-president. The order states that…