Western embassies in Kyiv shut due to Russian air attack threat after Biden policy shift

The U.S. and some other Western embassies in Kyiv are staying closed Wednesday for security reasons, with the American delegation saying it had received a warning of a potentially significant ...

World - ABC News - 1 hour ago

U.S. shuts Kyiv embassy over 'significant air attack' threat

The United States said Wednesday that its embassy in Ukrainian capital Kyiv closed after receiving "specific information of a potential significant air attack."

US embassy in Kyiv shuts over threat of ‘significant’ Russian attack

Rare move comes a day after Ukraine first used US long-range missiles to strike arms depot in Russia

World - Financial Times - 3 hours ago

US Embassy in Kyiv warns of 'potential significant' Russian air attack

The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv temporarily closed its doors on Wednesday out of "an abundance of caution."

U.S. Closes Its Kyiv Embassy, Warning of ‘Significant Air Attack’

The unusual alert came a day after Ukraine used American-made ballistic missiles to strike Russian territory for the first time.

World - The New York Times - 6 hours ago

US Embassy in Kyiv warns of 'significant air attack,' closes

The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv sounded the alarm on a "potential significant air attack" Wednesday, announcing that it will close. The warning also recommended American citizens in the area to prepare to ...

Politics - The Hill - 31 minutes ago

U.S. closes embassy in Kyiv over potential 'significant' air attack as tensions with Russia soar

The U.S. has closed its embassy in Kyiv, warning that it has "received specific information of a potential significant air attack" on Wednesday.

Business - CNBC - 3 hours ago

Russia-Ukraine war live: US, Italy, Spain and Greece close Kyiv embassies; Ukraine claims Russia spreading fake information about attack

Ukrainian intelligence agency says messages warning of ‘particularly massive’ strike are ‘typical of Russian psychological operations’. In a television interview in France, foreign minister ...

World - The Guardian - 31 minutes ago

Pakistan shuts primary schools for a week in Lahore due to dangerous air quality

Pakistani officials say dangerously poor air quality has forced the provincial government in Lahore to close primary schools for a week

World - ABC News - November 4

Hungary’s largest oil group attacks western ‘hypocrisy’ over Russian energy

Mol’s links to Moscow have come under scrutiny after Spain’s veto of Hungarian consortium’s bid for train maker Talgo

World - Financial Times - October 27

1 person killed in Odesa drone attack as EU foreign policy chief arrives in Kyiv

Russia's deputy foreign minister says Moscow is open to hearing President-elect Donald Trump’s proposals on ending the war in Ukraine

World - ABC News - November 9

Ukraine says it cracked open a Russian decoy drone used to fool air defenses and found Western parts inside

World - Yahoo News - November 11

Russian sales of Chinese cars surge after western sanctions hit

Purchases of vehicles from Asian nation’s automakers reach fresh records as Russians ‘vote with their wallets’

World - Financial Times - 5 days ago

Russia-Ukraine war live: Kremlin accuses US of raising tensions with missile decision; Erdoğan to present peace plan at G20

Dmitry Peskov warns against increased US involvement in war as EU foreign ministers signal support; reports say Turkish president to present peace plan at summit. The foreign minister of the ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

New ice warning as schools shut due to snow

Transport for Wales cancels some trains as weather warning continue.

Israel braces for another Iranian attack after threats from leaders in Tehran

Iran’s supreme leader issues new threat after initially playing down Israeli strikes on Iranian military facilities. Middle East crisis – live updates Israel is bracing itself for another ...

World - The Guardian - November 4

Kharkiv residents describe ‘pure horror’ after Russian attack on historic building

Strikes on Derzhprom building described as cultural vandalism against symbol of Ukrainian resistance. Residents in Kharkiv have described a Russian attack on Monday night on the city’s historic ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Cargo plane operators are on high alert after a string of suspected Russian sabotages

World - Yahoo News - November 8

Biden "deeply concerned" after leak of apparent Israeli plan for attack on Iran

President Biden says he's deeply concerned about the leak of an apparent Israeli attack plan that outlines a retaliatory response to Iran's launch of nearly 200 missiles at Israel on October 1. ...

Russian strikes on Kyiv and central Ukraine kill 2 teenagers and injure dozens

World - Yahoo News - October 26

Russian strikes on Kyiv and central Ukraine kill 2 teens and injure dozens

A Russian drone strike has killed a teenager in Kyiv during a nighttime barrage on the Ukrainian capital that lasted for hours

World - ABC News - October 26

Senior Russian naval officer killed in car bomb hit claimed by Kyiv

A bomb planted under a car blew up and killed a Russian serviceman in the occupied Crimean city of Sevastopol.

US, Israel issue Sri Lanka attack alert after 'terrorist' threat against tourists

The U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, issued a warning to citizens late on Tuesday based on "credible information" warning of an attack in the southeast of the country.

Haiti’s main airport shuts down as gang violence surges in the capital, US embassy says

World - ABC News - November 11

Haiti’s main airport shuts down as gang violence surges and a new prime minister is sworn in

Haiti’s international airport was shut down after gangs opened fire at a commercial flight landing in Port-Au-Prince

World - ABC News - November 11

Haiti's main airport shuts down amid gang violence surge: US Embassy

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to fix the location where the flight that took gunfire originated. It departed from Florida. The main airport in Haiti is shut down after gang violence ...

Politics - The Hill - November 11

Democratic Latino groups wrestle with Trump's election gains

A group of Democratic-leaning advocates say their polling shows that Trump did not win a majority of Latino men and that Latinos still support progressive policies.

Politics - NBC News - 5 days ago

Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden's arms decision for Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of nuclear weapons, following U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory ...

World - ABC News - 17 hours ago

Putin lowers threshold for Russian nuclear weapons use after Biden's Ukraine missile decision

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday lowered the threshold for nuclear weapons use, just two days after the U.S. authorized Ukraine to use long-range missiles inside of Russia. Putin updated ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Russia’s Warming Arctic Is a Climate Threat. War Has Shut Scientists Out of It.

Climate science has been stymied as Russia continues its war in Ukraine. The stalled work threatens to leave the West without a clear picture of how fast the Earth is heating up.

World - The New York Times - October 22

11/10/2024: The Shift; The War Reporter; Robo; Mysterious Russian Deaths

First, how President-elect Trump won Pennsylvania. Then, how Ukrainian reporter Andriy Tsaplienko documents war with Russia. Next, a look at marble-sculpting robots shaking up the art world. And, a ...

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