The butchered remains of three people washed ashore in Acapulco, Mexico, over the weekend — shocking beachgoers at the once-thriving holiday hotspot. Gruesome photos show a body lying face-up on sun-soaked Condesa beach as tourists gawk and families wade in the water nearby. The corpses all showed signs of torture, the Sun reported. Authorities removed the bodies, believed to be victims of brutal cartel violence, … Continue reading Butchered bodies wash ashore Acapulco

NATO said there was no indication that the missile strike that hit a Polish border village on Tuesday night was deliberate, saying that Russia was ultimately to blame as it continues to bombard Ukraine with missiles. The military alliance’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, said the missile incident took place “as Russia launched a massive wave of rocket attacks across Ukraine.” While the investigation was ongoing into … Continue reading NATO chief says Poland blast likely caused by Ukrainian missile — but not Ukraine’s fault

According to multiple news media sources, Russian missiles flew over NATO territory and killed two people in Poland on Tuesday, a senior United States intelligence official told the Associated Press. Continue reading Russian missiles cross into NATO member Poland, kills 2: senior US intel official

People around the world are living longer and having fewer children. Those are just a few of the trends the United Nations described in a report on the world’s population. As the global population has now surpassed 8 billion people. While the average life expectancy is projected to rise from 72.98 in 2019 to 77.2 in 2050, the rate of growth will continue to slow … Continue reading There are now 8 billion people on Earth, according to a new U.N. report

Russian missiles rained down on Kyiv on Tuesday, striking at least three residential buildings while several others were shot down by Ukraine’s air defense, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote in a Telegram post. The strikes come on the back of Ukraine’s triumphant recapture of the city of Kherson, a major setback for Moscow, and as world leaders gathered in Indonesia for the G20 summit. “Medics … Continue reading Russian missiles strike Kyiv, mayor says

Japanese fighter jets scrambled to intercept three Chinese aircraft, including a drone, near Okinawa on Monday, according to Japan’s Joint Staff. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force intercepted a BZK-005 high-altitude reconnaissance drone, a Y-9 intelligence-gathering aircraft and a Y-9 patrol aircraft that flew between Okinawa and Miyako Island, 175 miles to the southwest, a spokesman for the Joint Staff told Stars and Stripes on Tuesday. … Continue reading Japan scrambles fighters for Chinese aircraft near Okinawa

Britain announced Monday it is withdrawing its peacekeepers from Mali, saying the West African country´s growing reliance on Russian mercenaries is undermining stability. Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said the 300-strong British force that has been stationed in Mali since 2020 as part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission will leave earlier than planned. He did not give a timeline. Heappey told lawmakers in the … Continue reading Citing Presence of Russian Mercenaries, Britain to Withdraw Troops From Mali

At least six people were killed and dozens more injured when an explosion rocked a popular pedestrian street in Istanbul, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday. “The explosion might be a terrorist act. A woman is thought to be involved,” Erdogan said in a televised address, without providing details about how he had come to this conclusion. Vowing that the perpetrators would be punished, Erdogan … Continue reading At least 6 dead as explosion rocks popular pedestrian street in Istanbul

Ukrainian soldiers began entering Kherson on Friday after a Russian retreat from the strategic city, in a significant win for Ukraine. “Today is a historic day. We are taking back Kherson,” the country’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video address. He said the military’s special units were already in the city and more troops were on their way. Ukraine’s recapture of the key southern … Continue reading Ukrainian troops enter Kherson city after Russia retreats

A lone assailant killed one police officer and wounded another Thursday in a stabbing attack that two Belgian judicial officials said was suspected to be terrorism-linked. The suspect was shot and taken to a hospital. Eric Van der Sypt, from the federal prosecutor’s office, told The Associated Press the suspect was wounded by another police officers after the stabbing. Van der Sypt added that investigators … Continue reading Police officer killed in suspected Brussels terror attack

The three commanders of Brazil’s armed forces released a joint statement on Friday in which they said that the solutions to Brazil’s disputes must come from the democratic rule of law, while also affirming the right to peaceful protest. Their statement came amid concerns about the role of Brazil’s armed forces, which ran a military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985, during this year’s presidential election. … Continue reading Brazil’s armed forces say disputes must be resolved through democratic rule of law

An Iranian general claimed Thursday that the Islamic republic had developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating all defence systems, raising concerns from the UN nuclear watchdog. Hypersonic missiles, which like traditional ballistic missiles can deliver nuclear weapons, can fly at more than five times the speed of sound. “This hypersonic ballistic missile was developed to counter air defence shields,” General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander … Continue reading Iran Says It Has Built Hypersonic Missile

On Wednesday, the United States’s top general estimated that Russia’s military has seen more than 100,000 of its soldiers killed and wounded in the Ukraine war, and he added that Kyiv’s armed forces will probably suffer a similar number of casualties as the war drags on. Continue reading More than 100,000 Russian military casualties in Ukraine, top US general