Category: Attack

5 Dead in Ukraine Shelling of Luhansk Village: Moscow-Installed Center

Five people were killed and 19 wounded in Ukrainian shelling of a village in the Russian-controlled east Ukrainian region of Luhansk, a Moscow-installed coordination center said on Wednesday. The center said on the Telegram messaging service that Ukrainian forces had used HIMARS rocket launchers to attack a poultry farm in the village of Karpaty. Reuters…


Drones Attack Russian Oil Refineries Near Major Oil Port Novorossiisk

MOSCOW—Drones attacked two oil refineries just 40–50 miles (65–80 km) east of Russia’s biggest oil export terminals on Wednesday, sparking a fire at one and causing no damage to the other, according to Russian officials. Drone attacks deep inside Russia have intensified in recent weeks with strikes on Moscow and oil pipelines. At around 0100…


High School Student in Italy Wounds Teacher With Hunting Knife, Waves Toy Gun in Class

ROME—A student wounded his teacher with a hunting knife and brandished what turned out to be a toy gun at classmates in a high school in a Milan suburb on Monday, police said. Classmates later recounted that the 16-year-old suddenly stood up shortly after classes began in the town of Abbiategrasso and attacked the teacher…


Russia Hits Ukrainian Military Facility and Odesa Port in Air Strikes

KYIV—Russia put five aircraft out of action in an attack on a military target in western Ukraine and caused a fire at the Black Sea port of Odesa in heavy air strikes early on Monday, Ukrainian officials said. Kyiv came under intense attack for the second successive night but claimed that most of the drones…


Russia Unleashes Largest Drone Attack on Ukrainian Capital Ahead of Kyiv Day

KYIV—Russia unleashed waves of air strikes on Kyiv overnight in what officials said appeared to be the largest drone attack on the city since the start of the war, as the Ukrainian capital prepared to celebrate the anniversary of its founding on Sunday. Ukraine’s Air Force said it downed 52 out of the 54 Russia-launched…


Drone Attack Damages Russian Oil Pipeline Building: Governor

MOSCOW—An attack by two drones caused an explosion in Russia’s Pskov region near the border with Belarus that left an oil pipeline’s administrative building damaged, local Governor Mikhail Vedernikov said on Telegram on Saturday. Vedernikov did not point the finger at Ukraine, but Moscow has previously blamed Kyiv for similar incidents, some of which have…


Suspect in Killing of 4 People, Including 2 Police Officers, in Japan Captured After Standoff

TOKYO—Police said they arrested a man Friday who had holed up in his father’s house armed with a rifle and a knife after allegedly killing four people, including two police officers, in central Japan. TV Asahi showed the man with his hands on his head walk out of the house and be ushered into a…


Suicide Car Bomber Hits Checkpoint in Northwest Pakistan, Killing 4 in 2nd Attack in as Many Days

MIR ALI, Pakistan—A suicide car bomber targeted a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing two soldiers, a policeman and a civilian, the military and security officials said. It was the second militant attack to hit Pakistan in as many days. The bombing happened in North Waziristan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province that…


Militants Attack Pakistan Oil Plant Near Afghan Border, Kill 6 Troops and Guards, Police Say

PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Dozens of militants attacked an oil and gas plant on Tuesday in Pakistan’s remote northwest, near the border with Afghanistan, killing four security troops and two private guards, officials said. Oil production was temporarily suspended following the attack on the oil and gas extraction facility run by a multinational European company, MOL Pakistan Oil…


Man Who Killed 8 in NYC Terrorist Attack Gets 10 Life Sentences Plus 260 Years

NEW YORK—An unrepentant and defiant Islamic extremist received 10 life sentences and another 260 years in prison on Wednesday for killing eight people with a truck on a bike path in Manhattan on Halloween in 2017, as a judge decried his “callous and cowardly” crimes. “The conduct in this case is among the worst, if…