The standoff began after Israeli security forces entered the Al-Aqsa mosque compound before dawn on Friday in order to prevent violence, authorities stated.

The Moskva was made infamous during an alleged incident at Snake Island earlier in the war.

"The number and scale of missile strikes on sites in Kyiv will increase in response to all terrorist-type attacks and sabotage carried out on Russian territory," the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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Man faces German war crimes charges, after he allegedly launched a grenade into a crowd in Syria.

A Turkish restaurant owner tried to send a plate of Adana kebab, one of the Turkish dishes listed as one of the best traditional dishes in the world, into space with a helium balloon.

"Now it's obvious that if the European Union is not enlarging, somebody else does, and this is not bringing more peace and more security to the continent," Janša said.

The head of the IMF has warned that the war in Ukraine could create "more hunger, more poverty and more social unrest," as it continues to drive up global food prices.

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Rescuers continued to clear rubble from damaged houses in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Thursday, after shelling and strikes left the city in ruins.

Hundreds of Catholic parishioners attend the traditional procession of the Nazarene of San Pablo during Holy Week in Caracas.

The Russian activist had been under parole conditions after being convicted last August.

The Saipem 7000 is one of the largest specialised crane ships in the world.

Three people from Malaysia have been arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle them to Portugal.

Medvedev said Russia would deploy "significant naval forces" in the Gulf of Finland if the country joined NATO.

A Holy Thursday ceremony was held at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as Catholics mark Holy Week in Jerusalem.

Thousands of Argentines march for jobs, food, and more social aid as rampant inflation, 6.7 percent for the month of March.

Thousands attended rally in support of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan Wednesday evening in Peshawar. Khan was dismissed Sunday after losing a no-confidence vote.

Painted on a wall in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, a blue cat grins triumphantly as it tramples on a pile of smouldering Russian planes.

Police have also arrested four people for trying to cause a national blackout and kidnap the German health minister.

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A member of the "Ibiza collective" was evacuated after disrupting Marine Le Pen's press conference in Paris by holding up a heart-shaped sign with a photo of the Rassemblement National candidate and Vladimir Putin.

Amnesty International said the plan was "the very height of irresponsibility".

"I don't know if the world really gives equal attention to black and white lives," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

"We know this history. We know what Russian occupation means," said Polish President Andrzej Duda.

The flagship, Moskva, was allegedly struck with at least two rockets, Odesa authorities claim. The Kremlin said it sustained damage after a fire broke out.

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A study has revealed that Russian users were exposed to pro-war propaganda on TikTok, despite a ban on uploading content.

Sir Roger Gale says the Conservative Party should not hold a leadership election amid the war in Ukraine.

The 30-year-old research assistant was given a one-year suspended sentence by a Munich court.

The move is intended to end discussions about unclear rules and signal acceptance of diversity.

Demonstrations against Russian aggression in Ukraine continued for the third day in Tallinn on Wednesday.

The bus collided with a truck near the city of Aswan in southern Egypt on Wednesday.

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The aircraft is believed to have flown from the Ukrainian war zone across three countries before crashing in Croatia.

Some 600 black-and-white portraits of residents in the San Blas sector of the immense Petare shantytown complex in Caracas, Venezuela, which has a reputation for hyper-violence, are exhibited with the aim of showing another face to the violence that ...

Vadym Boichenko said the attack occurred on Monday, 11 April.

Every year in Cuba, millions of crabs emerge from the forest at the beginning of the spring rains and head for the waters of the Bay of Pigs, crossing streets and highways on a perilous journey to mate and reproduce.

"I am very careful with some terms [genocide] these days," French President Emmanuel Macron said during an interview with France 2 broadcasted on Wednesday. "I`'m not sure the escalation of words is helping the cause right now."

Construction was suspended last May due to an issue with an environmental permit, but barely a week after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, work was allowed to resume.

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Russia's invasion of Ukraine had "changed everything".

France's Macron stresses 'the difference between living in France and living in Hungary'

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Despite Western accusations of war crimes potentially amounting to genocide, the Russian president promised to continue with what the Kremlin calls a "special operation" until its full completion.

Biden added that it would be up to lawyers to decide if Russia’s conduct met the international standard for genocide but said, “it sure seems that way to me”.

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World leaders have pledged military aid and support for Ukraine. Earlier, Mariupol's mayor accused Russia of using a chemical agent on the outskirts of the city.

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s comments on Tuesday came after German media reports that he’s not welcome in Kyiv because he had close relations with Russia in the past.

Hungary's Justice Minister had urged the bloc not to create division amid the war in Ukraine.

He debated several angry voters in the north and east of the country.