Powerful guided “glide bombs” have helped Russia raze entire towns with ever greater speed. “When you drive into a ruined town, it’s like hopelessness,” one soldier said. from World News https://ift.tt/AmWVs7a
Flash flooding has decimated 20 villages and damaged a further 50 after the Arba’at Dam collapsed in Sudan’s Red Sea State Sunday, affecting 50,000 homes, according to the UN. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/zce4viW
Home plate umpire Nick Mahrley was taken off the field on a gurney after being struck in the head by a broken bat Sunday during the fifth inning of the game between the host New York Yankees and Colorado Rockies. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/QAt10Ue
A lobbying group is preparing a bid to define hunting with animals as a protected belief. Many experts have questions. from World News https://ift.tt/MTvQUmH
The tourists were part of a group exploring a glacier in southeastern Iceland when an ice canyon wall collapsed. A fourth tourist was rescued, officials said. from World News https://ift.tt/1RPupFX
Ibrahim Salem, 34, said he felt a deep sense of dread when a soldier ordered him to undress during his captivity in Israel’s notorious Sde Teiman prison.“That’s when I knew I was beginning my journey to hell,” he said. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/kQ65rOq
The Israeli military is striking what it says are “terror targets in Lebanon” after identifying that Hezbollah was “preparing to fire missiles and rockets toward Israeli territory.” from World | CNN https://ift.tt/Nf5nRmk
French authorities have detained Pavel Durov, the French-Russian billionaire who founded the messaging app Telegram, at an airport outside Paris, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/6vt0gwO
Ukraine’s audacious foray into the Russian region of Kursk has been a triumph for its military intelligence and tactical agility – and equally a signal that, despite its advantage in terms of men and armor, the Russian military has plenty of vulnerabilities. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/kh4jDJH
Disturbing accounts from multiple aid workers suggest hunger is being used as a weapon of war in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/bNUHdGf
A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday, the meteorological office said, spraying red-hot lava and smoke in its sixth outbreak since December. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/MShgNzX
A small passenger plane on a domestic flight in Thailand crashed Thursday afternoon shortly after taking off from the main airport in the capital, Bangkok, the country’s civil aviation authority announced. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/hnHkc0z