Consequences of the Russian strike On the night of April 27, Russian troops launched a massive attack on Odessa. According to the latest authorities, 14 people were injured. Among the victims were two children, said the head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration Oleg Kiper. According to him, residential buildings and infrastructure facilities were damaged in three districts of the city: a hotel, a funicular, and warehouses.

Riots in Madrid during the February 1936 elections. This year marks 90 years since the stormy, bloody and rather biasedly described events that took place in Spain in the winter and summer of 1936. This period is characterized as the threshold of civil war in the country. A war in which the Soviet Union was directly involved. How to bypass the blocking?

Abbas Araghchi Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in St. Petersburg. According to a number of reports, he is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Haifa Port Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga publicly, in X, warned Israel against issuing permission to unload in its ports a ship with grain allegedly stolen by Russia from occupied Ukrainian territories. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar also publicly responded to him. We are obviously talking about the ship Panormitis that arrived at the Israeli port city of Haifa.

Soldiers of the Mali Army Mali is one of the countries in western Africa where the military junta is trying to maintain power, after ousting France, working closely with Russia: first with the Wagner PMC , which was active on the African continent , and then with its successor in the form of the Afrika Korps of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Voting in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, April 25, 2026 Supporters of President Mahmoud Abbas won municipal elections in the Palestinian territories, winning a majority of seats in Judea and Samaria (West Bank). This was reported by representatives of the election commission, Reuters reports. The elections were the first in almost two decades in one of the areas of the Gaza Strip - the city of Deir al-Balah.

The shooter, who tried to break into a reception in Washington, where Donald Trump was present, has been charged with attempting to assassinate the US President, as well as illegal possession of firearms, Reuters reports.

Draft commission A Russian conscript from St. Petersburg was not allowed to leave Belarus. This was reported by the Conscious Objector Movement. The name of the Russian is not mentioned. According to the organization, in early April he received a summons demanding to appear on April 29 for a medical examination - at the same time, a ban on his departure from Russia appeared in the electronic register of summonses.

At the press dinner in Washington, where the shooting took place RFE/RL senior Washington correspondent Alex Raufoglu was attending the White House Correspondents' Association dinner when a gunman broke into the gala with US President Donald Trump and other top officials. Security personnel quickly evacuated the president from the ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel and quickly subdued the attacker. The panic in the hall was short-lived.

In an interview with Present Time TV channel journalist Alexander Pachkov, drone expert Gary Mortimer explains why the Kremlin sent drones to Europe and talks about the so-called drone wall project. Are technological threats real and what is Ukraine’s role in developing new methods of defense?

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Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rostov-on-Don In Rostov-on-Don, two participants in a video dancing in front of the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary were detained. This was reported by the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The detainees are two residents of the city, born in 1990 and 2009.