Russian attacks on central and northern Ukrainian regions on Monday have killed two people and injured more than 20, regional officials said.
Near the central city of Poltava, falling debris from drones killed one person, injured three, and damaged a high-rise apartment building, regional governor Vitaliy Diakivnych said on Telegram.
Drone attacks and artillery strikes killed one person in the adjacent Dnipropetrovsk region near the town of Nikopol, Regional Governor Oleksandr Ganzha said on Telegram. Two people were injured in the town, and 12 throughout the region.
Russian forces launched two strikes with glide bombs in the Sumy region near the Russian border, injuring 13 people, including a 6-year-old child, regional governor Oleh Hryhorov said. Fifteen homes were damaged.
Senior Russian military officials have said their forces are committed to creating buffer zones in Sumy and in the neighbouring Kharkiv region in the northeast.
Reuters could not independently verify the accounts.
US President Donald Trump has warned late on Thursday about striking and destroying bridges and electric power plants in Iran in his latest threat to hit the country's infrastructure.
The Kuwaiti Petroleum Corporation (KPC) has reported a drone attack that targeted its Mina al-Ahmadi refinery early on Friday, which resulted in a fire breaking out at its operating units, with no injuries reported.
Bangladesh has launched fresh measures to curb energy consumption, cutting office hours and trimming public spending as conflict in the Middle East disrupts global fuel markets and strains power supply in the South Asian nation.
The UN Security Council is to vote on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, diplomats said on Friday, but veto-wielding China made clear its opposition to authorising any use of force.
US Army Chief of Staff Randy George was fired on Thursday by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, two defence officials and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, in the latest purge among the Pentagon's most senior ranks.
US President Donald Trump has removed Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post, a White House official said on Thursday, following mounting frustration with her performance, including her handling of investigative files related to the late Jeffrey Epstein.
Cuba announced on Thursday that it would free more than 2,000 prisoners from the island's jails, according to state-run media, the second time this year its government has announced a prisoner amnesty amid talks with the administration of US President Donald Trump.
The United Nations Security Council has reaffirmed its strong commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Gulf Cooperation Council member states, while praising their role in supporting regional and international peace.
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Trump threatens to strike Iran's bridges and electric power plants
Fire breaks out at Kuwaiti refinery following drone attack
Bangladesh cuts working hours to save energy amid Middle East crisis
UN to vote on Hormuz resolution as China opposes authorisation of force
US Army chief of staff ousted by Hegseth
Trump fires Pam Bondi as US attorney general
Cuba to free 2,010 prisoners from island jails in 'sovereign gesture'
Security Council reaffirms support for GCC security, sovereignty
