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Russia conducts massive attacks on Ukraine's military sites

Russia conducts massive attacks on Ukraine's military sites

Russian forces launched a combined strike on Ukrainian city Zaporizhzhia using missiles and Shahed-type attack drones on Saturday night, said Kherson Regional Military Administration of Ukraine in a press release. A local woman was killed and 30 people were injured, including three children in the attack. One of the wounded is in critical condition. Some victims received medical assistance on site, while six people were hospitalized. In addition, 17 apartment buildings and about 120 private houses were damaged, with several homes completely destroyed. Engineering networks were also affected, leaving 25,000 consumers without electricity and 104 without gas supply. Meanwhile, Russia said Saturday that it conducted a massive overnight strike on Ukraine's military enterprises and airbases, reported Xinhua. "The targets of the strike were achieved, and all designated objectives were hit," Russia's defense ministry said in a statement, adding that the raids involved high-precision weapons fired from land, air and sea. On the same day, Kiev said Russia launched 537 drones and 45 missiles targeting seven locations overnight, with 510 drones and 38 missiles intercepted.

Israeli airstrikes kill PM of Houthi-run gov't

Israeli airstrikes kill PM of Houthi-run gov't

Top officials of Yemen's Houthi group on Saturday vowed to retaliate against Israel as the group confirmed earlier in the day that Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi of the Houthi-backed government, along with several other ministers, was killed here in Israeli airstrikes on Thursday, reported Xinhua. Earlier on Saturday, the group acknowledged in a statement that the officials were hit in Sanaa during a workshop reviewing government activities over the past year, and that several other ministers were wounded and remain in hospital. The statement did not say how many ministers were killed. Meanwhile, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that the group's deputy prime minister, Mohammed Miftah, was appointed to run a caretaker government in Sanaa. Following the confirmation of the deaths of the senior officials, Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Supreme Political Council, the Houthis' highest governing body in Sanaa, said in a speech aired by al-Masirah TV that "Israel should await dark days." According to Houthi-run Saba news agency, the Houthi Defense Minister Mohammed Nasser al-Atifi said forces "are ready at all levels to confront" Israel, whereas Mohammed Abdulkarim al-Gumari, Houthi military chief of staff, said "the Israeli aggression on civilian sites will not pass without punishment." The group had initially denied casualties from Thursday's airstrikes, despite reports of al-Rahawi's death. Israel said its air force carried out a "significant operation" targeting a meeting of the Houthi cabinet in Sanaa while its members were watching a speech by the group's leader, Abdulmalik al-Houthi, on the Gaza war. A Houthi source said Israeli warplanes launched 10 airstrikes on a building in southern Sanaa where the meeting was being held. On Saturday, Iran, which is believed to have close ties with the Houthis, strongly condemned the recent Israeli airstrikes against the group. The Houthis, who control much of northern Yemen, have carried out drone and missile attacks on Israel since November 2023 in what they describe as showing solidarity with Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Most of the projectiles have been intercepted by Israel. Israel has responded with strikes on Houthi-held areas, targeting airports, power stations and ports in Sanaa and the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, with Thursday's airstrikes believed to have dealt the most serious blow to the group. The Houthis seized Sanaa in 2014, forcing the internationally-recognized Yemeni government into exile in Aden. Since then, the group has controlled much of northern Yemen, including Sanaa and Hodeidah, and set up an unrecognized government in the capital.

57 more killed in Israeli genocide in Gaza

57 more killed in Israeli genocide in Gaza

At least 57 Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to Palestinian sources, reported Xinhua. In Gaza City, four people, including two children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting two apartments and a gathering of Palestinians, spokesperson for Gaza's civil defense Mahmoud Basal told Xinhua. At least seven people were killed and several others injured, including children, in an Israeli airstrike on a three-story building housing residential apartments and medical clinics in the al-Rimal neighborhood, west of the city, Basal said. Twelve people, including five women and five children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on tents housing displaced people in the Nasr neighborhood, northwest of the city, Basal said, noting that the airstrike destroyed many tents and set some others on fire. Six people were killed in Israeli attacks on the Zeitoun neighborhood, south of the city, he said. Palestinian security sources also reported Israeli raids and bombings in the early hours on residential buildings in the Sheikh Radwan and Sabra neighborhoods in the city, amid intense overflights by Israeli helicopters and drones. Local residents said they heard sounds of massive explosions and intense gunfire. In central Gaza, a family of five were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting their home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, whereas three people, including a child, were killed in two separate Israeli airstrikes in the Bureij refugee camp and the city of Deir al-Balah, Basal said. In southern Gaza, six people, including a woman, were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting tents housing displaced persons west of Khan Younis, Basal said. In northern Gaza, four people were killed in an Israeli attack on a Palestinian gathering in the Jabalia area, he said. Ten people were killed by Israeli gunfire while waiting for food outside humanitarian aid distribution centers in central and southern Gaza, he added. Meanwhile, the Israeli military said in a statement that it struck "a key Hamas terrorist in the area of Gaza City," without providing further details on the target or the specific location of the strike. The latest Israeli attacks came a day after the Israeli army announced the start of "preliminary operations and the initial stages" of an attack on Gaza City, saying its forces are operating with "great intensity" on the city's outskirts. Since Oct. 7, 2023, Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed 63,371 people and injured 159,835 others, Gaza-based health authorities said Saturday, adding that starvation and malnutrition in Gaza have caused 332 deaths, including 124 children. On Friday, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported that Israel will stop the airdrop operation of humanitarian aid over Gaza City in the coming days, and the entry of ground aid via trucks to northern Gaza will also be reduced.

Germany's far-right AfD fined €1.1m for violations of parties act

Germany's far-right AfD fined €1.1m for violations of parties act

Since entering parliament in 2017, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has had to pay around €1.1 million for numerous violations of the Political Parties Act, according to the Berlin-based legislature's administration, reported dpa. Parties represented in the Bundestag, the lower house, have paid a total of €1.8 million since 2017for accepting illegal donations, providing false information in financial reports, or misusing parliamentary group funds, according to a report in Sunday's edition of Die Welt newspaper seen in advance by dpa. The list of violations was also made available to dpa. According to the Bundestag, the AfD was mainlyaffected by illegal donations from the Swiss company Goal AG for election advertising in the 2016 state pollsin Baden-Württemberg and 2017 in North Rhine-Westphalia, andanalmost €400,000donation from Switzerland. A further claim for just over €108,000 is not yet final. The AfD has filed a lawsuit against the decision and has since appealed to the Federal Administrative Court. AfD cites initial lack of experience with donations In comparison, the six other parties represented in the Bundestag had to make significantly fewer payments, the report said. This ranged from €200,000 paid by the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) to just€2,300 by the pro-market Free Democratic Party (FDP). In explaining the size ofits fines, the AfD pointed to its short party history. "Especially in the early years, the AfD was unable to draw on the wealth of experience in dealing with donations that other parties had accumulated over decades,"itstreasurer Carsten Hütter told Die Welt. Today, every donation is strictly reviewed, there is a "six-eyes principle"of scrutiny, and intensive training for the party's branches, he said.

Two players win €7.95 million Lotto jackpots in Helsinki and Karjaa

Two players win €7.95 million Lotto jackpots in Helsinki and Karjaa

Two Lotto players in Finland have each secured a €7.95 million jackpot after matching all seven numbers in the draw held on Saturday, according to a press release from Veikkaus Oy. The winning combination for draw 35/2025 was 2, 3, 4, 8, 18, 26, and 39, with the additional number 33 and Plus number 9. One of the winning tickets was played at an R-kioski on Huokontie in Jakomäki, Helsinki. The other winner played their ticket online in Karjaa.

Bayern beat Augsburg after late scare, Leverkusen held 3-3 at Bremen

Bayern beat Augsburg after late scare, Leverkusen held 3-3 at Bremen

Bayern Munich made it two wins from two in the Bundesliga after a mixed display in a 3-2 victory at Bavarian neighbours Augsburg on Saturday. The win was far less flowing than the opening 6-0 humbling of RB Leipzig but initially was not in doubt, with Serge Gnabry's header and goal from ex-Liverpool man Luis Díaz coming in the first half. Michael Olise added the third early in the second period before Kristijan Jakić's volley and Mert Kömür's finish gave home fans real hope. Augsburg could have levelled, but leaders Bayern hung on. "It was annoying (to concede) but we missed lots of chances too," Bayern captain Manuel Neuer told Sky. Bayer Leverkusen earlier threw away a two-goal lead to draw 3-3 at 10-man Werder Bremen as Erik ten Hag's first two Bundesliga games brought him just a point. The Dutchman had watched last season's runners-up lose 2-1 at home to Hoffenheim last weekend. But Patrik Schick and new strike partner Malik Tillman had them 2-0 up against injury-hit Bremen before a debatable penalty through Romano Schmid cut the deficit. The visitors thought they had closed out the game thanks to Schick's cool penalty - but Isaac Schmidt's debut goal prompted a nervy finish and Karim Coulibaly grabbed the leveller in stoppage time. Schick told DAZN: "We have to improve very quickly because this is not the way how we want to perform. We have two games played and we should have six points. Even more difficult games are coming." VfB Stuttgart got used to life without new Newcastle United striker Nick Woltemade with a 1-0 home victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach. Former Real Madrid midfielder Chema Andrés headed home on 79 minutes. Leipzig won their first game since the exit of Xavi Simons by beating Heidenheim 2-0 at home. Doan flying for Frankfurt The Bundesliga has seen a wave of high-profile departures this window but Japan's Ritsu Doan showed he could be the league's new star with two goals in Eintracht Frankfurt's 3-1 success at Hoffenheim. His first league goal for the Eagles, third last term and second at present, was a curling left-foot effort and his second a near tap-in. He set up Can Uzun with a nutmeg for 3-0 at last season's strugglers Hoffenheim, whose bubble from the win at Leverkusen was soon burst - despite Grischa Prömel's late rocket. St Pauli beat 2-0 Hamburg on Friday. On Sunday, Wolfsburg host Mainz, Borussia Dortmund welcome Union Berlin and Cologne face Freiburg. New Augsburg coach Sandro Wagner - an ex-Bayern striker - was on a high for the champions' visit after an opening 3-1 win at Freiburg. Bayern, after a tricky German Cup win at third-tier Wehen Wiesbaden in midweek, almost scored in the first minute through Luis Díaz. Gnabry then headed in midway through the first half from Harry Kane's cross as Augsburg backed off too much. Colombia's Luis Díaz finally got his goal - his third since joining - when he turned in Konrad Laimer's cutback on half-time. Olise, thanks to another Kane assist, put Bayern clear but a lax second half almost let Augsburg back in. It is four wins to start the season, including the Super Cup against Stuttgart, and Bayern reach the international break relieved. Vincent Kompany's side still look short of numbers - especially after a loan move for Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson appeared to fall through - and have just two days to bring players in before the window shuts.

Espoo murder victim was suspect´s ex-girlfriend

Espoo murder victim was suspect´s ex-girlfriend

The woman, who was killed allegedly by a man in Espoo late Friday night, was former girlfriend of the suspect, said police on Saturday. Police also said that the victim was about 30 years old while the suspect was more than 40. They, however, did not divulge the detail identities of the deceased and the suspect but said that the victim and the suspect were in a relationship previously. The murder was committed in a pre-planned way and in a brutal manner, said police after preliminary investigation. Police are continuing investigation into the incident, and the suspect will be placed before the court seeking remand into custody next week. The woman was killed in an apartment building at Henttaa area in Espoo. The murder took place at about 8:00 p.m. at the stairwell of the building.