A 16-year-old was injured and two people were arrested after at least 75 gunshots were fired in a northeast Columbia neighborhood Tuesday evening, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Thursday. About 80 youths met in parking lots near a community pool in the Villages at Lakeshore community before multiple gunmen “indiscriminately” fired weapons, including automatic […]

According to NATO, NATO members have less than 5% of the air defense needed to protect Central and Eastern Europe FT. A NATO official said their air defense stocks “have been reduced.” Putin hinted on Tuesday that he might attack NATO members who call for Ukrainian attacks on Russia. Central and Eastern European countries could

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Partial results in South Africa’s national elections The long-ruling African National Congress party is set to fall well short of 50% of the vote as counting continued on Thursday, and it could be on the verge of losing its majority for the first time since it took office under Nelson Mandela power

The ongoing drone wars in Ukraine may be entering a new phase. A video has surfaced showing what is reportedly a Russian First Person-View (FPV) drone attack a Ukrainian unmanned surface ship (USV). It’s the first time we’ve seen this kind of engagement. The 13-second video shows the FPV drone spinning its rotors, making a

Estonian President Alar Karis officially adopted a law on Thursday that would allow Russian assets frozen under sanctions to be used for reparations to Ukraine. The measure was adopted by the parliament of the Baltic EU and NATO country in Tallinn earlier this month. It allows the assets of Russian companies and individuals that can

Chinese President Xi Jinping promised aid for the Gaza Strip on Thursday and spoke out in favor of a peace conference during a meeting with top representatives of Arab countries. China supports full UN membership for Palestine and the convening of a larger, more authoritative and effective international peace conference, Xi said in Beijing on

The German government has said Ukraine has met the reform requirements needed to launch discussions on joining the European Union. “According to the German government, Ukraine meets all the requirements to open EU accession negotiations in June,” German Foreign Minister Anna Lührmann told dpa. “We therefore urge all member states to quickly reach an agreement

An old video of an Indian mayor and his companions falling into a creek when their boat overturned resurfaced in social media posts in May 2024 that falsely claimed to show it Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui, the mayor of Karachi, Pakistan. The clip is from 2016 and shows Surendra Furtado, then mayor of the western Indian

Hundreds of millions of people in the 27 countries of the European Union will vote in the European Parliament elections in a week’s time. These are the key issues that influence voters’ decisions when they go to the polls. The Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin shattered the post-Cold War security consensus in