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Russia hammered Ukraine with missiles and drones on Saturday, killing five ‌people and causing damage across several regions of the country, Ukrainian officials said. The main target was energy infrastructure outside the capital Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, adding that residential buildings, schools and businesses were also damaged. He said the Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro and ​Mykolaiv regions were also targeted in an attack that included around 430 drones and 68 missiles, ​most of which were downed by air defences. The governor of the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia, ⁠Ivan Fedorov, said a residential area of the city of Zaporizhzhia had been hit by Russian-guided bombs, killing ​one person and injuring three. Photos posted online showed parts of buildings reduced to rubble. Saturday's strikes come as ​the Iran conflict has distracted international attention from a US-backed peace push in the four-year war, which Kyiv says Moscow has no interest in ending. "Russia w...

For over a century, the word petrostate explained much of the world's political dysfunction. Oil-rich countries exercised power in an extremely disproportionate manner to their size or institutional capacity. Neither virtue nor military ingenuity placed Saudi Arabia, Russia and the Gulf states in the high seat of international affairs; it was geology. Fossil fuels determined the lines of alliances, supported authoritarian regimes, and put whole economies at the mercy of prices set in Riyadh or Vienna. That era is not over. However, a new one is taking shape and the idea that most describes it is "electrostate". An electrostate is a country whose international influence is not based on oil fields and gas pipelines, but on dominating the infrastructure of the clean energy transition: critical mineral processing, solar manufacturing, battery chains and electric vehicles. Where petrostates drew advantage out of what was under the ground, electrostates draw advantage out of wh...

The United States on Friday charged 11 Indian nationals over a conspiracy involving visa fraud and attempts to obtain immigration benefits. According to a press release issued by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts in Boston on March 13, the defendants staged armed robberies of convenience stores to allow clerks to falsely claim they were crime victims on immigration applications. The statement said all of them were charged with at least one count of conspiracy to commit visa fraud, with many reportedly residing unlawfully in Massachusetts. All had the surname Patel. It said Jitendrakumar, 39; Maheshkumar, 36; Sanjaykumar, 45; Rameshbhai, 52; Amitabahen, 43; Ronakkumar, 28; Sangitaben, 36; Minkesh, 42; Sonal, 42; and Mitul, 40 were living in the US unlawfully, while 40-year-old Dipikaben from Weymouth, Massachusetts, was deported to India. Six of the accused individuals were arrested in Massachusetts and released after appearing in a federal court in Boston e...

The information ministry said on Friday that security forces had "successfully intercepted" two rudimentary drones of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan terrorist group using electronic countermeasures, adding that no damage to infrastructure was caused. Earlier, security sources said drones were detected at two locations adjacent to Rawalpindi and were neutralised before causing any damage. Officials confirmed that there were no casualties or property damage in the Rawalpindi incident. Airspace restrictions imposed as a precaution were later lifted, restoring normal flight operations.  The Afghan Taliban regime's Urdu X account had claimed targeting a military centre in the federal capital via drones. However, in a post on X, the information ministry rubbished the allegation, saying: "Two rudimentary drones of terrorist FAK, nurtured by Afghan Taliban regime, were successfully intercepted by the Pakistan security forces using electronic counter measures. No milit...

The Sindh government has tightened austerity measures further in a bid to prepare for potential energy challenges, unveiling a series of cost-cutting and energy-saving steps aimed at reducing government expenditures while maintaining essential public services. In this regard, an important meeting of the Austerity Committee, chaired by Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, was held on Thursday. During the meeting, participants held detailed discussions on the efficient use of energy, reducing government expenditures, and improving resource management without affecting public service delivery. The committee decided to cut fuel allocations for government officers by 50%, while 60% of government vehicles will be grounded. However, this decision will not affect the operational vehicles, including police mobiles, ambulances, fire brigade vehicles and other essential service vehicles. سینئر وزیر سندھ شرجیل انعام میمن کی زیر صدارت قائم کفایت شعاری کمیٹی کا اہم اجلاس منعقد ہوا، جس میں ص...

An unidentified shooter was killed on Thursday after exchanging gunfire with security in an attack on a synagogue in the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan, police said. Police said the gunman was dead following the attack on the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield. They did not immediately confirm the death of the assailant but said no one else appeared to have been hurt. Active Shooting: 03/12 at 12:30 p m Location: 5725 Walnut Lake Road (Temple Isreal) Synopsis: The Michigan State Police is aware of an active shooting incident that is ongoing in West Bloomfield. We are asking for community members to stay away from the area to allow for police… pic.twitter.com/p3FIbU9n4K — MSP Second District (@mspmetrodet) March 12, 2026 Law enforcement officers flooded the area soon after the incident, amid heightened tension nationwide over the US-Israeli war against Iran. "At least one individual came to the temple," Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told reporters. "Secu...