Armed man carrying explosives holds 20 people hostage after seizing a bus in Ukraine 

Armed man carrying explosives holds 20 people hostage after seizing a bus in Ukraine The assailant is armed and carrying explosives, officials have claimed online  Authorities said the man was frustrated with ‘Ukraine’s system’ on Facebook He is holding 20 people hostage after seizing control of a bus in Lutsk, Ukraine  By Emer Scully For … Read more

Putin orders snap Russian military drills on the border with Ukraine

Putin orders snap military drills involving 150,000 troops and hundreds of aircraft and naval vessels on Ukrainian border to ensure ‘security in Russia’s southwest’ Russia is conducting snap military drills along its southern border with Ukraine  150,000 troops are involved and will test readiness for larger drill in September It comes just hours after Ukraine … Read more

Rudy’s back! Donald Trump’s personal attorney pops up at White House

Rudy Giuliani made a surprise appearance at the White House on Wednesday and answered reporters questions on a number of topics although he declined to say what he was doing in Washington. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, serves as President Donald Trump‘s personal attorney and, at one point, served as the administration’s cyber … Read more

Hilarious moment woman floats down a flooded street on an airbed while sipping a cocktail

Quarantine staycation! Hilarious moment woman floats down a flooded street on an airbed while sipping a cocktail in Ukraine’s capital city The woman took the opportunity to grab an inflatable along with a coconut drink  She made the very best of the flooded conditions and floated down the street The footage was recorded when Kyiv … Read more

Teacher in Ukraine arrested for murder after tying a pillow to one-year-old girl’s face

A nursery school teacher tied a pillow to the face of a one year old girl – ‘causing her to die from suffocation and vomiting’. Irina Sukhanova, 51, has been detained by police in Zaporizhia, south-eastern Ukraine, on suspicion of murder, according to law enforcement officials. The carer wanted to stop the girl, named Alesya, … Read more

British couples must quarantine before meeting babies after arriving at Ukrainian surrogacy clinic

British couples will have to quarantine for two weeks before they can hold their babies after arriving at a Ukrainian clinic where 97 newborns are marooned due to coronavirus lockdown.  Four desperate British couples have flown to Kyiv and are now on a fortnight’s quarantine before meeting their infants at the BioTexCom human reproduction centre.  … Read more

Ukraine hacker caught attempting to sell 773m passwords

Ukraine authorities bust hacker attempting to sell 773M passwords and usernames in a ‘megabreach’ that compiled years worth of stolen data Ukraine’s security service arrested a hacker called Sanix  Sanix was arrested in connection with a database of 773M stolen passwords an usernames A police raid also turned up two terabytes of other stolen data  The … Read more

Russian ex-spy charged with downing MH17 jet says he ‘feels a moral responsibility’

A Russian ex-spy charged with downing the passenger jet MH17 has said he feels a ‘moral responsibility’ for the disaster. Igor Girkin is one of four people accused of murder over the missile shot in July 2014 which killed all 298 people on the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine.  Girkin was a commander of separatist … Read more

King of the jungle finds his queen: Lions born into captivity find happiness together

Lions who were both born into captivity have found happiness together after their rescuers decided to introduce them to one another. King of the jungle Luke and lioness Phuku defied the odds to form a strong bond at Love Lions Alive sanctuary in Free State, South Africa, after meeting earlier this year. The pair were … Read more

China’s ambassador to Israel, 58, is found dead in bed just three months into the job

China’s ambassador to Israel, 58, is found dead in bed at his Tel Aviv apartment just three months into the job Du Wei was found in his bed at his apartment in the suburb of Herzliya, Tel Aviv  No cause of death has yet been given and Israeli police said it is investigating  The 58-year-old … Read more