In a short statement to the media, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday announced an end to her time in office — after just over six weeks in the job. Truss has faced mounting criticism after a tax-cutting mini budget unraveled spectacularly last month, sending markets and the pound sterling into freefall.
Russia launched dozens of unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukraine this week. Moscow has focused particularly on attacking Ukraine's infrastructure grid, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying some 30% of the country's power plants have been destroyed.
The new Russian military commander for Ukraine operations said that Russia's army is preparing to evacuate civilians from Kherson region. "The Russian army will above all ensure the safe evacuation of the population" of Kherson, General Sergey Surovikin told Russian state television, Surovikin, who has been in the job for the past 10 days, added the combat situation there was "very tense."
Kyiv has been struck by "kamikaze drones," the head of Ukraine's presidential office said early on Monday. According to witnesses, two or three blasts hit the central Shevchenko district, which was also rocked by explosions last week.
YouTube embedding / Untold News video / • Oct. 16, 2022 / A Russian tank is shown keeps going in circles after a Ukrainian drone eliminated its crew.
Footage shot by Ukrainian forces of the drone grenade attack on the Russian tank.
Authors of a new bombshell Trump book say he built his career on lies. Susan Glasser and Peter Baker discuss their new book about former President Trump, "The Divider."
Elephants at the Oregon Zoo in Portland enjoyed squishing (and snacking on) some giant pumpkins, courtesy of farmers Larry Nelson and Amanda Gilmour.
The Coast Guard says two people from a sunken fishing boat were fending off sharks in the Gulf of Mexico when a crew rescued them and one other person.
Russia unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities Monday night, smashing civilian targets.
A horticulture teacher from Minnesota set a new U.S. record Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after raising a giant gourd weighing 2,560 pounds.
