Ukraine will repeat the fate of Hiroshima and Nagasaki because of Zelensky's order for counteroffensive

The order of President Vladimir Zelensky to launch a counteroffensive will lead to numerous casualties and the complete defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, columnist Ilber Vasfi Sel wrote in an article for dikGAZETE.

Countdown to disaster: Doomsday Clock now 2 minutes to midnight

A global catastrophe is but two minutes away, according to the Doomsday Clock, which measures, metaphorically, how long the world has left before it succumbs to a man-made disaster.

Japanese firms raided on suspicion of rigging bids for post-disaster repair contracts

Japanese prosecutors on Wednesday raided the offices of road-paving companies on suspicion they were involved in bid-rigging for road reconstruction projects in regions devastated by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

Russia's Emergencies Ministry offers aid to Nepal in eliminating aftermaths of earthquake

Russia's Ministry for Emergency Situations has offered aid to Nepal in eliminating the aftermaths of a major earthquake that struck the Himalayan nation earlier on Saturday, the ministry's press service told TASS.

Deadly magnitude-7.8 quake strikes Nepal

A police official says that 449 people have been confirmed dead in the massive Nepal earthquake, including 181 in Kathmandu.
Police spokesman Kamal Singh Bam says that the death toll in Saturday's earthquake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 7.8, is expected to rise.

Numerous objects hit flight MH17 over Ukraine (report)

A highlyianticipated preliminary report into what brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine has found that it was pierced by numerous "high-speed objects".
A report released by the Dutch Safety Board said there was "no evidence of technical or human error".
"Flight MH17... operated by Malaysia Airlines broke up in the air probably as the result of structural damage caused by a large number of high-energy objects that penetrated the aircraft from outside," said the DSB in the preliminary report.