Russia launched attacks across Ukraine overnight, including on the capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, close to the border with Poland. Kyiv’s military administration said Moscow had launched a drone attack in the early hours of Tuesday, warning residents to find shelter, in a post on the Telegram messaging app. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
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UN Special Rapporteur Examine Religious Freedom Issues in Tajikistan
The exercise of freedom of religion or belief in Tajikistan is of great concern and falls far short of international human rights standards. UN Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Nazila Ghanea said so after visiting Tajikistan from April 11 to April 21.
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Iran appears to be modifying the attack drones that it’s providing to Russia
Iran appears to be modifying the attack drones that it’s providing to Russia so that the explosive warheads can inflict maximum damage on infrastructure targets inside Ukraine. An unexploded warhead from an Iranian Shahed-131 drone found in the Southern Ukrainian region of Odesa in October 2022 was examined last month by the UK-based investigative organization Conflict Armament Research, along with the Ukrainian military.
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Mississippi state government has declared a state of tornado emergency
At least 26 people have died in Mississippi and Alabama after a tornado tore through the southern US states. Search and rescue efforts are continuing, and the Mississippi state government has declared a state of emergency. In this rural town of only 2,000 people, where one fifth of residents live below the poverty line, dozens of buildings have been flattened by the fury of the tornado. The tornado hit in the middle of the night – people had been sleeping and had not heard the alerts.
