Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia over the past day killed at least 16 people, authorities said Sunday as the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted new warnings about risks posed by attacks near the plant during Russia’s more than four-year invasion of its neighbor.

The civilian casualty toll in a recent wave of attacks blamed on Colombian narco-terrorists has risen to 20 dead and 36 injured, officials say.

The two leaders have served in coalition before, and will seek to unite a fragmented opposition with little in common beyond a shared hostility toward Netanyahu.

Indian rupee and bonds are likely to extend declines this week as oil prices remain elevated on fading hopes of peace between Washington and Tehran after U.S. President Donald Trump told envoys not to resume talks.

The small island nation, 90 miles from Florida, has played an outsized role in American foreign policy for nearly 70 years. As President Trump talks of "taking Cuba," tensions between Washington and Havana have outlived even the late dictator Fidel Castro.

Palestinian authorities say local elections in Gaza and the West Bank are a success and mark a step toward a long-delayed presidential election

Police in Northern Ireland said Sunday morning that the New IRA is believed to have been involved in a car bombing near a police station in Belfast.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer insists he’ll remain in the job and lead the Labour Party into the next elections, even as the controversy over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US refuses to die down.