Russia has lost more than one million troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian military has claimed. The claim by the General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces is in line with Western intelligence estimates and underlines the huge price paid by Moscow for its three-year-old invasion.

Russia has broken its silence on Israel’s massive overnight airstrikes on Iran, calling it a “dramatic escalation” in the Middle East. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed President Vladimir Putin is receiving real-time updates as Israel’s Operation “Rising Lion” pounds Iranian nuclear and military sites.

Israel launched strikes on Iran early Friday local time, a dramatic escalation of long-running tensions between the two countries.

An Air India flight from Phuket in Thailand to India's capital New Delhi received an onboard bomb threat on Friday and made an emergency landing on the island, airport authorities said.