Former US CIA director David Petraeus was at a Ukrainian train station at the very moment a Russian drone struck a passenger train on Sunday, shortly after a diplomatic train carrying former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other foreign dignitaries had passed through.

Amid constant Russian drone and missile attacks, two shortfalls are raising the greatest alarm: a lack of air defense interceptors and an unexpected $27 billion defense budget gap.

The price of oil jumped Monday after Saudi Arabia shut a critical pipeline and talks about the future of the Strait of Hormuz were postponed.

North Korea conducted a "joint firepower attack drill" involving long-range artillery, missiles and drones over the weekend, state-run media reported Monday.

The comment follows decades of White House neutrality and leave both sides of the dispute wondering if he was backing Ireland, trolling Britain or talking off the cuff.

Indonesian authorities intensified on Monday a search for people missing after a ferry overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea. At least six passengers were killed and 129 people are still missing.

Yemen's Houthi rebels have seized the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea. This move strengthens their control over a key maritime shipping route. Houthi

Iran has condemned the exclusion of its Atomic Energy Organization head from the UN nuclear agency's meeting in Vienna. Iran's ambassador to the agency, Reza Najafi, says this is a serious breach