‘Terrorists’ Shoot Dead Two Guards Members in Iran, Says State Media
Attackers shot dead two members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards at their home in the western city of Paveh, near the border with Iraq's Kurdistan region, state media reported Tuesday.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the shooting, but Tehran has frequently blamed Kurdish separatist groups in the area for previous violence, accusing them of links to the United States and Israel.
The two IRGC members were killed in "a terrorist and cowardly act", state television said, while two other Guards members were wounded.
State television said "exact details of this incident and the measures being taken to identify those responsible are under review".
Separately, "a family's vehicle was sprayed with bullets" on Monday in the southeastern town of Saravan in Sistan-Baluchistan province, killing the father and wounding the mother, state television reported.
Authorities did not immediately identify those responsible or provide further details about the victims.
But state television said the attack "was carried out by Zionist-American mercenaries", a term Iranian officials commonly used for separatist and militant groups.
Sistan-Baluchistan, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, has long seen clashes between security forces, insurgents and drug smugglers.
One of Iran's poorest provinces, it is home to a sizeable ethnic Baloch population.
Russian Strikes Kill 8 in Ukraine, Damage Maternity Clinic
Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine's capital Kyiv and its northeast killed eight people on Thursday in attacks that included a maternity hospital and a farm, officials said.
Moscow has stepped up its air war in recent months, deploying more of its faster and harder-to-stop drones while Ukraine is short of interceptors to down ballistic missiles.
Two people died in the latest assault on Kyiv, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who was in New York for the UN General Assembly.
"As people were sleeping, flashes from explosions lit up the sky," Zelenskiy said on Telegram.
"Once again, the main targets of their strike were Kyiv and civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, a maternity hospital, energy infrastructure, and logistics."
Police said nine homes, a post office, warehouses and dozens of cars were also damaged in Kyiv.
A separate Russian attack on a vegetable storage facility at a farm in a village of the northeastern Kharkiv region killed six people and injured a further 12, prosecutors said.
The overnight barrage around Ukraine included an unspecified number of hypersonic and ballistic missiles, 282 drones and other weapons, Ukraine's air force said.
In Kyiv, eight people were injured as well as the two fatalities, one of whom was in the parking lot of the maternity hospital, Reuters quoted city mayor Vitali Klitschko as saying.
Part of the hospital's facade, windows and doors were damaged, officials said, adding that no patients or medics were injured.
A handout photo made available by the State Emergency Service (SES) shows Ukrainian rescuers working at the site of an overnight Russian attack on a residential area in Kyiv, Ukraine, 24 September 2026, amid the Russian invasion. EPA/STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE / HANDOUT
Authorities in the northwestern region of Rivne said infrastructure was damaged in overnight strikes that continued into Thursday morning, without providing further details. Volyn region bordering Poland also came under attack.
Insufficient pressure on Moscow was allowing it to launch repeated strikes, said Zelenskiy.
"Right now, the United States has the opportunity to respond strongly," he said. "We need ballistic interceptors to protect lives."
Russia's defense ministry said its forces hit Ukrainian defense facilities, logistics and telecoms centers, as well as vessels used by the military.
In the Black Sea port of Odesa, military administration head Serhiy Lysak said overnight Russian strikes damaged a medical facility and shattered windows in nearby houses and a school.
Moldova's President Maia Sandu said four Russian drones crossed into its airspace and at least one exploded, while Romania said a drone also crashed in its territory.
NATO alliance member Poland said it deployed aviation twice on Thursday due to Russian attacks on Ukraine.
An earthquake of 5.4 magnitude rattled cities in southeastern Türkiye on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, the disaster agency said.
The quake, which occurred at 10:40 am (0740 GMT) was centered just north of the city of Sanliurfa, Türkiye's AFAD disaster agency said, adding "there are currently no reports of adverse effects".
Hasan Silda, governor of Sanliurfa province, said the quake had been felt "intensely", AFP reported.
"According to initial reports, there are no casualties or injuries. There is no destruction. There may be some partial damage to buildings," he told NTV private television.
Türkiye is crisscrossed by several geological fault lines that have previously caused catastrophes in the country.
A massive quake in February 2023 killed at least 53,000 people in southeastern Türkiye and around 7,000 others in Syria, that also caused damage and more than 300 deaths in Sanliurfa.
For Pope Leo, the Risk of an AI Apocalypse is a Major Concern
The Vatican warned about the risk of an apocalypse spurred by artificial intelligence years before major American firms sounded the alarm at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday - a concern that Pope Leo is placing at the heart of his papacy.
Leo, who in May called on world leaders for global rules to oversee the industry, is expected to warn about AI again on Friday in a speech at the Paris headquarters of the UN's culture and education body, UNESCO.
