Ukraine's security service claimed responsibility for killing the head of Russia's chemical, radiological and biological weapons unit, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov.
Russian officials said an explosive device killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov in Moscow a day after he was sentenced in absentia by a Ukrainian court over the use of banned chemical weapons.
NBC News' Raf Sanchez visits the aftermath of a recent Israeli air strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced families. This comes as the Israeli defense minister states that a ceasefire deal is closer than ever.
Olaf Scholz called Monday's vote with the expectation of losing it, but with the hope it would boost the fortunes of his center-left Social Democratic Party.
"My departure from Syria was neither planned nor did it occur during the final hours of the battles," according to a statement attributed to Assad and shared on Telegram.
Authorities fear that the death toll caused by Cyclone Chido in the French territory of Mayotte will rise sharply as information filters through from remote areas. It was the worst storm to hit the area, off the east coast of Africa, in nearly a ...