Russia hammered Kyiv and the surrounding region with missiles and drones early on Monday, killing at least ‌28 people and exposing Ukraine’s critical shortage of U.S.-made air-defence interceptors, officials said.

Cuba began to slowly restore power on Monday after the country’s national electric ​grid collapsed earlier in the day, the latest blow to an island already suffering ‌from severe energy, fuel and medicine shortages.

Australia and the Solomon Islands pledged on Tuesday to deepen bilateral ties ​and criticised China’s test of a ballistic missile fired from a nuclear-powered submarine in the Pacific, a move experts ‌said could sharpen strategic rivalry in the region.

Australia’s online platforms are stumbling at the very first step in implementing age checks for users, rendering a world-first teen social media ban ineffective, a ​study by a team that advised the government’s rollout of the curbs found.

Indonesian police named 14 more people as suspects in an alleged child abuse and neglect case at a daycare ​centre in Yogyakarta city.

The ​Democratic Republic ‌of ​Congo ​said ​that confirmed ​Ebola ​cases in the ‌country ⁠had reached ​1,561, ​including ⁠506 ​deaths.

The third stage of the Tour ‌de France that will take place will be closed to the public due to risks posed by a forest fire raging in southwestern France, officials said.

At least six people including five children were killed when a group of buildings collapsed in ​the eastern suburbs of India’s Mumbai, ‌the latest casualties of heavy rains that have disrupted travel and shut down schools in the city.

Australia is set to sign an alliance with Fiji in a major diplomatic win over China.

Turkish authorities detained more than 100 people taking part in an anti-NATO protest march organised by the Communist Party ​of Turkey (TKP), ahead of an alliance summit in Ankara next week, ‌the party said in a statement.

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy while in Turkey this week for a NATO ​summit to make a renewed push to end the war in Ukraine, a senior U.S. ‌official said.

Thousands protested against Germany’s far-right AfD and blocked roads to its annual conference in the eastern city of Erfurt on ​Saturday, where the party re-elected the two leaders who have overseen its rise as a national force.