The central Ukrainian city of Uman has welcomed around 40,000 Hasidic pilgrims for the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. The celebrations are taking place despite the ongoing threat of Russian strikes. Pilgrims from Israel and around the world travel to the city to visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman, a key figure for one branch of Orthodox Judaism.

Two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded near the front lines in the Kharkiv region -- then were left stranded when another strike took out the ground drone sent to evacuate them. Their company commander, Vladyslav Polskiy, rushed to the site in a pickup truck without combat armor and brought the wounded men to safety. The dangerous mission earned him Ukraine's highest military honor, presented to Polskiy by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. #warinukraine #rescueoperation #ukrainerussiawar

Drones struck Pavlohrad in broad daylight hitting a shopping district and causing widespread damage to vehicles and infrastructure. Ukraine’s foreign minister is urging allies to provide more air defenses after a Russian drone strike on Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, killed at least five people and injured dozens. RFE/RL correspondent Roman Pahulych arrived as emergency crews treated the wounded and battled fires. #russiaukrainewar #ukrainenews #ukrainewar #drones #ukraine #ukrainefrontline

The family of 20-year-old Iranian twins Taraneh and Romina Rahimi says they have been tortured in prison and forced to confess to charges they deny. The two are among 16 defendants jailed in Isfahan over mass protests that erupted nationwide in January. Relatives say Taraneh has now been sentenced to death and Romina to 25 years in prison. Their cousin, Masud Nurmohammadi, told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda that there is no evidence against the sisters and that they have endured horrific abuse. #iranneww #iran

Ukrainian drones struck a naval base and oil terminal in Russia's southern port city of Novorossiisk, with Kyiv saying several warships were hit, including a Kalibr missile carrier. Local officials reported 4 dead and at least 29 injured. #russiaukrainewar #russiaukraineconflict

Iran launched fresh missile attacks on Jordan, saying it was targeting a US military base in retaliation for strikes on Iranian oil tankers. Jordan says it intercepted 18 ballistic missiles, while the US military says it destroyed five Iranian crude carriers after Iran's failed attempted attacks on a US warship. The latest exchanges mark a sharp escalation in the conflict around the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman. #iranwar2026 #iranwarlive #iranwar #usiranwar #usiranwar2026

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said humanoid robots built in Serbia through a new partnership with Chinese robotics firms will soon be armed with “very serious weapons." The project signals a deepening security and industrial alliance between Belgrade and Beijing, despite Serbia's mounting tensions with Washington and Brussels.

Russia hammered Ukraine with a massive attack on Kyiv using ballistic missiles, killing at least two people in a major attack hours after US envoys left Kyiv amid a renewed push for peace negotiations. #ukrainewar #russiaukrainewar #ukrainerussiawar #ukrainenews

Thousands attended the Belgrade funeral for convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic, who died while serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The public honors surrounding the burial of the former Bosnian Serb commander have angered survivors and relatives of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, who say the continued glorification of Mladic is deeply painful and dangerous. He was convicted by The Hague tribunal for war crimes in Bosnia-Herzegovina and died in prison on August 27 at age 84. The funeral, held with state and military honors, has also been condemned EU and US officials.

The southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya is facing a growing threat from Russian drones, with first-person-view drones (FPVs) increasingly reaching the city streets. RFE/RL looks at how civilians and Ukrainian forces are adapting as attacks intensify and how the expanding drone threat is changing life near the front line. #russiaukrainewar #ukrainenews #ukraine #ukrainewar #drones

The city of Druzhkivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region is being battered by Russian strikes as the front line moves closer. A few thousand civilians remain in the city, many without water, electricity, or gas, while evacuations are becoming increasingly difficult. RFE/RL's Yevhenia Rusetska visited the embattled city, where some say they want to leave but have nowhere to go and no way to get out. #shorts #ukraine #ukrainenews #ukrainewar #donetsk #ukrainefrontline

An Iranian court has sentenced a partially blinded protester to death after he returned to Iran. Ali Zarei was blinded in one eye when he was shot by security forces during the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests. Branch 23 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court charged him with "corruption on Earth" for extensive political activities, according to US-based rights outlet HRANA. #iran #irannews #shorts #womenlifefreedom #alizarei

A Kyiv shoot-out between Ukraine intelligence and security service left three officers wounded in Kyiv. Both sides have given conflicting accounts of what happened, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the incident "absolutely disgraceful." What triggered the clash, and what could it mean for Ukrainian security services? #ukraine #ukrainenews #kyiv

Armed only with an assault rifle in an open cockpit, a Ukrainian gunner is part of an aerial unit that is shooting down Russian drones from Soviet-era Yak-52 propeller planes. Three low-cost planes donated by a Dutch NGO are patrolling the Odesa region, shooting down multiple Iranian-designed Shahed drones in a single flight and offering an unconventional way to defend Ukraine’s skies. #ukrainewar #russiaukrainewar #ukrainerussiawar #cockpit #cockpitview #droneinterception #militaryaviation