It was not immediately clear who was behind the apparent attack, which occurred near the city's courthouse at a business popular with judges and lawyers.

"Russia has again chosen escalation over peace with this deplorable onslaught on Kyiv," said one European minister.

Thousands remain missing more than a week after the twin earthquakes struck Venezuela and hope for finding survivors is fading into and effort to recover remains. With little help from the government many families are taking it upon themselves to dig through the rubble to find their loved ones.

Iranian negotiators have left Doha as the Islamic Republic pauses diplomacy ahead of a multi-day funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Qatar said Wednesday that the discussions through mediators between the US and Iran made “positive progress.

The Vatican says bishops from the ultra-conservative Catholic SSPX society were automatically excommunicated after ignoring Pope Leo's plea for unity.

The law, which Beijing says applies outside of China, has renewed international criticism over the handling of minorities

Saudi Arabia is restarting its export logistics in the Persian Gulf after a three-month pause, according to Kpler.

Weather and technical snags have forced NASA and its partner space company Katalyst to ​indefinitely postpone a first-of-its-kind mission to tow an aging U.S. satellite observatory into a safer orbit using a robot spacecraft,