A weapons facility near a Russian air base in a coastal Syrian city was destroyed on Thursday, according to a monitoring group.

Israeli conducted strikes near the Syrian coast this morning, with explosions reported in the vicinity of the Russian-operated Khmeimim Air Base, near the city of Latakia. Three hours ago, Israel struck and destroyed a weapons depot at the Hmeimim base on the Syrian coast,

Israel is suspected of launching missiles overnight into Syria, striking close to a Russian air base believed to house weapons for Iran.

A rescue operation to release a family of four killer whales from shallow waters off Far East Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula is continuing for the second day, emergency officials said Thursday. Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministrysaid Wednesday the two orcas and two calves were caught in a low tide in the Sea of Okhotsk.

The European Union is progressing toward a package of sanctions targeting Iran for providing Russia with ballistic missiles, according to people familiar with the matter.

The European Union is preparing to introduce a sanctions package against Iran for supplying ballistic missiles to Russia. Source: Bloomberg, citing its sources, as reported by European Pravda Sources said the first package of measures will apply to around a dozen individuals and legal entities,

The European Union is preparing to adopt a package of sanctions against Iran for supplying ballistic missiles to Russia. The bloc intends to approve this move by the time EU leaders gather for a summit in Brussels at the end of this month,