Ukraine says 2 North Korean soldiers captured
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Kyiv is interrogating two wounded North Korean soldiers captured in Russia’s Kursk region. Meanwhile, Russia claimed it took a village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk.
Sudan’s armed forces retake strategic city from RSF
The recapture of the Sudanese city of Wad Medani came over a year after it fell to the RSF paramilitary force. Just days earlier, the Biden administration accused the rebels of genocide.
Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tanker towed to German port
After hours of towing, a German maritime emergency team brought the oil tanker Eventin to safety off a Baltic seaport. The vessel, part of Russia’s aging “shadow fleet,” suffered a full blackout late Friday.
South Korea’s Yoon to skip impeachment trial opening
Suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s team says he will not attend the impeachment hearing until safety issues are resolved. Yoon faces possible insurrection charges over his December martial law decree.
Chad’s ruling party wins majority in boycotted election
President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s ruling party in Chad has won two-thirds of the seats in a legislative election shunned by much of the opposition last month, provisional results show.