A gunman killed five people in Kyiv on Saturday after opening fire in a residential district and taking hostages at a supermarket before being shot dead by police during an arrest attempt. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed at least 10 people were hospitalised with wounds and trauma. Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko identified the suspect as a 58-year-old man born in Moscow who used an automatic weapon. Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said police negotiators engaged in a roughly 40-minute standoff before ordering the gunman eliminated after he killed one of his hostages and stopped responding to offers of medical assistance. Four additional hostages were rescued from the supermarket. The attacker's motive has not been established. The incident is isolated in context: Ukraine, now more than four years into its war with Russia, maintains a relatively low domestic crime rate, with comparable shooting incidents rare. Zelensky called for a swift investigation, with authorities working to establish the full circumstances of the attack.
Venezuela's earthquake death toll has reached 1,430 with the US Geological Survey warning fatalities could top 10,000, placing it among Latin America's deadliest in a century. US military planes are landing in Caracas, Washington is mobilising $150 million in aid, and rescue teams from 17 countries are on the ground.
Iranian armed forces attacked a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, briefly halting traffic through the waterway. The strike threatens a fragile US-Iran arrangement and could push shipping insurance costs and oil prices higher.
The US has struck Iran, with President Trump citing an Iranian attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz as justification. The action raises immediate risks for global oil flows through one of the world's most critical shipping chokepoints.
The US struck ten Iranian targets on the second consecutive day of military action, putting a fragile ceasefire under serious pressure. The escalation raises immediate risks for Gulf shipping, global oil supply, and regional stability.
