Ukraine Investigates Birthday Grenade Blast That Killed Military Aide

Ukrainian prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they had opened an investigation into a bizarre explosion at a birthday celebration that killed an aide to Ukraine’s top military commander, in what the authorities portrayed as a tragic accident. The special defense prosecutor’s office of Ukraine’s central region said that the aide, Maj. Gennadiy Chastyakov, had returned…

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Early Intelligence Suggests Hospital Blast Caused by Palestinian Fighters, U.S. Says

American and Israeli officials said their intelligence showed that the deadly blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday was caused by an armed Palestinian group, rebutting Palestinian claims that an Israeli strike caused the explosion. The U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive information, said they were basing their early…

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